Merge pull request #540

630a852 Fixes reliable building in both mingw32 shell as Qt creator. Cleans redundant path naming. (Roy Jacobs)
2a8419c Windows build guide updated (Roy Jacobs)
b43f88c Boost paths fixed for building in Msys2-mingw (Roy Jacobs)

README.md

@@ -158,8 +158,13 @@ More info: http://stackoverflow.com/a/35098040/1683164
 ### On Windows:
 
 1. Install [msys2](http://msys2.github.io/), follow the instructions on that page on how to update packages to the latest versions
+
 2. Install monero dependencies as described in [monero documentation](https://github.com/monero-project/monero) into msys2 environment.
    **As we only build application for x86, install only dependencies for x86 architecture (i686 in package name)**
+   ```
+   pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain make mingw-w64-i686-cmake mingw-w64-i686-boost
+
+   ```
 
 3. Install git into msys2 environment:
 
@@ -173,35 +178,35 @@ More info: http://stackoverflow.com/a/35098040/1683164
        - Tools > MinGW 5.3.0
    - continue with installation
 
-5. Open ```mingw``` shell:
+5. Open ```MinGW-w64 Win32 Shell``` shell:
 
    ```%MSYS_ROOT%\msys2_shell.cmd -mingw32```
 
    Where ```%MSYS_ROOT%``` will be ```c:\msys32``` if your host OS is x86-based or ```c:\msys64``` if your host OS
    is x64-based
 
-6. Clone repository:
+6. Install the latest version of boost, specificly the required static libraries:
     ```
+    cd
+    wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.63.0/boost_1_63_0.tar.bz2
+    tar xjf boost_1_63_0.tar.bz2
+    cd boost_1_63_0
+    ./bootstrap.sh mingw
+    ./b2 --prefix=/mingw32/boost --layout=tagged --without-mpi --without-python toolset=gcc address-model=32 variant=debug,release link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static -j$(nproc) install
+    ```
+
+7. Clone repository:
+    ```
+    cd
     git clone https://github.com/monero-project/monero-core.git
     ```
 
-7. Build libwallet:
+8. Build the GUI:
     ```
     cd monero-core
-    ./get_libwallet_api.sh
+    export PATH=$(ls -rd /c/Qt/5.[6,7,8]/mingw53_32/bin | head -1):$PATH
+    ./build.sh
+    cd build
+    make deploy
     ```
-      close ```mingw``` shell after it done
-
-8. Build application:
-
-    - open ```Qt environment``` shell (Qt 5.7 for Desktop (MinGW 5.3.0 32 bit) is shortcut name)
-    - navigate to the project dir and build the app:
-      ```
-      cd %MSYS_ROOT%\%USERNAME%\monero-core
-      mkdir build
-      cd build
-      qmake ..\ -r "CONFIG+=release"
-      mingw32-make release
-      mingw32-make deploy
-      ```
-    - grab result binary and dependencies in ```.\release\bin```
+    The resulting executable can be found in ```.\release\bin```

monero-wallet-gui.pro

@@ -144,13 +144,21 @@ CONFIG(WITH_SCANNER) {
 
 win32 {
 
+    # QMAKE_HOST.arch is unreliable, will allways report 32bit if mingw32 shell is run.
+    # Obtaining arch through uname should be reliable. This also fixes building the project in Qt creator without changes.
+    MSYS_HOST_ARCH = $$system(uname -a | grep -o "x86_64")
+
+    # Even if host is 64bit, we are building win32 spec, so mingw path should allways be "/mingw32"
+    MSYS_MINGW_PATH=/mingw32
+    BOOST_MINGW_PATH=$$MSYS_MINGW_PATH/boost
+
     # Win64 Host settings
-    contains(QMAKE_HOST.arch, x86_64) {
+    contains(MSYS_HOST_ARCH, x86_64) {
         message("Host is 64bit")
         MSYS_PATH=c:/msys64/mingw32
 
         # boost root path
-        BOOST_PATH=c:/msys64/mingw64/boost
+        BOOST_PATH=$$MSYS_PATH/boost
 
     # WIN32 Host settings
     } else {
@@ -158,12 +166,14 @@ win32 {
         MSYS_PATH=c:/msys32/mingw32
 
         # boost root path
-        BOOST_PATH=c:/msys32/mingw32/boost
+        BOOST_PATH=$$MSYS_PATH/boost
 
     }
 
     LIBS+=-L$$MSYS_PATH/lib
+    LIBS+=-L$$MSYS_MINGW_PATH/lib
     LIBS+=-L$$BOOST_PATH/lib
+    LIBS+=-L$$BOOST_MINGW_PATH/lib
     
     LIBS+= \
         -Wl,-Bstatic \