Status report for Building Debian/Mingw packages for DIA

[James Michael DuPont <mdupont777 yahoo com>]

Dear Fellow Hackers,

I have been busy getting the Debian packaging of the needed packages
for DIA under win32 for the Min32 cross compiler going, and would
appreciate some help at this point. 

For those of you who dont know what I am trying to do : I want to
create a set of packages for compiling the DIA program for windows from
scratch under debian so that we can create binaries for DIA without
having to buy the expensive microsoft software (or install illegal
copies of it (Yuk!))

I am using mingw the compiler for debian from ron (thanks!).

First of all, the debian packaging is coming along, there are some
questions about where to install and what architecture to use. 
Currently, debian thinks it is a i386-linux but the compiler is
building for windows. I will have to research how this all works.

Anyway, here are my silly questions / statements of problems and
solutoins followed by a set of instructions on how to reproduce the
packages yourself (under debian). If you have a bit of time, please try
and reproduce these packages and tell me if they worked, and what you
think of the idea.

######################################################
First

I tried to set the architecture, but it is not working.

It would be nice to find some way to say that the target architecture
is  mingw32. Even better would be to be compatible with the Debian
packaging tool that is running under cygwin!!

export DEB_HOST_ARCH=i586
export DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i586
export DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i586-mingw32msvc
export DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=mingw32msvc

In the debian/control file I have set : 
Architecture: i386 (Tried i586 and i586-mingw32msvc)
Depends: mingw32, libtool	

Now, the dpkg-gencontrol complains that anything else is not know to
it, 
so I hope that someone can advise on this.

######################################################
Secondly :

The packages install for now under :
/usr/local/introspector/win32 for lack of any creativity.
They are windows binaries, but just go into the debian tree.
I am sure this is suboptimal.
Any ideas? Maybe I will have to read the debian policy again.... 

######################################################
Thirdly, I dont have the DLLS going yet. Just what seems to be static
libs .a/.la and all the rest. For me that is not such an issue, I just
want to link, dont care about DLLs or not. The important thing is that
you can build the libs from the debian package without much stress.
So that will be a lower priority, but important step.

######################################################
Fourthly :

Alot of my problems were coming from libtool which I have upgraded to 
libtool_1.4.2-7. The aclocal.m4 macros from libtool dont handle the
needed architecture string it looks for  *-*-mingw* and mingw*. 

In fact, the buildstring that I am using is: i586-mingw32msvc
So when I change them all to  *-mingw* alot of my problems go away.
I have merged the aclocal with Brunos original and followed the
instructions
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-04/msg00566.html
(btw: They say that the autoconfiguration of libiconv is EVIL)

######################################################
Fifthly : 
Another issue are the commands that I added to the configure.in
    AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL / AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN

When configure runs, it does not set them properly, I think this is
important for the DLL building
   enable_dlopen=yes / enable_win32_dll=yes

I am following the instructions According to :
http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_254.html

Here is the configure that I am using : 
./configure --cache-file="cross-config.cache"  --target=mingw32msvc
--host=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i586-pc-linux-gnu
--prefix=/usr/local/introspector/win32/libiconv --enable-dlopen=yes
--enable-win32_dll=yes

But I have to admit, I dont have a good understanding of this one
option, maybe you have some ideas?

Oh, I had to hack the ltmain.sh and got rid of some of these funky
commands (I don't think they are need?) : 
        # Install the pseudo-library for information purposes.
	#name=`$echo "X$file" | $Xsed -e 's%^.*/%%'`
	#instname="$dir/$name"i
	#$show "$install_prog $instname $destdir/$name"
	#$run eval "$install_prog $instname $destdir/$name" || exit $?

######################################################
Sixthly : 

I have setup a small debian upload on my introspector site,
there I will be posting all the packages to begin with.
Here is my ~/.dupload.conf script
------------------
package config; 
 $default_host = "introspector.sf.net";
 $cfg{'introspector.sf.net'} = { 
	fqdn => "introspector.sf.net", 	method => "scpb",
	incoming => "/home/users/m/md/mdupont/www/debian/incoming/",
	login    => "mdupont", 	dinstall_runs => 1,};  
1;
------------------
You can find the packages here
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/
I will be putting all the packages need to compile and link the modules
there for now. 
 
######################################################

And Finally :

I would like to know if I did any of this right, it is all very new and
experimental right now. Here are the instructions for downloading and
testing the package. Please dont use this for anything important right
now.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0. Install the libtool_1.4.2-7

Either from APT, or the debs I put here :
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libtool_1.4.2-7_i386.deb
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libltdl3_1.4.2-7_i386.deb
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libltdl3-dev_1.4.2-7_i386.deb
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libtool-doc_1.4.2-7_all.deb


1. Get the packages : 
wget
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv1-dev_1.7-1_i386.deb
wget
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv_1.7-1.dsc
wget
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv_1.7-1.tar.gz
wget
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv_1.7-1_i386.changes

2. unpack the sources
dpkg-source -x libiconv_1.7-1.dsc 

3. rebuild the package
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -sa -us -uc

4. install the package
sudo dpkg -i ../libiconv1-dev_1.7-1_i386.deb 

5. Test the package 
wine  -- /usr/local/introspector/win32/bin/iconv --help

Hope to hear from you,
Happy Hacking,
MikeDear Fellow Hackers,

I have been busy getting the Debian packaging of the needed packages
for DIA under win32 for the Min32 cross compiler going, and would
appreciate some help at this point. 

