BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN will build GITHUB_PLUGIN on Linux now. Don't know if the parser works yet, but the FootprintEnumerate() function worked in testing.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@ option( KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON
 
 option( USE_FP_LIB_TABLE "Use the new footprint library table implementation. ( default OFF)" )
 
-if( NOT MINGW )     # BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN is not MINGW ready yet.
+# BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN for MINGW is pretty demanding due to download_openssl.cmake and openssl's
-    # still have some build problems, even on linux
+# use of perl to drive its configure step.  You might find it works in a cross builder say on linux.
-    #option( BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN "Build the GITHUB_PLUGIN for pcbnew." OFF )
+# Dick is not personally supporting Windows any more with this exotic stuff.  Some other windows
+# developer will have to smooth out the build issues.  So enable this for MINGW without my help but
+# with my best wishes.
+if( NOT MINGW )
+    option( BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN "Build the GITHUB_PLUGIN for pcbnew." OFF )
 endif()
 
 

CMakeModules/download_boost.cmake

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ set( BOOST_ROOT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/boost_root" )
 
 if( BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN )
     # Space separated list which indicates the subset of boost libraries to compile.
-    # Chosen libraries are based on pion-net _client_ (not server) requirements.  Client
+    # Chosen libraries are based on AVHTTP requirements, and possibly
-    # requirements are less demanding.
+    # unit_test_framework for its own worth.
     set( BOOST_LIBS_BUILT
         date_time
         #exception
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if( BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN )
         #signals
         system
         thread
-        unit_test_framework
+        #unit_test_framework
         )
 endif()
 
@@ -75,16 +75,11 @@ set( headers_src "${PREFIX}/src/boost/boost" )
 
 function( set_boost_lib_names libs output )
     foreach( lib ${libs} )
-
+        set( fullpath_lib "${BOOST_ROOT}/lib/libboost_${lib}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" )
-    if( false )
+        list( APPEND results ${fullpath_lib} )
-        set( fullpath_lib, "${BOOST_ROOT}/lib/libboost_${lib}.${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" )
-        message( STATUS "fullpath_lib:${fullpath_lib}" )
-        list( APPEND output ${fullpath_lib} )
-    endif()
-
-        message( STATUS "lib:${lib}" )
-
     endforeach()
+    # set the results into variable represented by output into caller's scope
+    set( ${output} ${results} PARENT_SCOPE )
 endfunction()
 
 
@@ -135,10 +130,9 @@ if( BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN )
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
         )
 
-    #file( GLOB boost_libs "${BOOST_ROOT}/lib/*${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" )
+    set( boost_libs "" )
-    set_boost_lib_names( ${BOOST_LIBS_BUILT} boost_libs )
+    set_boost_lib_names( "${BOOST_LIBS_BUILT}" boost_libs )
-
+    #message( STATUS "BOOST_ROOT:${BOOST_ROOT}  boost_libs:${boost_libs}" )
-    message( STATUS "BOOST_ROOT:${BOOST_ROOT}  boost_libs:${boost_libs}" )
     set( Boost_LIBRARIES    ${boost_libs}           CACHE FILEPATH "Boost libraries directory" )
     set( Boost_INCLUDE_DIR  "${BOOST_ROOT}/include" CACHE FILEPATH "Boost include directory" )
 

patches/openssl-1.0.1e.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+=== modified file 'crypto/bio/bio.h'
+--- crypto/bio/bio.h	2013-02-08 14:43:05 +0000
++++ crypto/bio/bio.h	2013-02-08 14:43:26 +0000
+@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@
+ 
+ /*long BIO_ghbn_ctrl(int cmd,int iarg,char *parg);*/
+ 
+-#ifdef __GNUC__
++#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__MINGW64__)
+ #  define __bio_h__attr__ __attribute__
+ #else
+ #  define __bio_h__attr__(x)
+
+=== modified file 'e_os.h'
+--- e_os.h	2013-02-08 14:43:05 +0000
++++ e_os.h	2013-02-08 14:43:20 +0000
+@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
+ #    ifdef _WIN64
+ #      define strlen(s) _strlen31(s)
+ /* cut strings to 2GB */
+-static unsigned int _strlen31(const char *str)
++static inline unsigned int _strlen31(const char *str)
+ 	{
+ 	unsigned int len=0;
+ 	while (*str && len<0x80000000U) str++, len++;
+

pcbnew/github/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 include( download_avhttp )
 
 if( MINGW )
-    # @todo: take this from python-a-mingw-us' PythonExternalPackages.cmake which does
+    # download, compile and install to scratch dir a recent OPENSSL library and headers
-    # openssl compilation on MINGW.  About 20 minutes work.
     include( download_openssl )
 else()
     find_package( OpenSSL REQUIRED )
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ else()
     # FindOpenSSL.cmake does not set this var into cache, so is not globally visible,
     # do it here incase some other link image needs these libraries
     set( OPENSSL_LIBRARIES   "${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}"   CACHE FILEPATH "OpenSSL link libraries" )
+    set( OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}" CACHE FILEPATH "OpenSSL include dir" )
 endif()