Re: [AD] mingw makefile - overwriting include dirs

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> Quick question... is the 'make install' or 'make installall' supposed to
> overwrite the '%MINGDIR%/include/allegro' folder? Because as it is now,
> it's not...

I guess it depends upon the timestamp of the header files. In short, there
is no guarantee.

> Two scenarios...
>
> Install Allegro 4.0.2 into a clean mingw32 via: make all, make installall
> Install Allegro 4.1.3 into the same mingw32 via: make all, make installall
>
> Now, when you compile, you'll get a message regarding ZERO_SIZE (or
> something like that). Manually copying the include files will fix the
> issue. [I'm not the only person who's run across this.]
>
> So, I thought maybe it had to do with the -mkdir item added recently to
> suppress messages regarding the mkdir'ing an existing folder...
>
> So, Second scenario:
>
> Install Allegro 4.1.4 CVS into a clean mingw32 via: make all, make
> installall
> Install Allegro 4.0.2 into the same mingw32 via: make all, make installall
>
> Now, you'll get errors regarding textout_ex, which is a recently added
> function, IIRC. As above, manually copying the include files solves the
> problem.

Do a 'make uninstall' between the 'make install's.

--
Eric Botcazou



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