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6 winebuild - Wine dll builder
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9 winebuild [options] [inputfile...]
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12 winebuild generates the assembly files that are necessary to build a
13 Wine dll, which is basically a Win32 dll encapsulated inside a Unix
14 library.
15 winebuild has different modes, depending on what kind of file it is
17 asked to generate. The mode is specified by one of the mode options
18 specified below. In addition to the mode option, various other command-
19 line option can be specified, as described in the OPTIONS section.
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22 You have to specify exactly one of the following options, depending on
23 what you want winebuild to generate.
24 --dll Build an assembly file from a .spec file (see SPEC FILE SYNTAX
26 for details), or from a standard Windows .def file. The
27 .spec/.def file is specified via the -E option. The resulting
28 file must be assembled and linked to the other object files to
29 build a working Wine dll. In this mode, the input files should
30 be the list of all object files that will be linked into the
31 final dll, to allow winebuild to get the list of all undefined
32 symbols that need to be imported from other dlls.
33 --exe Build an assembly file for an executable. This is basically the
35 same as the --dll mode except that it doesn't require a
36 .spec/.def file as input, since an executable need not export
37 functions. Some executables however do export functions, and for
38 those a .spec/.def file can be specified via the -E option. The
39 executable is named from the .spec/.def file name if present, or
40 explicitly through the -F option. The resulting file must be
41 assembled and linked to the other object files to build a work‐
42 ing Wine executable, and all the other object files must be
43 listed as input files.
44 --def Build a .def file from a spec file. The .spec file is specified
46 via the -E option. This is used when building dlls with a PE
47 (Win32) compiler.
48 --implib
50 Build a .a import library from a spec file. The .spec file is
51 specified via the -E option. If the output library name ends in
52 .delay.a, a delayed import library is built.
53 --staticlib
55 Build a .a static library from object files.
56 --resources
58 Generate a .o file containing all the input resources. This is
59 useful when building with a PE compiler, since the PE binutils
60 cannot handle multiple resource files as input. For a standard
61 Unix build, the resource files are automatically included when
62 building the spec file, so there's no need for an intermediate
63 .o file.
64 --builtin
66 Mark a PE module as a Wine builtin module, by adding the "Wine
67 builtin DLL" signature string after the DOS header.
68 --fixup-ctors
70 Fixup constructors after a module has been built. This should be
71 done on the final .so module if its code contains constructors,
72 to ensure that Wine has a chance to initialize the module before
73 the constructors are executed.
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76 --as-cmd=as-command
77 Specify the command to use to compile assembly files; the
78 default is as.
79 -b, --target=cpu-manufacturer[-kernel]-os
81 Specify the target CPU and platform on which the generated code
82 will be built. The target specification is in the standard auto‐
83 conf format as returned by config.sub.
84 -B directory
86 Add the directory to the search path for the various binutils
87 tools like as, nm and ld.
88 --cc-cmd=cc-command
90 Specify the C compiler to use to compile assembly files; the
91 default is to instead use the assembler specified with --as-cmd.
92 -d, --delay-lib=name
94 Set the delayed import mode for the specified library, which
95 must be one of the libraries imported with the -l option.
96 Delayed mode means that the library won't be loaded until a
97 function imported from it is actually called.
98 -D symbol
100 Ignored for compatibility with the C compiler.
101 -e, --entry=function
103 Specify the module entry point function; if not specified, the
104 default is DllMain for dlls, and main for executables (if the
105 standard C main is not defined, WinMain is used instead). This
106 is only valid for Win32 modules.
107 -E, --export=filename
109 Specify a .spec file (see SPEC FILE SYNTAX for details), or a
110 standard Windows .def file that defines the exports of the DLL
111 or executable that is being built.
112 --external-symbols
114 Allow linking to external symbols directly from the spec file.
115 Normally symbols exported by a dll have to be defined in the dll
116 itself; this option makes it possible to use symbols defined in
117 another Unix library (for symbols defined in another dll, a for‐
118 ward specification must be used instead).
119 -f option
121 Specify a code generation option. Currently -fPIC and -fasyn‐
122 chronous-unwind-tables are supported. Other options are ignored
123 for compatibility with the C compiler.
124 --fake-module
126 Create a fake PE module for a dll or exe, instead of the normal
127 assembly or object file. The PE module contains the resources
128 for the module, but no executable code.
129 -F, --filename=filename
131 Set the file name of the module. The default is to use the base
132 name of the spec file (without any extension).
133 -h, --help
135 Display a usage message and exit.
136 -H, --heap=size
138 Specify the size of the module local heap in bytes (only valid
139 for Win16 modules); default is no local heap.
140 -I directory
142 Ignored for compatibility with the C compiler.
143 -k, --kill-at
145 Remove the stdcall decorations from the symbol names in the gen‐
146 erated .def file. Only meaningful in --def mode.
147 -K flags
149 Ignored for compatibility with the C compiler.
150 --large-address-aware
152 Set a flag in the executable to notify the loader that this
153 application supports address spaces larger than 2 gigabytes.
