[sane-devel] windows port of sane

[Frank Zago]

Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:

> 
> +sane-backends will not compile out of the box. You need to follow the following steps:
> +
> +- edit configure.in and put all the AC_CONFIG_FILES entry in one line.
> 
> Would it help to use AC_CONFIG_FILES three times?

I don't know.

> 
> + edit acinclude.m4 and remove everything from libtool (about 170kb)
> 
> That's because the libtool that comes with cygwin is newer (or just
> different)?

I don't know either. I had a lot of trouble with that file and everything 
started working once I removed it. They seem to be from the same version of 
libtool though.

> 
> +- edit backend/Makefile.in, and add "-no-undefined" before the "-version-info" parameter (twice).
> 
> What about checking for windows in configure.in and setting the
> variable @NO_UNDEFINED@ based on that check and calling libtool with
> that variable in the Makefile?

I was thinking about adding a @LIBTOOL_EXTRA_FLAGS@ field for that.

> 
> --- sane-backends-1.0.12.org/backend/Makefile.in        2003-05-13 04:39:50.000000000 -0500
> +++ sane-backends-1.0.12/backend/Makefile.in    2003-09-21 21:19:38.000000000 -0500
> @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
>  
>  libsane-%.la: %.lo %-s.lo $(EXTRA) $(LIBOBJS)
>         @$(LIBTOOL) $(MLINK) $(CC) -export-dynamic -o $@ $($*_LIBS) \
> -       $(LDFLAGS) $(BACKENDLIBS) $^ -rpath $(libsanedir) \
> +       $(LDFLAGS) $(BACKENDLIBS) $^ -rpath $(libsanedir) -no-undefined \
>         -version-info $(V_MAJOR):$(V_REV):$(V_MINOR) $(DYNAMIC_FLAG)
> 
> Can "-no-undefined" be harmful on other platforms? I've read the docs
> but it looks like I don't really understand what it does :-/

Neither do I. It just doesn't work with it :)

> 
> Otherwise I haven't found anything that may harm non-Windows system so
> it's ok for me. I haven't applied the patch, however.
> 
> Could you add some lines to to README.windows about "only SCSI
> supported"? README and Makefile.in must be updated, too.

Why Makefile.in?


Frank.