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authorRalf Habacker <ralf.habacker@freenet.de>2010-10-12 14:45:12 +0200
committerRalf Habacker <ralf.habacker@freenet.de>2010-10-12 14:45:12 +0200
commit30213f4b7dfd00b34b359a85d0f50369814cda55 (patch)
treedb4765cf232e9ecb6ef9a1ee11e835166cd7ff45
parentd0da9218dec9edef28a1a6ccffb62974e0a66d8d (diff)
downloaddbus-30213f4b7dfd00b34b359a85d0f50369814cda55.tar.gz
Cleaned up windows related README's.
-rw-r--r--README.dbus4win67
-rw-r--r--README.win107
-rw-r--r--README.windbus169
-rw-r--r--cmake/readme-cmake.txt2
4 files changed, 108 insertions, 237 deletions
diff --git a/README.dbus4win b/README.dbus4win
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a26fea2..00000000
--- a/README.dbus4win
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-On 2009-10-21 I (Tor Lillqvist <tml@iki.fi>) cherry-picked a bunch of
-commits from the dbus4win-noncetcp branch of the dbus4win repository
-to (my clone of) dbus upstream's master branch.
-
-The dbus4win repository is at least currently at
-git://repo.or.cz/dbus4win.git
-
-I went through the commits done to the dbus4win-noncetcp branch since
-the dbus-1.2.14 tag, i.e. commit f719d454329a1a54ff2d569feaf10ceee7cead50.
-
-The following commits were left out because they either 0) were
-already upstream, 1) seemed broken, or 2) seemed pointless to me,
-especially if the commit message didn't say much. For each commit left
-out, below is three lines: its id, the first log comment line, and an
-explanation why I left it out.
-
-f719d454329a1a54ff2d569feaf10ceee7cead50
-configure.in: not all gccs support -Wno-pointer-sign
-already upstream
-
-6eddb6e1229b617ad44c8d61107983229dc7d589
-configure.in: fail abstract socket test gracefully when cross-compilin
-already upstream
-
-c54dd9eefa5ed0d54be3b09cf30c12f05130fda1
-r783: one ifdef lesser
-probably pointless
-
-93c288ca3e86e7760d3ac3fa6490257c1b6dc544
-r783: compile if ENOMEM or EINTR is undefined.
-huh, ENOMEM and EINTR is defined in the Microsoft C library
-
-4f4ba13357da15c35a9d4ad111bf972a5d0d5db0
-r783: introduced _dbus_daemon_release() function called in _dbus_loop_quit()...
-this can't be right, there can be nested dbus loops afaik
-
-124eb334324472a10de2c7e0a1455d353431f08f
-unix build fixes against windbus-svn
-can't be right to make a char* const when the code below then assigns through it
-
-594bd19a0c45822d8763871e3491d99beb4d22cb
-introduce DBUS_DIR_SEPERATOR and make use of it. On windows, disable some system service tests
-"forward" slashes work fine on Windows, no need to uglify code with DBUS_DIR_SEPARATOR
-
-cd2cdb3457f72cf058d5b19796ee691ceca6b52c
-r783: introduced DBUS_CLEANUP_OLD_SERVICES that does cleanup prev zombie-instances...
-unsure about this. something specific to KDE-on-Windows?
-
-eeedba5b2f5b008819619764943caddd52441adf
-build fixes for OS X, xcode 3.1.2, gcc 4.2.1
-doesn't apply, seems to be upstream?
-
-7dc7f71cf3003e006f6e177b5460d14a7cdbf2de
-configure.in: fix pthread detection
-doesn't apply
-
-05b37fa87b1f6aa670de9007879f53a8198a7a89
-configure.in: suppress -fPIC, -fPIE for W32
-doesn't apply
-
-b0d14fed92d9f539cd3478e72dc2f3ea75f3941a
-configure.in: only check for wspiapi.h on Windows
-nah, no harm checking for it on UNIX too
-
-1724fc10e516e2d570537d522d8608abba90be5e
-prototypes cleanup
-related to cd2cdb3457f72cf058d5b19796ee691ceca6b52c which was skipped above
diff --git a/README.win b/README.win
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a871f96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.win
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+-----------------------------------------
+Windows port of the freedesktop.org D-Bus
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Features and completeness
+-------------------------
+The windows port of dbus provides the dbus-1 library and mostly
+applications which are already available on unix. These applications
+are: dbus-daemon, dbus-launch, dbus-monitor and dbus-send.
+DBus comes with a test suite which is used on unix to guarantate
+production quality and this test suite runs mostly. There are some
+test not running yet and there is help needed to get them running.
