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NohoDave


Joined: 08 Oct 2014
Posts: 2
Location: Northampton MA USA
Post Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:14 pm
I'm attempting to compile SDL on Windows 7 using GNU gcc, GNU make and MSYS. I follow the instructions, and all is well - until I get to the DirectX SDK. I've downloaded the DirectX files from libsdl.org into the include directory. But the header DXGI.h uses the declaration __RPC__deref_out, which doesn't seem to be defined in any of the other headers or source files. How can I compile SDL on Windows 7?

Alternatively, can I compile SDL without DirectX?
mr_tawan


Joined: 13 Jan 2014
Posts: 161
Post Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:03 pm
You tell the configure script not to use directx using --enable-directx=no parameter ... I believe

Code:
./configure --enable-directx=no
NohoDave


Joined: 08 Oct 2014
Posts: 2
Location: Northampton MA USA
Post Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:11 pm
--enable-directx=no helps, but I still get errors. SDL_windowsvideo.c still includes DXGI.h, which wants __RPC__deref_out, which isn't defined anywhere in my source code.

Part of my problem seems to be that I used the current DirectX headers rather than those on the SDL web site, which are several years out of date. But __RPC__deref_out still confounds me.