[Ecls-list] Need help compiling ECL 10.4.1 (32-bit) on Win7 64-bit via mingw32/msys

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Paul Goins <general at vultaire.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> New to the list, so please forgive me if I've missed a thread that
> covers this.
>
> I'm trying to compile ECL 10.4.1 under Windows 7 64-bit.
> Unfortunately, I'm having problems, and the "Windows with
> Mingw/Cygwin" section of the reference guide is totally blank, so I
> thought I should ask here.
>
> (Note: already read some previous comments about 64-bit support.  I'm
> just trying to build a 32-bit ECL via 32-bit MinGW, so don't worry,
> I'm not barking up *that* tree.  However, the OS *is* 64-bit.)
>
> 1. I grabbed the CVS version of the Boehm GC.  Built it successfully
> using "./configure && make && make install".  (7.1 failed to compile
> via MSys in this way.)
>
> 2. I tried to ./configure and make ECL.  This did not pan out...
>
>    ./configure --enable-threads=yes
>    # no problem, but did give some warnings:
>    #   configure: Configuring included GMP library:
>    #   configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target

Add --enable-boehm=system so that ECL picks up the GC library
you just installed.

PS: I have not been able to build ECL on windows 7, so let me know
how it went.