+
+
+Building
+--------
+DBus could be build on windows using automake or cmake. See the
+file README for more informations.
+Special cmake build instructions could be found in cmake/readme-cmake.txt
+
+
+windbus and dbus4win Ports
+--------------------------
+The Windows ports from the windbus and dbus4win projects has been merged
+into the freedesktop git master branch, as applicable. The spec has been
+updated with windows specific stuff.
+
+
+Tests
+-----
+ - dbus library check
+ bin\dbus-test.exe <build-root>\test\data
+
+ - bus daemon check
+ bin\bus-test.exe <build-root>\test\data
+
+ - check available names
+ bin\test_names.exe
+
+ - check if dbus-daemon is accessable
+ bin\dbus-send.exe --session --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus / org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames method return sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=:1.4 array [ string "org.freedesktop.DBus"string ":1.4"]
+
+ - start session dbus-daemon
+ either by running
+ bin\dbus-launch
+ or
+ start bin\dbus-daemon --session
+
+ Before running these commands you may execute
+ set DBUS_VERBOSE=1
+ for getting debug infos
+
+
+ - call function registerd in dbus
+ bin\dbus-send.exe --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus --print-reply --type=method_call / org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName string:org.freedesktop.DBus.TestSuiteEchoService uint32:455 method return sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=:1.8 uint32 2
+
+ note: When building with the Visual C++ IDE the *.exe files are in
+ the bin/Debug and bin/Release folder, not in the bin folder.
+
+
+FAQ
+---
+
+- How far is WinDBus from being usable for production ?
+
+ dbus comes with a test suite which is used on unix to guarantate
+ production quality and this test suite runs mostly. There are some
+ test not running and we need help to get them running.
+ In the pratice I and some other people are using dbus for at least more
+ than four years in conjunction with kde on windows without any problems.
+
+- On UNIX D-Bus uses UNIX sockets to communicate (correct me if I'm wrong).
+ What is used on Windows ?
+
+ tcp sockets, there are some efforts to get named pipe running, but some
+ design problems of the win32 api, we are not able to solve without
+ bigger changes to the dbus code base let us stop this effort.
+
+- Do you have any clue if dbus-win32 can run in a Windows CE environment?
+
+ dbus has been ported to wince, see README.wince for more informations
+
+- Do you know if the C++ binding made by OpenWengo will be easily portable to Windows?
+
+ The OpenWengo dbus-c++ binding has been ported to windows see in WinDBus svn
+ (http://sf.net/projects/windbus)
+ The related test applicationa are running well.
+
+
+TODO
+----
+
+Oktober 2010:
+
+- the code wrapped with DBUS_WIN_FIXME should be inspected if it required for windows
+
+- create a dbus setup installer
+
+- implement system bus and system bus service starter
+ see http://windbus.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/windbus/trunk/bus/bus-service-win.c
+ for a starting point
+
+- implement a real login session bus
+ The scope parameter of the autolaunch meta protocol could be extended to support user
+ specific session busses (like already done with the amarok bundled dbus which use a
+ shared memory area named "DBusDaemonAddressInfo:<username>".
+ Also the dbus installer should start a session bus on user login.
diff --git a/README.windbus b/README.windbus
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dde5c81..00000000
--- a/README.windbus
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,169 +0,0 @@
-This README.windbus file below originates from the "windbus" fork. It
-does not reflect reality here. Changes from both windbus and the
-separate "dbus4win" fork have been merged into this code repository,
-as applicable.