154 --ld-cmd=ld-command
156 Specify the command to use to link the object files; the default
157 is ld.
158 -L, --library-path=directory
160 Append the specified directory to the list of directories that
161 are searched for import libraries.
162 -l, --library=name
164 Import the specified library, looking for a corresponding lib‐
165 name.def file in the directories specified with the -L option.
166 -m16, -m32, -m64
168 Generate respectively 16-bit, 32-bit or 64-bit code.
169 -marm, -mthumb, -march=option, -mcpu=option, -mfpu=option, -mfloat-
171 abi=option
172 Set code generation options for the assembler.
173 -mno-cygwin
175 Build a library that uses the Windows runtime instead of the
176 Unix C library.
177 -munix Build the Unix counterpart of a builtin module.
179 -M, --main-module=module
181 When building a 16-bit dll, set the name of its 32-bit counter‐
182 part to module. This is used to enforce that the load order for
183 the 16-bit dll matches that of the 32-bit one.
184 -N, --dll-name=dllname
186 Set the internal name of the module. It is only used in Win16
187 modules. The default is to use the base name of the spec file
188 (without any extension). This is used for KERNEL, since it lives
189 in KRNL386.EXE. It shouldn't be needed otherwise.
190 --nm-cmd=nm-command
192 Specify the command to use to get the list of undefined symbols;
193 the default is nm.
194 --nxcompat=yes|no
196 Specify whether the module is compatible with no-exec support.
197 The default is yes.
198 -o, --output=file
200 Set the name of the output file (default is standard output). If
201 the output file name ends in .o, the text output is sent to a
202 temporary file that is then assembled to produce the specified
203 .o file.
204 --prefer-native
206 Specify that the native DLL should be preferred if available at
207 run time. This can be used on modules that are mostly unimple‐
208 mented.
209 -r, --res=rsrc.res
211 Load resources from the specified binary resource file. The
212 rsrc.res file can be produced from a source resource file with
213 wrc(1) (or with a Windows resource compiler).
214 This option is only necessary for Win16 resource files, the
215 Win32 ones can simply listed as input files and will automati‐
216 cally be handled correctly (though the -r option will also work
217 for Win32 files).
218 --safeseh
220 Mark object files as SEH compatible.
221 --save-temps
223 Do not delete the various temporary files that winebuild gener‐
224 ates.
225 --subsystem=subsystem[:major[.minor]]
227 Set the subsystem of the executable, which can be one of the
228 following:
229 console for a command line executable,
230 windows for a graphical executable,
231 native for a native-mode dll,
232 wince for a ce dll.
233 The entry point of a command line executable is a normal C main
234 function. A wmain function can be used instead if you need the
235 argument array to use Unicode strings. A graphical executable
236 has a WinMain entry point.
237 Optionally a major and minor subsystem version can also be spec‐
238 ified; the default subsystem version is 4.0.
239 -u, --undefined=symbol
241 Add symbol to the list of undefined symbols when invoking the
242 linker. This makes it possible to force a specific module of a
243 static library to be included when resolving imports.
244 -v, --verbose
246 Display the various subcommands being invoked by winebuild.
247 --version
249 Display the program version and exit.
250 -w, --warnings
252 Turn on warnings.
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255 General syntax
256 A spec file should contain a list of ordinal declarations. The general
257 syntax is the following:
258 ordinal functype [flags] exportname ( [args...] ) [handler]
260 ordinal variable [flags] exportname ( [data...] )
261 ordinal extern [flags] exportname [symbolname]
262 ordinal stub [flags] exportname [ (args...) ]
263 ordinal equate [flags] exportname data
264 # comments
265 Declarations must fit on a single line, except if the end of line is
267 escaped using a backslash character. The # character anywhere in a line
268 causes the rest of the line to be ignored as a comment.
269 ordinal specifies the ordinal number corresponding to the entry point,
271 or '@' for automatic ordinal allocation (Win32 only).
272 flags is a series of optional flags, preceded by a '-' character. The
274 supported flags are:
275 -norelay
277 The entry point is not displayed in relay debugging
278 traces (Win32 only).
279 -noname
281 The entry point will be exported by ordinal instead of by
282 name. The name is still available for importing.
283 -ret16 The function returns a 16-bit value (Win16 only).
285 -ret64 The function returns a 64-bit value (Win32 only).
287 -register
289 The function uses CPU register to pass arguments.
290 -private
292 The function cannot be imported from other dlls, it can
293 only be accessed through GetProcAddress.
294 -ordinal
296 The entry point will be imported by ordinal instead of by
297 name. The name is still exported.
298 -thiscall
300 The function uses the thiscall calling convention (first
301 parameter in %ecx register on i386).
302 -fastcall
304 The function uses the fastcall calling convention (first
305 two parameters in %ecx/%edx registers on i386).
306 -syscall
308 The function is an NT system call. A system call thunk
309 will be generated, and the actual function will be called
310 by the __wine_syscall_dispatcher function that will be
311 generated on the Unix library side.
