Re: [Caml-list] New version of the binary installer for Windows

[Adrien <camaradetux@gmail.com>]

On 28/03/2012, Wojciech Meyer <wojciech.meyer@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Jonathan Protzenko
> <jonathan.protzenko@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, ocamlbuild requires a unix-like environment, with a few
>> utilities in the path: bash, mkdir...
>
> It looks like he's got a partially installed environment - as bash is there.
>
>> The installer only provides the very basics. It does not provide a unix
>> environment on windows, only the ocaml binaries, flexlink, and ocamlfind.
>> If
>> you want to go further, e.g. use ocamlbuild, or benefit from native
>> compilation, you need to install a development environment, such as
>> cygwin,
>> or msys. Currently, because of bug 5465, cygwin is the recommended way.
>>
>> I've successfully used ocamlbuild under cygwin and msys, and it works
>> fine.
>
> How about bundling the installer with cygwin or msys? Beware of the
> license issues however.

Or make ocamlbuild not depend on bash. Only depending on a compliant
sh would already be quite nice but afaik, it should be possible to not
depend on a shell at all with minimal efforts.

Regards,
Adrien Nader