[GNC-dev] How to specify args to setup-mingw64.ps1

[john]

> On Jan 15, 2022, at 5:58 PM, Chris Good <goodchris96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ignoring for the moment the fact that John Ralls says the Windows 64 bit
> build is currently broken because the latest MSYS2 updates require a new
> webkit build and he hasn't yet done the 64-bit one.
> 
> 
> 
> How would I specify a non default target_dir and a 64-bit build?
> 
> 
> 
> I tried many things but had to resort to editing the script to plug the
> values I want in the CmdLetBinding section.
> 
> 
> 
> For example:
> 
> 
> 
> .\setup-mingw64.ps1 -target_dir "e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64" -download_dir
> "e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64\downloads" -x86_64 "$true"

> 
> fails with
> 
> "Failed to install MSys2, aborting." 
> 
> because $bash_path = True\\usr\\bin\\bash.exe
> 
> 
> 
> I added after line 76: $bash_path = "$msys2_root\\usr\\bin\\bash.exe" 
> 
> 
> 
> write-host "target_dir=$target_dir"
> 
> write-host "download_dir=$download_dir"
> 
> write-host "msys2_root=$msys2_root"
> 
> write-host "x86_64=$x86_64"
> 
> write-host "preferred_mirror=$preferred_mirror" 
> 
> 
> 
> .\setup-mingw64.ps1 -target_dir "e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64" -download_dir
> "e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64\downloads" -x86_64 "$true"
> 
> target_dir=e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64
> 
> download_dir=e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64\downloads
> 
> msys2_root=True                                           ???
> 
> x86_64=True
> 
> preferred_mirror=http://repo.msys2.org 
> 
> 
> .\setup-mingw64.ps1 -target_dir "e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64" -x86_64 "$true"
> 
> target_dir=e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64
> 
> download_dir=True                                                      ???
> 
> msys2_root=e:\Data\GnuCash\gcdev64\\msys2
> 
> x86_64=True
> 
> preferred_mirror=http://repo.msys2.org 


Don't quote $true, it's a PowerShell constant. If you quote it it turns into a string and doesn't work.


Regards,
John Ralls