Re: Windows PECL dependencies build source

Hi Simon! On 27.09.2024 at 04:08, Simon Holywell wrote: > I am wondering where the build source files for the dependencies over at > https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/deps/ come from? > > I am looking to get Windows builds working in GitHub Actions for the ssdeep > PECL extension, which is the consumer of the libfuzzy dependency on that > server. > > As I understand it the last place these dependencies where configured was > in https://github.com/winlibs, but the files there are 2.13 - > https://github.com/winlibs/ssdeep > > On https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/deps/ there is a > newer version of > 2.14.1 as well so it is unclear where that is coming from. I don't know, but I guess Anatol built the newer version of the library somewhere, and uploaded the build. Ah, quite likely indeed, see <https://github.com/weltling/ssdeep>. I'll see to porting this to winlibs, and to also provide an update to winlib/winlib-builder, so the library can be build as GH action. If you want Windows DLLs for new releases to be built, please file a ticket at <https://github.com/php/php-windows-builder>. > The reason I would like to know is because there is no vs16 build of the > dependency there and I would like to work out how to make one available to > my build script. I would also like to work out how well these dependencies > are maintained etc too. At least for somewhat newish PHP versions, using a library built with an older toolset should work without problems. So at least for testing or CI purposes you could use libfuzzy-2.14.1-vc15 or maybe even libfuzzy-2.13-vc14. > Finally, there seems to be a mirror here > https://downloads.php.net/~windows/pecl/deps/ so I am not sure > which is the > canonical source either that I should be pulling into my build script. We're in the process of transitioning windows.php.net to downloads.php.net, so you can already use the latter. Cheers, Christoph