Re: Is there a Windows version of SableVM?

--- Andy Madigan <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> --- "Grzegorz B. Prokopski" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > W li¶cie z nie, 05-09-2004, godz. 22:18, Andy Madigan pisze: 
> > > The only free VM I've been able to find for Windows is gij (via
> the
> > > mingw version of gcj). I tried to build SableVM in cygwin, but
> > while I
> > 
> > Great!  We got SableVM working under Cygwin so it is possible.
> > Not all changes have been merged though.  That version is at
> > 
> > 	svn://svn.sablevm.org/developers/mlord/sandbox
> > 
> > > was able to get it to recognize libpopt, the build failed because
> > of
> > > (apparently)  missing file called fficonfig.h. As I understand
> it,
> > the
> > 
> > Last time we got to conclusion that Cygwin does not ship ffi*.h
> > files,
> > so you simply copy them from your Linux box or source distribution
> of
> > gcc.  The next thing you need is libffi compiled as a .dll.  Here
> > also
> > cygwin does not provide you with .dll for libffi, so you need to
> > compile
> > it on your own.
> > 
> > See also discussion about windows support in SableVM here:
> > 
> > 	http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=6972226
> > 
> > > native libs for the Classpath won't build under cygwin, but I was
> > 
> > Yes, they will.  Last time we made a shortcut and we disabled gtk
> > peer
> > support, but if you had .dlls with needed gtk libraries (you might
> > need
> > to compile them first) - it should be possible.
> > 
> > > hoping someone might know a way to get it to work, or perhaps
> tell
> > me
> > > of a free Windows VM.
> > 
> > The other option would be to get for ex. MSVC compiler and compile
> > SableVM with it to get truly native port of SableVM.  Nobody has
> done
> > it yet, but SableVM has been compiled with Intel compiler, and
> > SableVM
> > has been written in a way as not to excersise any compiler-specific
> > features, so it should not be much harder than maybe writing
> separate
> > makefiles for Windows/MSVC.  We would also be very happy to help
> you
> > on
> > our sablevm-devel mailing list if you took that route.
> > 
> > Feel free to ask more questions, we'll do our best to help you.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > 			Grzegorz B. Prokopski
> > 
> > BTW: What is the purpose you want to use a Free JVM under Windows
> > for?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Grzegorz B. Prokopski      <[email protected]>
> > Debian GNU/Linux           http://www.debian.org
> > SableVM - LGPL'ed Java VM  http://www.sablevm.org
> > Why SableVM ?!?            http://devel.sablevm.org/wiki/Features
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> I have several reasons for wanting a free VM. First, I'd like to be
> able to test code without compiling under gcj first. I know that gcj
> +
> classpath aren't identical, but that's still better than hoping that
> code that runs under Sun's J2SE 142 would work, or even compile. I
> also
> want to make sure that my code (a web server, for one part) is not
> somehow linux-only, or specific to a particular VM. Also, while I'm
> not
> sure how big SableVM is, I can't think of a reason that it would be
> as
> big as Sun's JVM. Note: I dual boot Debian Sid and WinXP, where might
> I
> find the ffi files on sid, will I need them if I get checkout from
> subversion? Please list exactly what steps you took, and whether you
> think they would work on MinGW (more than willing to test them
> myself).
> Of course, MinGW might cause problems (no bash), but --mno-cygwin
> might
> work.
> 
> P.S. There's one last reason for a free vm on windows, I use windows
> because I'm too lazy to set up a cross-compiler from sid, but I still
> prefer free software as a matter of principle, so I never install
> anything non-free (other than windows itself, and usually Sun's JVM)
> on
> my system.
> 
> Here are my available build-envs:
> MinGW w/ gcj + gcj 3.5 and GNU Make (a little difficult to find, but
> it's there).
> Cygwin w/ gcc + gcj 3.3.
> Debian Sid w/ gcc + gcj 3.3 and 3.4. 
> 
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plz help, checked out of subversion, but I still don't know how to get
libffi, how do I build the dll? Where are the headers in sid?

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