***BOGO*** Re: [Mingw-msys] Trying to build MSYS according to the Howto

[Keith Marshall <keithmarshall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 09 February 2008 23:20, Torsten Schlabach wrote:
> > Use the msysdvlpr command to enter the MSYS Build Environment.
>
> I don't have that. This script is contained in
> msysDVLPR-1.0.0-alpha-1.tar.gz which I am supposed to unpack to
> /msys. But /msys/bin will only be on the PATH when I am already in
> the MSYS build environment. Kind of a chicken and egg problem.

No, that is not correct.  You *must* first have installed MSYS, and be 
running it.  You unpack msysDVLPR-1.0.0-alpha-1.tar.gz into the root of 
your existing MSYS tree, and your MSYS /bin directory will already be 
in the PATH, by virtue of you running MSYS.

> I have passed some other issues and was able to do a successful
> configure + make in my /msys directory.
>
> But where do I go from here? What have I built now? How can I install
> this? I mean, do I know have some new .exe file which I can use to
> setup my MSYS-snapshot environment?

Perhaps if you explained your objective, we could offer better advice.  
Since you appear not to know what msysDVLPR is for -- it is exclusively 
for building and developing MSYS itself, *not* for general applications 
development -- then it is probable that you don't need it at all.  If 
it *is* your intention to build components for MSYS itself -- all of 
which are dependent on msys-1.0.dll -- then what it provides you with 
is a specialised version of GCC and its associated tools, for building 
such components.

Regards,
Keith.

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