Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

Theres a script at http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/other/makevcgen which
may work, I've not tried it, but someone may want to give it a spin.

Combining it with the software at http://unxutils.sourceforge.net could give
us a MS build environment which only relies on installation support programs
rather than relying on the installation and use of the whole Cygwin
environment for the build process.

Al.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Curtis Faith" <curtis(at)galtair(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 12:57 AM
Subject: [mail] Re: [HACKERS] Windows Build System

>
> Are there no already-written converters from Makefile to VC project
> files?
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> Curtis Faith wrote:
> > I (Curtis Faith) previously wrote:
> > > > The Visual C++ Workspaces and Projects files are actually
> > > > text files that have a defined format. I don't think the format is
> > > > published but it looks pretty easy to figure out.
> >
> > Hannu Krosing replied:
> > > will probably change between releases
> >
> > Even if the format changes, the environment always has a converter that
> > updates the project and workspace files to the new format. In other
> > words, Visual C++ 6.0 reads 5.0 projects, 7.0 reads 6.0, etc.
> >
> > The format is mostly a bunch of options specifications (which wouldn't
> > get touched) followed by a set of named groups of source files. Even if
> > the overall format changes, it will be much more likely to change in the
> > specifications rather than the way lists of source file formats are
> > specified.
> >
> > A conversion tool, call it BuildWindowsProjectFile, would only need to:
> >
> > 1) Read in the template file (containing all the options specifications
> > and Visual C++ speficic stuff, debug and release target options,
> > libraries to link in, etc.) This part might change with new versions of
> > the IDE and would be manually created by someone with Visual C++
> > experience.
> >
> > 2) Read in the postgreSQL group/directory map, or alternately just
> > mirror the groups with the directories.
> >
> > 3) Output the files from the PostgreSQL directories in the appropriate
> > grouping according to the project format into the appropriate space in
> > the template.
> >
> > An excerpt of the format follows:
> >
> > # Begin Group "Access"
> > # Begin Group "Common"
> > # PROP Default_Filter "cpp;c;cxx"
> > # Begin Source File
> >
> > SOURCE=.\access\common\heaptuple.c
> > # End Source File
> > # Begin Source File
> >
> > SOURCE=.access\common\indextuple.c
> > # End Source File
> >
> > ... other files in access\common go here
> > # End Group
> >
> > # Begin Group "Index"
> >
> > # PROP Default_Filter "cpp;c;cxx"
> > # Begin Source File
> >
> > SOURCE=.\access\index\genam.c
> > # End Source File
> > # Begin Source File
> >
> > SOURCE=.access\index\indexam.c
> > # End Source File
> >
> > ... other files in access\index go here
> > # End Group
> >
> > # End Group
> >
> >
> > As you can see, this is a really simple format, and the direct
> > folder/group mapping to PostgreSQL directory is pretty natural and
> > probably the way to go.
> >
> > Using the approach I outline, it should be possible to have the Unix
> > make system automatically run the BuildWindowsProjectFile tool whenever
> > any makefile changes so the Windows projects would stay up to date
> > without additional work for Unix developers.
> >
> > Hannu Krosing also wrote:
> > > (also I dont think you can easily compile C source on a
> > > C# compiler) ;/
> >
> > I don't think it makes much sense target a compiler that won't compile
> > the source, therefore, if what you say is true, we shouldn't bother with
> > targeting C#.
> >
> > - Curtis
> >
> >
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