Can I build libprotobuf without using bazel?

[Davorin Mista]

Since I cannot figure out how to get bazel to not use MSVC I want to try building using autoconf/automake but I'm missing the initial "autogen.sh" referenced by the README.md in the src folder.

How do I get autogen.sh as mentioned in src/README.md or at least configure.ac which is normally used for automake?

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Since I cannot figure out how to get bazel to not use MSVC I want to try building using autoconf/automake but I'm missing the initial "autogen.sh" referenced by the README.md in the src folder.

How do I get autogen.sh as mentioned in src/README.md or at least configure.ac which is normally used for automake?

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[Adam Cozzette]

We have actually removed support for the autotools build, and 3.21 was the last release that supported it. If you want to avoid Bazel then I would recommend using CMake, since we will continue supporting CMake in future releases.

On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 12:29 PM Davorin Mista <davori...@aggios.com> wrote:

Since I cannot figure out how to get bazel to not use MSVC I want to try building using autoconf/automake but I'm missing the initial "autogen.sh" referenced by the README.md in the src folder.

How do I get autogen.sh as mentioned in src/README.md or at least configure.ac which is normally used for automake?

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[Davorin Mista]

Thanks for the prompt reply!

So that's good to know, I was trying to build 3.21.5 - but it is in that version that I am missing autogen.sh.

I could try downgrading to 3.20.3 if that changes things.

Also, I am not opposed to using cmake either but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get cmake to not use MSVC. I need to build libprotobuf withh gcc/cygwin but when I run cmake it just ignores my toolchain file and always goes back to MSVC 2019.

Thanks!

Davorin

[Davorin Mista]

Oh wow, I just noticed that I was back on origin/master - that explains why autogen.sh had disappeared! Trying it again now

Thanks!!

On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 12:58:04 PM UTC-7 acoz...@google.com wrote: