brendanhoar
commented
5 years ago For those who just want to build it in a fedora 29 VM today, I scripted a solution you can use in a purpose-configured VM. Thanks to @easydozen / @tabit-pro for all the hard work!
#!/bin/bash
# the following commands worked to build qwt-crossbuild under a new fedora-29 VM, using the trick
# from the mirage firewall build script for QubesOS where you link /var/lib/docker
# into /home/user/var_lib_docker to prevent the system volume from filling up.
# I adjusted the private volume from 2GB to 20GB and the build filled RW to 24%.
# Possibly could squeak by with 5GB, but I'd go to at least 10GB to be sure.
# my fedora-29 has git installed already, but I keep it here just in case that
# isn't the default
# go home
cd
# wipe (if necessary) and (re)create the ISO RPM output directory
sudo rm -rf ~/qwtisorpm
mkdir -p ~/qwtisorpm
# wipe (if necessary) and (re)create the build directory
sudo rm -rf ~/qwtbuild
mkdir ~/qwtbuild
# prevents weirdness
sudo qvm-sync-clock
# tear down docker if already installed
sudo systemctl stop docker
sudo rm -rf /var/run/docker* # removes dir, .sock and .pid if still there
sudo dnf -y remove docker
# warning: these will delete all docker container instances!!!
sudo rm -rf /home/user/var_lib_docker
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker
# recover some thin provisioned space
sudo fstrim -av
# set up docker but ensure that /rw is used for the docker instance
sudo mkdir /home/user/var_lib_docker
sudo ln -s /home/user/var_lib_docker /var/lib/docker
sudo dnf -y install docker git # git may already be installed under fedora-29
sudo systemctl start rhel-push-plugin # needed in fedora-29 if docker is uninstalled and reinstalled, not necessary if first install
sudo systemctl start docker
# copy source to the build directory - the following worked on 2019-05-31 - the docker build and/or run commands may change over time
# so please see https://github.com/tabit-pro/qwt-crossbuild site to check invocation if the below fails.
cd ~/qwtbuild
git clone https://github.com/tabit-pro/qwt-crossbuild .
# prepare docker environment with WINE in Windows XP emulation mode
sudo docker build -t tabit/qwt .
# build the ISO RPM
sudo docker run -v $(pwd):/src -v ~/qwtisorpm:/build/noarch -it tabit/qwt sh -c "sh prep.sh && make x86 && make x64 && rpmbuild -bb --define '_sourcedir /build' --define '_rpmdir /build' *.spec && cd noarch && createrepo ./"
# show the ISO RPM
cd ~/qwtisorpm
ls -al
# done
easydozen
marmarek
historicbruno
jevank
fepitre
Inspired by https://github.com/tabit-pro/qwt-crossbuild by @easydozen it seems possible to build QWT with MinGW. Lets add qubes-builder plugin for doing this, which would enable automatic builds whenever signed tag is pushed. This would be a major improvement over current manual process involving copying files into Windows VM and back.