[gnutls-help] compiling GnuTLS under MSYS/MinGW

[Frank Spears]

hi,

trying to compile GnuTLS on Windows under MSYS/MinGW. the latest version 3.3.5 as
well as version 3.2.9 fail to configure with the following error message:

checking for NETTLE... configure: error:
***
*** Libnettle 2.7 was not found.

libnettle-2.7.1 is installed on the system and GnuTLS version 3.1.25 finds it and
configures with no error. however, version 3.1.25 fails to build during the make
process with the following messages:

CC vsnprintf.lo
CCLD libgnu.la
/bin/grep: /home/keith/staged/mingw32/lib/libiconv.la: No such file or directory

/bin/sed: can't read /home/keith/staged/mingw32/lib/libiconv.la: No such file or
directory
libtool: link: `/home/keith/staged/mingw32/lib/libiconv.la' is not a valid
libtool archive

make[4]: *** [libgnu.la] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/f/temp/sim/gnutls-3.1.25/gl'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/f/temp/sim/gnutls-3.1.25/gl'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/f/temp/sim/gnutls-3.1.25/gl'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/f/temp/sim/gnutls-3.1.25'
make: *** [all] Error 2

libiconv.a and libiconv.dll.a are installed on the system under lib but i do not
have a libiconv.la and i have no idea where "keith" came from. using
--disable-shared did not help.

as for libnettle and GnuTLS version 3.2.9 or later, i found no useful information
in the config.log except perhaps that pkg-config is not found.

can anyone provide me with a clue?

Frank Spears.
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