Introduce winbash config and build xapian using it.

kiwixbuild/configs/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 from .base import *
 
-from . import android, armhf, musl, flatpak, i586, ios, native, neutral, win32, wasm
+from . import (
+    android,
+    armhf,
+    musl,
+    flatpak,
+    i586,
+    ios,
+    native,
+    neutral,
+    win32,
+    wasm,
+    winbash,
+)

kiwixbuild/configs/winbash.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from .base import ConfigInfo
+import sysconfig
+
+from kiwixbuild.utils import pj
+from kiwixbuild._global import get_target_step
+
+
+class WinBashConfigInfo(ConfigInfo):
+    """This config is kind of internal config to compile xapian using git bash."""
+
+    name = "win_bash"
+    compatible_hosts = ["Windows"]
+    exe_wrapper_def = ""
+
+    @property
+    def arch_name(self):
+        return sysconfig.get_platform()
+
+    @property
+    def config_wrapper(self):
+        yield "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe"
+
+    @property
+    def binaries(self):
+        binaries = {
+            "CC": "cl -nologo",
+            "CXX": "cl -nologo",
+            "AR": "lib",
+        }
+        return binaries
+
+    def set_comp_flags(self, env):
+        super().set_comp_flags(env)
+        env["CXXFLAGS"] = "-EHsc -MD " + env["CXXFLAGS"]

kiwixbuild/dependencies/libzim.py

@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ class Libzim(Dependency):
         @classmethod
         def get_dependencies(cls, configInfo, allDeps):
             if neutralEnv("distname") == "Windows":
-                return ["zstd", "icu4c", "zim-testing-suite", "xapian-core"]
+                return [
+                    "zstd",
+                    "icu4c",
+                    "zim-testing-suite",
+                    ("win_bash", "xapian-core"),
+                ]
             deps = ["lzma", "zstd", "xapian-core", "icu4c"]
             if configInfo.name not in ("flatpak", "wasm"):
                 deps.append("zim-testing-suite")

kiwixbuild/dependencies/xapian.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from .base import Dependency, ReleaseDownload, MakeBuilder
 
-from kiwixbuild.utils import Remotefile
+from kiwixbuild.utils import Remotefile, pj
 from kiwixbuild._global import neutralEnv
 
 
@@ -14,12 +14,24 @@ class Xapian(Dependency):
         )
 
     class Builder(MakeBuilder):
-        configure_options = [
-            "--disable-sse",
-            "--disable-backend-chert",
-            "--disable-backend-remote",
-            "--disable-documentation",
-        ]
+        @property
+        def configure_options(self):
+            if neutralEnv("distname") == "Windows":
+                compile_script = pj(self.source_path, "compile")
+                return [
+                    'CC="cl -nologo"',
+                    'CXX=f"{compile_script} cl -nologo"',
+                    "CXXFLAGS=-EHsc",
+                    "AR=lib",
+                ]
+            else:
+                return [
+                    "--disable-sse",
+                    "--disable-backend-chert",
+                    "--disable-backend-remote",
+                    "--disable-documentation",
+                ]
+
         configure_env = {
             "_format_LDFLAGS": "{env.LDFLAGS} -L{buildEnv.install_dir}/{buildEnv.libprefix}",
             "_format_CXXFLAGS": "{env.CXXFLAGS} -O3 -I{buildEnv.install_dir}/include",