[elephant-cvs] CVS update: elephant/NEWS elephant/INSTALL elephant/CREDITS

Fri Oct 8 00:53:06 UTC 2004

Update of /project/elephant/cvsroot/elephant
In directory common-lisp.net:/tmp/cvs-serv6453

Modified Files:
	NEWS INSTALL CREDITS 
Log Message:
win32 fixes (thanks to Bill Clementson)

Date: Fri Oct  8 02:53:04 2004
Author: blee

Index: elephant/NEWS
diff -u elephant/NEWS:1.5 elephant/NEWS:1.6

--- elephant/NEWS:1.5	Sun Sep 19 19:38:25 2004
+++ elephant/NEWS	Fri Oct  8 02:53:04 2004
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+October 7, 2004 - 
+
+Elephant 0.2.1 released.  Thanks to Bill Clementson,
+Elephant should compile on Win32 now.  Also, a few minor
+fixups.
 
 September 19, 2004 -
 


Index: elephant/INSTALL
diff -u elephant/INSTALL:1.9 elephant/INSTALL:1.10
--- elephant/INSTALL:1.9	Sun Sep 19 19:37:03 2004
+++ elephant/INSTALL	Fri Oct  8 02:53:04 2004
@@ -4,25 +4,29 @@
 ------------
 
 CMUCL 19a, SBCL 0.8.14, OpemMCL 0.14.2, or Allegro CL 6.2.
-I've tested under x86 FreeBSD, Linux and PPC Darwin.  A
-Lispworks version will come if requested.
+I've tested under x86 FreeBSD, Linux and PPC Darwin.  I
+can't personally test Win32 but I've compiled under Visual
+Studio .NET and a user has gotten it to work with Visual
+Studio 6.  A Lispworks version will come if requested.
 
 ASDF - http://www.cliki.net/asdf
 
-UFFI 1.4.24/5 - http://uffi.b9.com
+UFFI 1.4.24+ - http://uffi.b9.com
 
 I've patched src/functions.lisp to support some kinds of
 :out arguments.  it is backwards-compatible so shouldn't
 interfere with your existing work.  It is included in
-1.4.25, but just in case you have 1.4.24 I have included it.
+1.4.25+, but just in case you have 1.4.24 I have included
+it.
 
 Sleepycat Berkeley DB 4.2 - http://www.sleepycat.com
 
 The version number is important -- the headers have changed
-siginificantly.
+siginificantly.  When 4.3 comes out, I'll have to reroll my
+constants.....
 
-A C compiler.  Presumably you have this if you installed
-Sleepycat.
+A C compiler, probably gcc or Visual Studio.  Presumably you
+have this if you installed Sleepycat.
 
 ------------
 Instructions
@@ -34,22 +38,27 @@
 
 /usr/local/share/common-lisp/elephant-0.1/
 
-1) Install UFFI 1.4.24.  Replace
+1) Install UFFI.  If you're using 1.4.24 replace
 
 path-to-uffi/src/functions.lisp
 
 with the provided file.
 
-2) Install Berkeley DB 4.2.  You may actually already have
-this installed.  FreeBSD has a port for this, as I'm sure
-do other BSDs (including Darwin/Fink.)  Take note of where
-libdb.so and db.h are installed (usually
+2) Install Berkeley DB 4.2.  Under Un*x, you may actually
+already have this installed, though it may be compiled with
+funny options, so if things don't work you may want to try
+to start from scratch.  FreeBSD has a port for this, as I'm
+sure do other BSDs (including Darwin/Fink.)  Take note of
+where libdb.so and db.h are installed (usually
 /usr/local/BerekleyDB.4.2/lib/libdb.so and
 /usr/local/BerekleyDB.4.2/include/db.h, or
 /usr/local/lib/db42/libdb.so and
 /usr/local/include/db42/db.h.)
 
-3) Edit Makefile and run (using GNU make, gmake on BSD)
+3) Compile and install the libsleepycat shared library.
+
+Under Un*x, edit Makefile and run (using GNU make, gmake on
+BSD)
 
 make install
 
@@ -60,10 +69,28 @@
 or where you specified.  On Darwin / OS X you need to have
 the developer tools installed.
 
+For Win32 (directions courtesy of Bill Clementson): 
+
+Create an MSVC dll project and add src/libsleepycat.c,
+src/libsleepycat.def and the Berkeley DB libdb42.lib files
+to the project (should be in the build_win32/release folder)
+
+Add the Berkeley DB dbinc include files directory and the
+build_win32/release directory (where the Berkeley DB install
+instructions builds the Berkeley DB objects by default) to
+the build directories for the project
+
+Build the Elephant DLL file
+
+Since you've statically included libdb42.lib inside
+libsleepycat.c, it may or may not be necessary to load
+libdb42.dll into Lisp (see below.)
+
 4) Compile and load Elephant:  
 
 First, edit src/sleepycat.lisp so that it points to the
-correct libraries.
+correct libraries.  If you're using Un*x and ASDF, this is
+probably automagic.
 
 Symlink elephant.asd to your asdf systems directory (mine is
 /usr/local/share/common-lisp/systems).  Fire up lisp and


Index: elephant/CREDITS
diff -u elephant/CREDITS:1.3 elephant/CREDITS:1.4
--- elephant/CREDITS:1.3	Sun Sep 19 19:36:22 2004
+++ elephant/CREDITS	Fri Oct  8 02:53:04 2004
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 Rafal Strzalinski for the Makefile and package patch
 
+Bill Clementson for Win32 help and publicity
+
 The common-lisp.net people for hosting
 
 The CMUCL and SBCL people for great compilers



