Re: [qemu-web PATCH] Fix link to Windows page in Wiki

[Helge Konetzka]

Am 10.09.21 um 17:44 schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
> On 25/08/21 18:43, Helge Konetzka wrote:
> > Furthermore I would like to propose to change the instructions for 
> > Native builds with MSYS2 on Wiki Windows page.
> >
> > Please remove the section which copies system binaries to match the 
> > expected file names!
> >
> > Instead define variables for configure (gcc-ar and gcc-ranlib are 
> > existing copies of x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-ar and 
> > x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-ranlib) and add strip to enable make install:
> >
> > AR=gcc-ar NM=nm OBJCOPY=objcopy RANLIB=gcc-ranlib WINDRES=windres 
> > STRIP=strip \
> > ./configure --cross-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- --enable-gtk --enable-sdl
>
> Do you even need anything but "./configure"? (possibly AR=gcc-ar NM=nm 
> at the beginning)?

Sorry for being indistinct!

My intention was to put "AR=gcc-ar NM=nm OBJCOPY=objcopy 
RANLIB=gcc-ranlib WINDRES=windres STRIP=strip" in front of "./configure" 
(see the '\' after STRIP=strip) instead of copying binaries:

diff -Naur qemu.org.orig/Hosts/W32 qemu.org/Hosts/W32
--- qemu.org.orig/Hosts/W32     2021-09-11 08:27:01.198715675 +0200
+++ qemu.org/Hosts/W32  2021-09-11 08:28:15.853605118 +0200
@@ -232,14 +232,6 @@
     Close the MSYS2 console.
     Start mingw64.exe.

-cd /mingw64/bin
-cp x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-ar.exe x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar.exe
-cp x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-ranlib.exe x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib.exe
-cp windres.exe x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres.exe
-cp nm.exe x86_64-w64-mingw32-nm.exe
-cp objcopy.exe x86_64-w64-mingw32-objcopy.exe
-cd ~
-
     Download the QEMU source code:

 git clone https://www.github.com/qemu/qemu
@@ -247,6 +239,7 @@
     Finally build QEMU with:

 cd qemu
+AR=gcc-ar NM=nm OBJCOPY=objcopy RANLIB=gcc-ranlib WINDRES=windres 
STRIP=strip \
 ./configure --cross-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- --enable-gtk --enable-sdl
 make