From 9a5a81ff72cc6b418becfd081f091a26aae8c06f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Becker Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:18:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] contrib: add tarball generation from git for MinGW The MinGW cross-compilation only works with a dist tarball and not a plain copy from the git work area. Updated instructions accordingly. --- contrib/mingw-cross-compile/README.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/contrib/mingw-cross-compile/README.txt b/contrib/mingw-cross-compile/README.txt index 43bb1cf7..e6229734 100644 --- a/contrib/mingw-cross-compile/README.txt +++ b/contrib/mingw-cross-compile/README.txt @@ -29,10 +29,25 @@ This will most likely work also for other Linux distros, but you'll have to check what names the MinGW cross-compilation packages are for your distro. +If you are trying to build the source code from the git repository you'll +need additional tools installed, at least: + + autoconf + automake + Build ===== + - [pidgin-sipe source code from git instead from a release tarball] + run the following commands inside the git work area: + + ./autogen.sh + ./configure + make dist-gzip + + This will generate pidgin-sipe-.tar.gz + - create an empty directory and cd into it - run contrib/mingw-cross-compile/fetch.sh from pidgin-sipe source -- 2.11.4.GIT