From: Timothy Wall <twall@users.sf.net>
To: Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net>
Cc: libffi-discuss <libffi-discuss@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: How to compile on Windows?
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:59:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5FD07A30-7023-4D32-A38C-3741C88BC0F5@users.sf.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN5MXockuNzTzo74i4NdtjAYW+8k1o+DoYSUVMCZAfshUr98dA@mail.gmail.com>
Are you trying to compile with MSVC or gcc/mingw?
Regardless of compiler, I doubt you'll be able to get "nmake" to work on configure-generated makefiles; you'll need either cygwin or MSYS-based make.
On Jan 4, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Nathan Rajlich wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am attempting to compile libffi on windows, and am having some
> trouble. I was able to figure out how to get the "configure" step to
> work by using the provided example in the README. The configure step
> completed successfully and the necessary .h and Makefiles were
> created.
>
> Now when I try to invoke 'nmake', it quits quickly with an error
> saying "Illegal '\' character in macro. Quitting." or something along
> those lines, and I'm not sure where to take it from here.
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-04 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-04 22:10 Nathan Rajlich
2012-01-04 22:59 ` Timothy Wall [this message]
2012-01-04 23:03 ` Nathan Rajlich
2012-01-04 23:08 ` Timothy Wall
2012-01-04 23:13 ` Nathan Rajlich
2012-01-04 23:23 ` Timothy Wall
2012-01-04 23:35 ` Nathan Rajlich
2012-01-05 17:25 ` Nathan Rajlich
2012-01-05 17:29 ` Cauê Waneck
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