Compile problem: DB w/MinGW on winXP

Ah...silly of me, of course =)

Im using DialogBlocks 1.99 (personal edition, not available on site)
wxWidgets 2.6.1
minGW 3.1.0
msys 1.0.10

As I mentioned, I was trying to compile using only the tools on the
accompanying cd by the book I bought (by julian smart, no less).
Previously I had the same versions you mentioned, with the same problem.

Oh...Man

In trying to replicate the output, it works! And I beleive I know what
fixed it.

In order to use the mingw32-make, you need to set up environment
variables. Well, I had done this long ago to no avail. However,
rebooting apparently fixed this. Evironment variables seem to only get
applied after you reboot. Makes sense now.

Just so you know, except for the 'In directory: Blah' stuff, what I
posted earlier WAS all of my output.

In any case, thanks for taking an interest and I hope my experiences
can help someone else later.

-m3

--- In anthemion-devtoolsyahoogroups.com, "ddotedotsdot"
<dsilvia...> wrote:
&gt;
> Hi!
>
> That certainly is an odd one!
>
> Help is easier if one knows exactly what one is dealing with:
> version-wise.
>
> What version of DB (current is 3.06)
>; What version of wxWidgets (current is wxWidgets-2.6.3)
&gt; What version of MinGW (current is installed with MinGW-5.0.3.exe)
&gt; What version of MSYS (current is installed with MSYS-1.0.11-
> 2004.04.30-1.exe)
&gt;
> Also, a full copy of the output. It should start with something
> like:
>;
> In directory: C:\Projects\DialogBlocks\pristine
> mingw32-make.exe -f makefile.gcc CONFIG=debug all
>
> The obvious question is, does a makefile.gcc truly exist in the
> named directory?
>
> Also, identifying how your Paths are set in the Configurations is
> sometimes a clue to oddities (though it's inobvious in this case).
&gt;
> Failing anything obvious there, you can attach your .pjd file to
> your email in your email client, sending to:
>
> anthemion-devtoolsyahoogroups.com
&gt;
> You need to do this from an email client as attachments are not
> preserved in the forum, and pasting the .pjd into the forum is kinda
> wasteful.
>
> If you send an attachment of your .pjd, others can try to run it in
> their DB. You see, having never had the problem you speak of, I
> have no idea how to reproduce it. Your .pjd is about the only clue
> anyone might have to seeing what is going wrong. (Short of sitting
> in a chair next to you, that is!;)
>;
> HTH,
> Dave S.
>
> P.S. Don't worry about ramblings, we all do that
>
>
> --- In anthemion-devtoolsyahoogroups.com, "martin3warrior&quot;
> <martin3warrior> wrote:
&gt; >
> > Ive just begun to learn wxWidgets and use DialogBlocks and such,
> and
> > I'm getting odd errors when I try to compile.
> >
> > ---------
> > mingw32-make.exe -f makefile.gcc CONFIG=debug all
> > *** mingw32-make.exe: makefile.gcc: No such file or directory
> > *** mingw32-make.exe: *** No rule to make target `makefile.gcc'.
> Stop.
>; > Done.
>; > ---------
> >
> > Even though browsing to the directory this is in clearly shows that
> > there is indeed a makefile. Im not sure why this error occurs, I
> have
> > MinGW, MinSYS, and wxWidgets all successfully installed (e.g. I can
> > compile the samples in the wxWidgets directory with minsys no
> problem)
> >
> > Ive looked through the help files, and searched around online, but
> > nothing Ive found so far has worked. I had similar problems with
> gcc a
> > while back, so in attempt to make this work I got the "Cross
> Platform
> > GUI Programming with wxWidgets&quot; (had some borders gift cards :p),
> and
> > only used the versions provided on the disk. Still didnt work, so
> Im
> > rather ticked off right about now.
> >
> > If a solution doesnt present itself I suppose Ill go back to using
>; > minsys. Actually I'm going to do my yearly fdisk in about a week (I
> > would do it sooner, but Im a freelance web designer and I have a
> site
> > due in 1 week), and after that (and reinstalling windows) Ill be
> able
> > to upgrade to sp2 and finally use vc++. Maybe that compiler will
> give
> > me fewer headaches.
> >
> > Anyway, help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance. (and sorry
> for
> > my ramblings...)
> >
> > -m3
> >
>