RE: [avr-gcc-list] Re: build srecord under mingw

[Weddington, Eric]

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> Subject: [avr-gcc-list] Re: build srecord under mingw
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> Weddington, Eric wrote:
> >  
> >> Srecord, part of winarv, seems to be built under mingw. I can 
> >> build the 
> >> latest version of srecord (with a few mods) under linux but 
> >> in mingw I 
> >> also need the "boost" library which does not seem to be a 
> >> part of mingw 
> >> packages and I don't see it in winavr installed files (I 
> >> don't think). 
> >> How is this done in the winarvr build?
> >>
> > 
> > It isn't done. WinAVR ships with SRecord 1.38 because that 
> is the last version that did not require the Boost libraries. 
> Like you, I did not see a Boost package for MinGW.
> 
> I was able to build a cygwin1.dll independent version of latest 
> pre-release srecord using the cygwin boost packages and using the 
> -mno-cygwin g++ option as suggested in Peter Miller's srecord release 
> BUILDING file. Can do srec_cat -version with the 
> cygwin1.dll(s) removed 
> so I think it is right. Had to rm the dll from cygwin and 
> winavr since 
> they were both in my path.
> 
> Peter Miller has put some new features in the latest 
> pre-release of 1.47 
> that I need, specifically fletcher checksums. He has also 
> added adler. 
> Before it only had sum of bytes/words and crc.
> 
> -gene
> P/S: the boost stuff seems pretty huge even in cygwin pkg 
> form. Must be 
> really great thing! :)

There is another thread on this list about srecord and boost. I'm working with 
Bob Paddock to see if we can do this via MinGW. It holds some promise. :-)