Re: [Caml-list] Building findlib/OCamlfind on Win32 system

[Eugene Kotlyarov <ekot@narod.ru>]

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brian donovan wrote:

> Can anyone give me any tips on getting findlib/OCamlfind up and running 
> properly on Win32?  I'd be very grateful.
> 
There is always the same problems with Unix-oriented soft on Win32.
1. Make sure that your ocaml install path contains no spaces e.g. 
c:\ocamlmgw
2. in your OCAMLLIB variable use forward slashes e.g. c:/ocamlmgw/lib
3. apply following patch to findlib configure script
   patch <configure.diff
4. run it with -mspath option
   ./configure -mspath
after it make everything else e.g. make, make opt, make install, make clean.

This should work fine for both MSVC and MingW OCaml ports.

And you should not build findlib in OCaml file hierarchy, you should 
build it some temporary directory, 'make install' will copy everything
to the right places.


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--- configure.orig	2004-04-04 15:42:39.000000000 +0400
+++ configure	2004-05-10 12:52:36.453125000 +0400
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@
     eval "$v=\"$p\""
 }
 
+apply_mspath () {
+    v=$1
+    eval "p=\"\$$v\""
+    p="`cygpath -m -l \"$p\"`"
+    eval "$v=\"$p\""
+}
 
 ######################################################################
 # Here the main program begins:
@@ -115,6 +121,7 @@
 ocaml_sitelib=""
 ocamlfind_config=""
 use_cygpath=0
+use_mspath=0
 with_toolbox=0
 with_topfind=1
 
@@ -135,6 +142,9 @@
 	-cygpath) use_cygpath=1
 	         shift
 		 ;;
+  	-mspath) use_mspath=1
+  	         shift
+ 		 ;;
 	-with-toolbox) with_toolbox=1
 	         shift
 		 ;;
@@ -151,6 +161,7 @@
 		  echo "  -sitelib path        set the location of the site-specific packages" 1>&2
                   echo "  -config path         set the location of the configuration file" 1>&2
 		  echo "  -cygpath             fix paths for cygwin environment" 1>&2
+ 		  echo "  -mspath              fix paths for MSVC environment" 1>&2
 		  echo "  -with-toolbox        also build the toolbox" 1>&2
 		  echo "  -no-topfind          don't install topfind script into stdlib directory" 1>&2
 		  exit
@@ -380,6 +391,13 @@
     parts="$parts findlib-toolbox"
 fi
 
+if [ ${use_mspath} -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "Applying mspath..."
+    apply_mspath ocaml_core_bin
+    apply_mspath ocamlfind_bin
+    apply_mspath ocamlfind_config
+fi
+
 echo "# Makefile.config written by configure" >Makefile.config
 echo "OCAML_CORE_STDLIB=${ocaml_core_stdlib}" >>Makefile.config
 echo "OCAML_CORE_BIN=${ocaml_core_bin}" >>Makefile.config