[Live-devel] Install not working with mingw with custom PREFIX

[Ross Finlayson]

> On Jun 23, 2020, at 11:45 PM, Eric Beuque <eric.beuque at jet1oeil.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thank you for the compilation patch yesterday. I got another issue when cross compiling with Mingw.
> 
> Make install command is not working with mingw when we define a PREFIX variable in the config.mingw file.
> I'm using a Linux Mint LMDE 4 edition (based on Debian).
> 
> 1) First problem is due to the PREFIX variable that is defined in the testProgs/Makefile.tail, and i guess should be defined in the testProgs/Makefile.head to accept modification in config.mingw file.
> 
> 2) Same problem with mediaServer/Makefile.tail.
> 
> 3) Same problem with proxyServer/Makefile.tail.
> 
> 4) Same problem with hlsProxy/Makefile.tail.

Thanks for the report.  I have just installed a new release of the code that moves all of the definitions of PREFIX to the “Makefile.head” files.


> 5) Last problem is due to the EXE variable empty in the config.mingw file. It must contain .exe to works (EXE = .exe).

Nobody else has complained about EXE in “config.mingw” just being ’null’, but I’ve changed it to .exe in the latest release of the code. 


Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/