Hello Derrick,
Many thanks, that's exactly what I was searching for. I have a 'large'
project (about 40 sources) of standard C++ code (no .NET, mfc or
something else, only STL) and I want to build it in linux, and manually
compilations is very annoying...
Thanks for your reply,
Jacobo
Is there any way (or program) to convert and maintain easily a C++
project (vs7.1) to a Makefile file, in order to build it in Linux?
Here are a couple relevent threads:
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine, makefile converter, 5/17/2001
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...s.wine/browse_thread/thread/e318a4364c377573/
Dev Shed Forums > ... > convert visual studio project to gcc
http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-214272
As you've guessed, the information you need is in your .vcproj file. Be
warned that if you use any VC++-specific features, such as precompiled
headers or nonstandard APIs, especially the .NET Framework, this
conversion
will be somewhat trickier. Automatic converters have been proposed by a
number of people ([1], [2], [3]), but none seem to have been made
available.
Considering that generating dependencies is the most difficult part, you
may
also be interested in solutions that autogenerate dependencies for your
source files. Then creating the Makefile would be a simple matter of
listing
the source files and tweaking your flags and code. Such solutions exist,
and
one good one that I've used is proposed in the GNU make manual:
GNU make manual: 4.14 Generating Prerequisites Automatically
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_chapter/make_4.html#SEC51
I hope some of this helps. Please write back if you have any confusion
or
additional issues.
[1] "The information of interest is in the .vcproj file. It is in XML
and
could probably be parsed by an XML guru in about 5 minutes to create a
workable makefile for *nix." - mitakeet
http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-214272
[2] "The VS.NET project files for VC are XML - building a .vcproj ->
.mak
converter shouldn't be too hard for someone adept at Perl and XML." -
Yanhong Huang
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.mfc/browse_thread/thread/7689b8f0f46c83fd/
[3] "The VS.NET project files for VC are XML - building a .vcproj ->
.mak
converter shouldn't be too hard for someone adept at Perl and XML (the
trick, of course, is learning the IDE -> XML mapping for all of the
options - no rocket science, just tedium)." - Carl Daniel
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...mework/browse_thread/thread/6a9e182da74a463b/
--
Jacobo Rodríguez Villar
TyphoonLabs Lead Programmer
http://www.typhoonlabs.com
