[sword-devel] Having trouble rebuilding BibleCS (win32) with CBuilder 5.5 make. Where is {root}/Makefile.cfg?

[Chris Little]

Aside from the fact that BibleCS wouldn't build with Borland C++ 
Compiler 5.5 because of lack of VCL, as I mentioned in my previous 
reply, that Makefile isn't functional.  I don't have any idea what it's 
doing in that directory.

As a purely philosophical answer to why make isn't working, it requires 
GNU Make.  GNU Make would actually be able to interpret the makefile 
correctly.  To build from CVS using GNU tools, you also need to run 
autoconf & automake (then configure, then make).  GNU tools such as 
mingw and cygwin should work for building Sword and diatheke.  (I know 
cygwin will work, but haven't tested mingw myself.)  But you still can't 
build BibleCS (same reason as above applies).

--Chris

Lynn Allan wrote:

> Inquiring (newbie) minds want to know:
> * Is there a procedure documented somewhat to rebuild BibleCS (win32) using
> the Borland CBuilder 5.5 command line compiler?
> 
> As part of getting up to speed with the sword-api, I've attempted to rebuild
> BibleCs (win32) with CBuilder. No doubt there is operator error on my part,
> but I'm baffled how to even get started. Using:
> {root}\apps\windoze\CBuilder5\BibleCS\Makefile
> the CBuilder make process pretty much immediately fails due to missing
> include ${root}/Makefile.cfg
> 
> My impression is that there is a linux oriented .sh script that is supposed
> to generate the Makefile.cfg. Was this left out of CVS? Is a win-32
> developer wannabe supposed to have gnu or cygwin tools installed, and be
> capable of generating {root}/Makefile.cfg?
> 
> 
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