[sword-devel] Windows Builds

Mon Feb 12 10:59:51 MST 2018

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 9:45 AM, David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Greg,
>
> After downloading both 1.8.1 releases again, I tried the *x64* utilities
> and got this error message after entering
> *utils64\diatheke /?*
>

I've managed to dig out my Windows computer, so I've gotten it narrowed
down now. The version I'm uploading does manage to get through diatheke
without a problem. It'll be up in a few minutes time (sorry, my upload pipe
from the house is pretty weak).

--Greg

>
>
> [image: Screenshot 2018-02-12 15.28.13.png]
>
> NB. I also tried your *x32* utilities and got the same error message.
> i.e. After entering
> *utils32\diatheke /?*
>
> *As you might gather, I first created a symbolic link for each suite.*
>
> FYI. My Xiphos path contains the attached list of *dll* files.
> *This might assist you to review which further library files might still
> be required.*
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
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>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On 12 February 2018 3:16 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 9:10 AM, David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Greg,
>>
>> I refreshed http://dl.thehellings.com/sword-utils/
>> in my browser, but the Zip files do not look more recent than 2018-01-30.
>>
>> Did you actually upload the updated Zip files?
>>
>
> I did, I just didn't regenerate the index file. Since I'm serving from S3,
> the index files have to be statically generated. The file you download
> should be the new version.
>
> --Greg
>
>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> David
>>
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>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> On 10 February 2018 7:40 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 3:41 PM, David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From a command window in the Sword path, I just tried *utils64\diatheke
>>> /?* and got the following message:
>>>
>>> [image: Screenshot 2018-01-30 21.33.04.png]
>>>
>>>
>>> FWIW, there is a DLL file with that name "libwinpthread-1.dll" installed
>>> with Xiphos.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for the delay. I've added libwinpthread-1.dll and re-uploaded the
>> Zip files. Can you give it another go?
>>
>> --Greg
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> David
>>>
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>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> On 30 January 2018 5:15 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 11:11 AM, David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Greg,
>>>>
>>>> I just downloaded *sword-utils-1.8.1-x86_64-release.zip* and created a
>>>> symbolic link under my *sword path* to the extracted folder.
>>>>
>>>> It may be a while before I chance to try any of the utilities.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Could you at least try to invoke one of them, so we know if there are
>>> any missing DLLs?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are there any notes on what's different between the *x32* and *x64*
>>>> builds ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> One is for x32 architectures the other for x64.
>>>
>>> --Greg
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> cf. My PC has Windows 7 x64.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> On 30 January 2018 2:52 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I have made a first pass at building the Windows version of the Sword
>>>> utilities. You can find the resulting builds for 1.8.1 here:
>>>> http://dl.thehellings.com/sword-utils/ as per usual.
>>>>
>>>> These are not officially supported or endorsed by CrossWire. I create
>>>> them of my own volition and not in my capacity as the release manager here.
>>>> They are simply zipped versions of the files I build from the Fedora MinGW
>>>> packages.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't a Windows machine up and running today to test them out.
>>>> These packages include the latest versions of all the files that were part
>>>> of the 1.7.4 release bundle. However, since much time has passed since
>>>> then, it would not surprise me if there are DLL files that have been added
>>>> to the dependency tree since then. If you encounter issues with executing
>>>> the files, please give me a holler and I'll see if there's an obvious
>>>> solution.
>>>>
>>>> For those who are interested, and since I now automate everything I
>>>> reasonably can manage to automate, you can see the scripts I use to build
>>>> these files at https://github.com/greg-hellings/config. If you have
>>>> Vagrant and Ansible installed on your local system, you can build the same
>>>> results by opening the vagrant/mingw_sword_package folder from that
>>>> repository and issuing the command "vagrant up". This should be do-able by
>>>> anyone on any host. Doing so will bring up a guest Fedora 27 system,
>>>> install the latest test version of the MinGW Sword package, package the
>>>> results, and create a zip folder in the root of your current directory
>>>> alongside the Vagrantfile.
>>>>
>>>> Please feel free to ask questions or chastise me if something is amiss.
>>>>
>>>> --Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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