Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Is there any makedepend-like tools in mingw-cross-compile?

[Ryan Pavlik]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Tony Theodore <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2011/11/10 靖飞 胡 <address@hidden>:
>> Hi, there.
>> I'm new to mingw32 and cross-compile. But I'm now working on a project
>> targeting to autobuild win32 platform application under debian 6. So I
>> choose to use Mingw after some searching. Now, I have a visual studio 2010
>> project. I need to translate the project property file (like .sln file and
>> .vcxproj files) to make file, so I can autobuild it using Mingw32 compiler.
>> First, I have tried makedepend, however makedepend seems to find the
>> #include directive under system include directory(/usr/include/) of Debian
>> GNU/linux, making makedepend unsuitable for me. So, is there any
>> makedepend-like tools in mingw-croos-compiler?
>
> I haven't used makedepend, but you could try the -M* preprocessor options:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Preprocessor-Options.html#index-M-923
>
>
>> Or can mingw directly compile
>> the visual studio project? Any ideas or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> You might like to go the other way and use cmake:
>
> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/project/about.html
>
> which can generate both VS projects and standard makefiles. I'd
> probably ask on the cmake list to see how people go about the initial
> conversion from VS to cmake. Again, I haven't used this, but it's on
> my long list of things to learn.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tony
>
>


I'd second the recommendation to use CMake. I have used it
successfully on Windows (visual studio and mingw), Linux, Mac, and
mingw-cross-env.

Ryan
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