Hi, Tor Lillqvist <tml@xxxxxx> writes: > MecaT writes: > > I wondering if ever gimp for windows with gtk2 will be builded? I am ot > > waiting for any date of release, but can you tell me - will be gimp > > 1.3.x ported on windows? > > Hans Breuer has done it (at least at some time) using MSVC. Hans, can > you tell us more? > > If I understand corrrectly, Hans had to build some of the libraries in > GIMP 1.3 as static libraries, even if they really are supposed to be > dynamic (DLLs). (They are shared libraries on Unix (but I think GIMP > 1.3 is developed only on Linux).) > > I ran into problems myself when I tried to build it (some months ago) > (using autoconfiscation, libtool and gcc) because of problems with the > libraries, the code as it currently is seems to assume ELF > features. I.e., it that there can be unresolved symbols in shared > libraries that get resolved at run time either from the main program > or from another shared library. Or something like that, don't remember > exactly. I doubt that this an ELF-only feature. To me it sounds like libtool on Windows is not doing the right things here. Anyway, we should try to get this issue resolved. Salut, Sven