For those of you who dont know what I am trying to do : I want to
create a set of packages for compiling the DIA program for windows from
scratch under debian so that we can create binaries for DIA without
having to buy the expensive microsoft software (or install illegal
copies of it (Yuk!))

I am using mingw the compiler for debian from ron (thanks!).

First of all, the debian packaging is coming along, there are some
questions about where to install and what architecture to use. 
Currently, debian thinks it is a i386-linux but the compiler is
building for windows. I will have to research how this all works.

Anyway, here are my silly questions / statements of problems and
solutoins followed by a set of instructions on how to reproduce the
packages yourself (under debian). If you have a bit of time, please try
and reproduce these packages and tell me if they worked, and what you
think of the idea.

######################################################
First

I tried to set the architecture, but it is not working.

It would be nice to find some way to say that the target architecture
is  mingw32. Even better would be to be compatible with the Debian
packaging tool that is running under cygwin!!

export DEB_HOST_ARCH=i586
export DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i586
export DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i586-mingw32msvc
export DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=mingw32msvc

In the debian/control file I have set : 
Architecture: i386 (Tried i586 and i586-mingw32msvc)
Depends: mingw32, libtool	

Now, the dpkg-gencontrol complains that anything else is not know to
it, 
so I hope that someone can advise on this.

######################################################
Secondly :

The packages install for now under :
/usr/local/introspector/win32 for lack of any creativity.
They are windows binaries, but just go into the debian tree.
I am sure this is suboptimal.
Any ideas? Maybe I will have to read the debian policy again.... 

######################################################
Thirdly, I dont have the DLLS going yet. Just what seems to be static
libs .a/.la and all the rest. For me that is not such an issue, I just
want to link, dont care about DLLs or not. The important thing is that
you can build the libs from the debian package without much stress.
So that will be a lower priority, but important step.

######################################################
Fourthly :

Alot of my problems were coming from libtool which I have upgraded to 
libtool_1.4.2-7. The aclocal.m4 macros from libtool dont handle the
needed architecture string it looks for  *-*-mingw* and mingw*. 

In fact, the buildstring that I am using is: i586-mingw32msvc
So when I change them all to  *-mingw* alot of my problems go away.
I have merged the aclocal with Brunos original and followed the
instructions
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-04/msg00566.html
(btw: They say that the autoconfiguration of libiconv is EVIL)

######################################################
Fifthly : 
Another issue are the commands that I added to the configure.in
    AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL / AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN

When configure runs, it does not set them properly, I think this is
important for the DLL building
   enable_dlopen=yes / enable_win32_dll=yes

I am following the instructions According to :
http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_254.html

Here is the configure that I am using : 
./configure --cache-file="cross-config.cache"  --target=mingw32msvc
--host=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i586-pc-linux-gnu
--prefix=/usr/local/introspector/win32/libiconv --enable-dlopen=yes
--enable-win32_dll=yes

But I have to admit, I dont have a good understanding of this one
option, maybe you have some ideas?

Oh, I had to hack the ltmain.sh and got rid of some of these funky
commands (I don't think they are need?) : 
        # Install the pseudo-library for information purposes.
	#name=`$echo "X$file" | $Xsed -e 's%^.*/%%'`
	#instname="$dir/$name"i
	#$show "$install_prog $instname $destdir/$name"
	#$run eval "$install_prog $instname $destdir/$name" || exit $?

######################################################
Sixthly : 

I have setup a small debian upload on my introspector site,
there I will be posting all the packages to begin with.
Here is my ~/.dupload.conf script
------------------
package config; 
 $default_host = "introspector.sf.net";
 $cfg{'introspector.sf.net'} = { 
	fqdn => "introspector.sf.net", 	method => "scpb",
	incoming => "/home/users/m/md/mdupont/www/debian/incoming/",
	login    => "mdupont", 	dinstall_runs => 1,};  
1;
------------------
You can find the packages here
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/
I will be putting all the packages need to compile and link the modules
there for now. 
 
######################################################

And Finally :

I would like to know if I did any of this right, it is all very new and
experimental right now. Here are the instructions for downloading and
testing the package. Please dont use this for anything important right
now.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0. Install the libtool_1.4.2-7

Either from APT, or the debs I put here :
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libtool_1.4.2-7_i386.deb
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libltdl3_1.4.2-7_i386.deb
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libltdl3-dev_1.4.2-7_i386.deb
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libtool-doc_1.4.2-7_all.deb


1. Get the packages : 
wget
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv1-dev_1.7-1_i386.deb
wget
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv_1.7-1.dsc
wget
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv_1.7-1.tar.gz
wget
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/debian/incoming/libiconv_1.7-1_i386.changes

2. unpack the sources
dpkg-source -x libiconv_1.7-1.dsc 

3. rebuild the package
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -sa -us -uc

4. install the package
sudo dpkg -i ../libiconv1-dev_1.7-1_i386.deb 

5. Test the package 
wine  -- /usr/local/introspector/win32/bin/iconv --help

Hope to hear from you,
Happy Hacking,
Mike

=====
James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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