After some digging around this turns out to be a problem with Cygwin 1.7 (http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg94477.html)
I now have a repo sync running, so, we may, just possibly, have an windows SDK build from the open repository sometime early tomorrow :). Al. On Apr 6, 1:19 pm, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've dug out an spare laptop and I'm still getting no joy. > > Things I've found so far; > > - The cygwin 1.7 beta seems to play more nicely with Vista and auto mounts / > to the install directory > - Having a space in the windows username will cause problems on repo init (I > have to use Al instead of Al Sutton) > > So I'm now as far as repo sync, but I'm getting an error that's got me > stumped; > > Initializing project platform/bionic ... > remote: Counting objects: 2381, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1061/1061), done. > fatal: read error on input: Bad address19.99Kib | 392KiB/s > fatal: index-pack failed > error: Cannot fetch platform/bionic > fatal: write error (Broken pipe) > > and that's where it ends. > > Any ideas? > > Al. > > --- > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Al Sutton > Sent: 06 April 2009 07:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-developers] Re: Windows Cupcake SDKs compilation > > Dave, > > Thanks for the tips, the only thing I can't do is uninstall everything else > that relies on cygwin (I need some apps for the projects which pay my > mortgage, etc..), and it would appear from searching the web that's > something that cygwin doesn't handle well :(. > > Al. > > --- > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Turner > Sent: 05 April 2009 19:42 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-developers] Re: Windows Cupcake SDKs compilation > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I tried the instructions from the git repo for building windows and they > don't work. > > To start with cygwin bases everything off /cygwin rather than / so even > trying to run repo gets; > > /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory > > Normally, cygwin also mounts / as a short-cut to your cygwin installation so > you > should be able to run /bin/sh directly. Note that I said "normally", because > there are > unfortunately quite a few ways to get a Cygwin install on a Windows PC, each > one > of them which its own can of worms. > > I suggest starting from scratch with the "usual" way, i.e.: > > - uninstall *anything* vaguely related to Cygwin on your machine > - go tohttp://www.cygwin.comand download the "setup.exe" program > - run setup.exe and ensure that: > > = You install on a NTFS partition > = All directories in the installation path fit the 8.3 DOS convention > (right) > = Choose "Unix line ending" when asked by the installation dialog > = Don't try to much with the default mount paths (i.e. it's possible to > get rid of the /cygdrive/<drive> stuff with some tweaking, but this makes > some tools miserable). > > In addition, I really recommend the following: > > install python and wget by default, then later install "cyg-apt" > fromhttp://www.lilypond.org/~janneke/software/cyg-apt > this tool will allow you to download and install additionnal packages from > the command-line without using the brain-dead setup.exe GUI > (NOTE: you may need to update the script to use a better mirror than the > default. Look at the lines that read "mirror = ....") > > use puttycyg as the terminal (http://code.google.com/p/puttycyg/), or even > Terminator (http://software.jessies.org/terminator/) as they are far better > than the default Windows console or rxvt. > > If you need MSys, do not install it in the same location that Cygwin if > possible, this really messes things sometimes. > > Hope this helps > > And if you hack around that by altering repo to point to /cygwin/bin/sh you > get; > > Getting repo ... > from git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo.git > warning: templates not found /usr/share/git-core/templates/ > remote: Counting objects: 386, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (234/234), done. > git: 'index-pack' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'. > fatal: write error (Broken pipe) > fatal: index-pack failed > > :( > > Al. > > --- > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean-Baptiste > Queru > Sent: 05 April 2009 14:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-developers] Re: Cupcake SDKs available for download > > -I'd like to point out that this isn't an official SDK, with e.g. no > guarantee that applications developed with it will work on future versions > of Android. Should anyone have questions about using it, please use the > android-discuss group as android-developers is for questions about the > official SDKs, and be sure to mention which specific version of Al's SDK > you're using. > > -Al, you might be looking for > this:http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/development.git;a=blob;f=do... > <http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/development.git;a=blob;f=do... > t%0Ao_build_SDK.txt> > o_build_SDK.txt;h=4b6507d4a0bf0dfaed5e1660b858caf641e8eccd;hb=b3fb2a6ef1df35 > 34dee5b1d09ab72d129d3697c7#l92 > > -How about distributing it with BitTorrent? This seems like a perfect use > case. > > JBQ > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've compiled up the Linux & Mac OS X Intel SDKs from the public git > > repository and have put them up for download (If anyone can get > > instructions on building a Windows SDK I will do what I can to create > > a Windows SDK as well). > > > *PLEASE NOTE* In order to ensure that I don't end up with a massive > > bandwidth bill you will need to log into AndAppStore to download the > > SDKs, and, if things get silly, download limits may be introduced. > > > You are, of course, free to pass on the SDK to as many people as you > > want after you've downloaded, but please do not pass around links to > > direct downloads without logins at AndAppStore because I'd like to > > continue to update them but if a bandwidth cost issue comes up then I > won't. > > > Anyway, once you've logged into AndAppStore the link to the Cupcake > > SDKs is in the Developers Area menu on the right of the page. > > > Al. > > > --- > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > > ====== > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > > company number 6741909. 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