-
-----------------------------------------
-Windows port of the freedesktop.org D-Bus
-----------------------------------------
-
-Requirements
-------------
-- cmake version >= 2.4.4 see http://www.cmake.org
-- installed libxml2 or libexpat from http://82.149.170.66/kde-windows/win32libs
-
-Build
------
-
-unix
-1. install cmake and libxml or libexpat
-2. get dbus sources
-3. mkdir dbus-build
-4. cd dbus-build
-5. cmake <dbus-src-root>/cmake or cmake -DDBUS_USE_EXPAT=on <dbus-src-root>/cmake in case libexpat should de used
-5. make
-6. make install
-
-win32
-1. Install your prefered compiler
- - Mingw from www.mingw.org
- - Visual C++ 2005 Express/Studio
-
-2. Install libxml2 or libexpat packages from
- http://82.149.170.66/kde-windows/win32libs
- into a subdir win32libs in your program installation eg
- - german => "c:\Programme\win32libs"
- - english => "c:\Program Files\win32libs"
-
-3. download and install the most recent CMake version from http://www.cmake.org/files/
-
-4. apply dbus-win.patch: 'patch -p0 -i dbus-win.patch'
-
-5. open command shell and run in the created build folder which resides side by side
- to the D-Bus sources:
- - for mingw:
- cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" <options> ..\<dbus-source-root>\cmake
- - for Visual C++
- cmake ..\<dbus-source-root>\cmake
-
-7. build
-
-
-Tests
------
-(when build with the Visual C++ IDE the *.exe files are
-in the bin/Debug and bin/Release folder)
-
- - dbus library check
- bin\dbus-test.exe .\test\data
-
- - bus daemon check
- bin\bus-test.exe .\test\data
-
- - check available names
- bin\test_names.exe
-
- - check if dbus-daemon is accessable
- bin\dbus-send.exe --session --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus / org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames method return sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=:1.4 array [ string "org.freedesktop.DBus"string ":1.4"]
-
- - start dbus-daemon
- * set DBUS_VERBOSE=0 (=1 for getting debug infos)
- * start bin\dbus-daemon --session
- * bin\dbus-send.exe --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus --print-reply --type=method_call / org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName string:org.freedesktop.DBus.TestSuiteEchoService uint32:455 method return sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=:1.8 uint32 2
-
-
-
-Some build options
--------------
- key description default value
- --- ----------- -------------
-DBUS_USE_EXPAT "Use expat (== ON) or libxml2 (==OFF) OFF
-DBUS_DISABLE_ASSERTS "Disable assertion checking" OFF
-DBUS_BUILD_TESTS "enable unit test code" ON
-DBUS_ENABLE_ANSI "enable -ansi -pedantic gcc flags" OFF
-DBUS_ENABLE_GCOV "compile with coverage profiling
- instrumentation (gcc only)" OFF
-DBUS_ENABLE_VERBOSE_MODE "support verbose debug mode" ON
-DBUS_DISABLE_CHECKS "Disable public API sanity checking" OFF
-DBUS_INSTALL_SYSTEM_LIBS "install required system libraries
- (mingw: libxml2, libiconv, mingw10)" OFF
-CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "build type (== debug) or (== release) release
-
-
-
-Developers
-----------
-
-Running the tests in Visual Studio:
-
- To successfully run the tests by the IDE you must add
- the FULL patch to test\data in your build directory
- (e.g. c:\dbus\build\test\data)
- in something like
- -> Project Settings
- -> Debugging
- -> Command line arguments
-
-
-
-FAQ
----
-
-- How much work remains till DBUS win32 can be merged with the main project?
-
-There are some patches outstanding and the most effort is required in
-discussions with the main dbus team how to implement some parts. One of
-the main dbus team estimated the open work to one fulltime week.
-http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2006-November/006264.html
-
-I assume they will answer ALL your questions, and they are very
-interested in fully supporting win32.
-
-- How far is WinDBus from being usable for production ?
-dbus comes with a test suite which is used on unix to guarantate
-production quality and this test suite runs mostly. There are some
-test not running and we need help to get them running.
-
-In the pratice I and some other people are using dbus for at least more
-than a half year in conjunction with kde on windows without any problems.
-
-
-- On UNIX D-Bus uses UNIX sockets to communicate (correct me if I'm wrong).
- What is used on Windows ?
-
-tcp sockets, there are some efforts to get named pipe running, but some
-design problems of the win32 api, we are not able to solve without
-bigger changes to the dbus code base let us stop this effort.
-
-
-- Do you have any clue if dbus-win32 can run in a Windows CE environment?
-
-I was told that windows ce does not have posix function
-open/close/select/... and dbus code uses such function in some area.
-
-
-- Do you know if the C++ binding made by OpenWengo will be easily portable to Windows?
-
-We have already ported the OpenWengo dbus-c++ binding, see in WinDBus svn (http://sf.net/projects/windbus)
-The related test applicationa are running well.
-
-
-TODO
-----
-
-February 2007:
-
-- all changes of dbus-win.patch should become part of the official D-Bus code
-
-- all code currently disabled by DBUS_WIN_FIXME should work
-
-- clean up:
- * bus/bus-service-win.c
- * bus/dir-watch.c
- * dbus/dbus-spawn-win.c
- * dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-win.c
- * dbus/dbus-sysdeps-win.c
-
-
-see also:
-http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2006-July/005076.html
diff --git a/cmake/readme-cmake.txt b/cmake/readme-cmake.txt
index 93fb5d4f..4056d3cc 100644
--- a/cmake/readme-cmake.txt
+++ b/cmake/readme-cmake.txt
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ win32-msvc
6. make
7. make install
-A list of all build options could be find in the file ../README.
+A list of all available build options could be find in the file ../README.