Building on Windows

[becherling]

Hey bro,

Im trying to compile this awesome tool on Windows. Im using msys2 x64 with make and gcc installed. I get the following error when I try to compile:

C:\Users\pizza\Code3\xmq>make
Building 0.2-82-gef7507c
g++ -Os -fPIC -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-unused-function -Ibuild -I. src/main/cc/cmdline.cc -MMD -fPIC -c -o build/cmdline.o
g++ -Os -fPIC -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-unused-function -Ibuild -I. src/main/cc/document.cc -MMD -fPIC -c -o build/document.o
g++ -Os -fPIC -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-unused-function -Ibuild -I. src/main/cc/parse.cc -MMD -fPIC -c -o build/parse.o
g++ -Os -fPIC -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-unused-function -Ibuild -I. src/main/cc/render.cc -MMD -fPIC -c -o build/render.o
g++ -Os -fPIC -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-unused-function -Ibuild -I. src/main/cc/util.cc -MMD -fPIC -c -o build/util.o
g++ -Os -fPIC -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-unused-function -Ibuild -I. src/main/cc/xmq_implementation.cc -MMD -fPIC -c -o build/xmq_implementation.o
src/main/cc/xmq_implementation.cc: In function 'bool xmq_implementation::isHtml(std::vector<char>&)':
src/main/cc/xmq_implementation.cc:63:14: error: 'strncasecmp' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'strncmp'?
   63 |             !strncasecmp(&buffer[i], doctype, strlen(doctype)))
      |              ^~~~~~~~~~~
      |              strncmp
src/main/cc/xmq_implementation.cc:68:15: error: 'strncasecmp' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'strncmp'?
   68 |             (!strncasecmp(&buffer[i], html, strlen(html))))
      |               ^~~~~~~~~~~
      |               strncmp
src/main/cc/xmq_implementation.cc: In function 'bool xmq_implementation::firstWordIsHtml(std::vector<char>&)':
src/main/cc/xmq_implementation.cc:87:42: error: 'strncasecmp' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'strncmp'?
   87 |         if (i+len+1 < buffer.size() && (!strncasecmp(&buffer[i], "html", len)))
      |                                          ^~~~~~~~~~~
      |                                          strncmp
src/main/cc/xmq_implementation.cc: In function 'bool xmq_implementation::firstWordIs(const char*, size_t, const char*)':
src/main/cc/xmq_implementation.cc:112:36: error: 'strncasecmp' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'strncmp'?
  112 |         if (i+len+1 < buf_len && (!strncasecmp(&buffer[i], word, len)))
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~
      |                                    strncmp
make: *** [Makefile:74: build/xmq_implementation.o] Error 1

[weetmuts]

Cool, that problem is probably just that you have to include the right header file on Windows. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39659331/strncasecmp-and-strcasecmp-has-not-been-declared

[weetmuts]

Did you solve the problem?

[becherling]

Hey, sorry for late reply. I didnt solve it.

[weetmuts]

I created a github action that builds on Windows. https://github.com/weetmuts/xmq/actions/runs/1267057348
Is this of help to you?

[becherling]

Hey my friend. I got it partially compiled using https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/. Only the xmq binary builds, the other binaries throw errors. Is enough for me whenever I have to use Windows.
Im using XMQ for my static site generator: https://gitlab.com/schnell1/nexa.

[weetmuts]

@becherling Interesting, first time I heard of tdm-gcc. If you have any build script please share and I might be able to integrate it.

[weetmuts]

Building on windows now works and even creates an installer!