312 -import
314 The function is imported from another module. This can be
315 used instead of a forward specification when an applica‐
316 tion expects to find the function's implementation inside
317 the dll.
318 -arch=[!]cpu[,cpu]
320 The entry point is only available on the specified CPU
321 architecture(s). The names win32 and win64 match all
322 32-bit or 64-bit CPU architectures respectively. In
323 16-bit dlls, specifying -arch=win32 causes the entry
324 point to be exported from the 32-bit wrapper module. A
325 CPU name can be prefixed with ! to exclude only that spe‐
326 cific architecture.
327 Function ordinals
329 Syntax:
330 ordinal functype [flags] exportname ( [args...] ) [handler]
331 This declaration defines a function entry point. The prototype defined
333 by exportname ( [args...] ) specifies the name available for dynamic
334 linking and the format of the arguments. '@' can be used instead of
335 exportname for ordinal-only exports.
336 functype should be one of:
338 stdcall
340 for a normal Win32 function
341 pascal for a normal Win16 function
343 cdecl for a Win16 or Win32 function using the C calling conven‐
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346 varargs
348 for a Win16 or Win32 function using the C calling conven‐
349 tion with a variable number of arguments
350 args should be one or several of:
352 word (16-bit unsigned value)
354 s_word (16-bit signed word)
356 long (pointer-sized integer value)
358 int64 (64-bit integer value)
360 int128 (128-bit integer value)
362 float (32-bit floating point value)
364 double (64-bit floating point value)
366 ptr (linear pointer)
368 str (linear pointer to a null-terminated ASCII string)
370 wstr (linear pointer to a null-terminated Unicode string)
372 segptr (segmented pointer)
374 segstr (segmented pointer to a null-terminated ASCII string).
376 Note: The 16-bit and segmented pointer types are only valid for
378 Win16 functions.
379 handler is the name of the actual C function that will implement that
381 entry point in 32-bit mode. The handler can also be specified as dll‐
382 name.function to define a forwarded function (one whose implementation
383 is in another dll). If handler is not specified, it is assumed to be
384 identical to exportname.
385 This first example defines an entry point for the 32-bit GetFocus()
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388 @ stdcall GetFocus() GetFocus
390 This second example defines an entry point for the 16-bit CreateWin‐
392 dow() call (the ordinal 100 is just an example); it also shows how long
393 lines can be split using a backslash:
394 100 pascal CreateWindow(ptr ptr long s_word s_word s_word \
396 s_word word word word ptr) WIN_CreateWindow
397 To declare a function using a variable number of arguments, specify the
399 function as varargs and declare it in the C file with a '...' parameter
400 for a Win32 function, or with an extra VA_LIST16 argument for a Win16
401 function. See the wsprintf* functions in user.exe.spec and user32.spec
402 for an example.
403 Variable ordinals
405 Syntax:
406 ordinal variable [flags] exportname ( [data...] )
407 This declaration defines data storage as 32-bit words at the ordinal
409 specified. exportname will be the name available for dynamic linking.
410 data can be a decimal number or a hex number preceded by "0x". The
411 following example defines the variable VariableA at ordinal 2 and con‐
412 taining 4 ints:
413 2 variable VariableA(-1 0xff 0 0)
415 This declaration only works in Win16 spec files. In Win32 you should
417 use extern instead (see below).
418 Extern ordinals
420 Syntax:
421 ordinal extern [flags] exportname [symbolname]
422 This declaration defines an entry that simply maps to a C symbol (vari‐
424 able or function). It only works in Win32 spec files. exportname will
425 point to the symbol symbolname that must be defined in the C code.
426 Alternatively, it can be of the form dllname.symbolname to define a
427 forwarded symbol (one whose implementation is in another dll). If sym‐
428 bolname is not specified, it is assumed to be identical to exportname.
429 Stub ordinals
431 Syntax:
432 ordinal stub [flags] exportname [ (args...) ]
433 This declaration defines a stub function. It makes the name and ordinal
435 available for dynamic linking, but will terminate execution with an
436 error message if the function is ever called.
437 Equate ordinals
439 Syntax:
440 ordinal equate [flags] exportname data
441 This declaration defines an ordinal as an absolute value. exportname
443 will be the name available for dynamic linking. data can be a decimal
444 number or a hex number preceded by "0x".
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447 winebuild has been worked on by many people over the years. The main
448 authors are Robert J. Amstadt, Alexandre Julliard, Martin von Loewis,
449 Ulrich Weigand and Eric Youngdale. Many other people have contributed
450 new features and bug fixes. For a complete list, see the git commit
451 logs.
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454 It is not yet possible to use a PE-format dll in an import specifica‐
455 tion; only Wine dlls can be imported.
456 Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker ⟨https://bugs.winehq.org⟩.
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460 winebuild is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through
461 WineHQ, the Wine development headquarters ⟨https://www.winehq.org/⟩.
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464 wine(1), winegcc(1), wrc(1),
465 Wine documentation and support ⟨https://www.winehq.org/help⟩.
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