[Help-gnutls] Re: gnutls 2.3.4 doesn't copile using MinGW

[Simon Josefsson]

Massimo Gaspari <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> Massimo Gaspari <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>   
>>> In the meantime I recompiled libgcrypt using
>>>
>>> ./configure --disable-shared --disable-asm --enable-random=w32
>>> --disable-dev-random
>>>
>>> Do you think that the "random" options are correct to use the library
>>> in a Windows environment (not using MinGW)?
>>>     
>>
>> Yes.  I would think that the script will guess these values
>> automatically though, so you probably don't need to specify them.  If it
>> guesses the w32 module properly, the --disable-dev-random flag won't
>> matter since the w32 module doesn't use /dev/random.
>>
>> Does building fail if you remove --disable-asm?  You may get a speed
>> improvement if you remove it, but removing it can also cause build
>> failures.
>>
>> /Simon
>>   
> I tried to compile libgcrypt without --disable-shared and I didn't
> observe any compilation issue. Moreover the make check was
> successfully.

What about doing the same for GnuTLS builds too?  Chances are that
you'll get static libraries out of it that builds, at least I do using
MinGW under linux.

> Anyway I switched back to --disable-asm.

I'm not sure I understand -- did you get errors if you removed it?

/Simon