grep-3.11-build.txt

How to build native 32/64-bit Gnu grep.exe with Visual Studio 2022 and WDK10

First, build pcre2.a and pcre2posix.a libraries - see pcre2/pcre2-10.44-build.txt

Second, in the directory containing ./pcre2-pcre2-10.44, build Gnu Grep with PCRE support.

From CYGWIN shell or other unix-like shell:

1) get grep archive:    wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-3.11.tar.xz
2) unpack sed archive:  tar xf grep-3.11.tar.xz
3) go to grep sources:  cd grep-3.11
4) now start dos prompt with minimal environment (inherit TMP variable value):
  env -i TMP="$(cmd.exe /c set TMP | sed 's/.*=//;s/\x0d//')" $(which cmd.exe) /c start cmd.exe

In the dos window:

5) prepare environment, change console code page to ACP (Ansi Code Page):
  set "PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0"
  set LC_CTYPE=
  chcp 1251
  set VSCMD_SKIP_SENDTELEMETRY=1

  (ACP value can be queried by the command: "reg query HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage /v ACP")

6) setup compiler:
  for 64-bit build:     "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
  for 32-bit build:     "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86

7) get value of INCLUDE environment variable set by vcvarsall.bat
  set INCLUDE >include.txt

In the unix-like shell:

8) copy build patch:
  for 64-bit build:     cp ../grep-3.11-build-VS22-x64.patch ./build.patch
  for 32-bit build:     cp ../grep-3.11-build-VS22-x86.patch ./build.patch

9) fix build patch - change paths to locations of Visual Studio 2022 and WDK10:
  sed -i '/Visual Studio/s@.:.*include@'"$(<include.txt sed -n 's@\\@\\\\@g;/^INCLUDE/s@.*[=;]\([^=;]*\\\\VC\\\\[^=;]*[0-9]\\\\include\).*$@\1@p')"'@' ./build.patch
  sed -i '/Windows Kits/s@.:.*ucrt@'"$(<include.txt sed -n 's@\\@\\\\@g;/^INCLUDE/s@.*[=;]\([^=;]*\\\\ucrt\).*$@\1@p')"'@'                             ./build.patch

10) patch grep:          patch -Np1 -i ./build.patch

11) optionally, add support for inline utf16->utf8 transcoding:
  patch -Np1 -i ../grep-3.11-utf16.patch

12) update path to PCRE2 library:
  sed -i 's@\\pcre2-pcre2-10.[^\\]*@\\pcre2-pcre2-10.44@g' ./make.bat

13) add support for wildcard expansion in program arguments:
  sed -i 's@pcre2.a@& wsetargv.obj@' ./make.bat

Again in the dos window:

14) do compile:         make.bat
15) check build result: grep.exe --version