Minimal custom build for win64 Server app

[Huw Davies]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 12:15:47PM +0300, Nikolay Sivov wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/21/22 12:03, dravion at mail.de wrote:
> > 
> > Am 21/02/2022 um 09:48 schrieb Eric Pouech:
> > > Le 21/02/2022 à 09:17, dravion at mail.de a écrit :
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > > 
> > > > I tried to read the docs and researched the Forum and
> > > > Stackoverflow for some pointers but right know i think only  a
> > > > Developer can answer this build specific Question.
> > > > 
> > > > My Project:
> > > > Right know, iam trying to package a Server App (hMailServer) for
> > > > Debian but also for MacOS which can run headless on WINE right
> > > > now.
> > > > It only needs the Console Subsystem or can run as Windows
> > > > Service, so there is really no X11 or GUI stuff going on. The
> > > > server simply starts with wine
> > > > c:\hMailServer\Bin\hMailServer.exe or it can be register itself
> > > > as Windows Service by running c:\hMailServer\Bin\hMailServer.exe
> > > > /Register
> > > > 
> > > > Right now, it runs on Debian11 Bullseye AMD64 and MacOS 12
> > > > Monterey this way in 64-Bit mode (AMD64/x86_64) just fine.
> > > > 
> > > > Now i want to package it as Debian *.deb package and MacOS *.pkg
> > > > Installer package but i dont want to interfere with a existing
> > > > WINE Installation on the
> > > > target System nor i want the User for example to Setup WINE on
> > > > MacOS with brew or on Linux with apt-get ect. hMailServer is a
> > > > very popular and easy to use
> > > > Windows 32 and 64-Bit Software and i want it to stay it that
> > > > way, even on Linux and MacOS.
> > > > 
> > > > Long story short:
> > > > I want to package hMailServer for Linux and MacOS and have all
> > > > dependencies for WINE aboard. I want the User to install the
> > > > package so it just runs, like it does for Windows.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > So i tried to built my custom WINE Version to make it as small
> > > > as possible
> > > > ./configure CFLAGS="-Os" --verbose --without-x
> > > > --prefix=/opt/build/wine --disable-win16 --disable-tests
> > > > --without-freetype --without-gstreamer --without-openal
> > > > --without-gettext --without-ldap --without-vkd3d
> > > > --without-netapi --without-oss --without-opencl --without-pulse
> > > > --without-usb --without-pcap --without-vulkan --without-sane
> > > > --without-sdl --without-cups --without-krb5 --without-gphoto
> > > > --without-capi --without-fontconfig --without-udev
> > > > --without-dbus --without-mingw --without-gnutls --without-opengl
> > > > -disable-win64 --without-x --disable-winemenubuilder
> > > > make & make install
> > > > 
> > > > But even then, the resulted WINE binaries in "/opt/build/wine"
> > > > are hugh (over 700 MBytes whyle hMailServer is only 20 MBytes in
> > > > total!)
> > > > I think thats way to big and i want to cut it down even more.
> > > > 
> > > > My question:
> > > > Is there a clean way or undocumented build switches so i can
> > > > only bring the console Subsystem up and running without the
> > > > whole other stuff like DirectX ect?
> > > > 
> > > > Just console subsystem running "bare streams" without X11,
> > > > DirectX, Vulkan3D ect, ect.
> > > > 
> > > > Ok, i hope some experienced WINE Developer can give me some
> > > > hints how to cut down this 700 MByte Monster even a bit more
> > > > down.
> > > > 
> > > > Please; Dont give me tips like, let the user install WINE
> > > > completely, thats not what i want. I just want the required
> > > > dependencies for running a
> > > > Windows Console (CUI) into my installer package, thats all.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Dravion
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > you can use --disable-MODNAME option to configure to disable
> > > compilation of a given module
> > > 
> > > you have then to determine which modules you don't need
> > > 
> > > and btw :
> > > 
> > > - you'd better don't use --without-mingw
> > > 
> > > - the name of the prefix is kinda too generic if you want to bundle
> > > wine within your app
> > > 
> > > - why are you targetting a 32bit build ?
> > > 
> > > A+
> > > 
> > Hi Eric and thanks for your fast reply!
> > 
> > I have a 64-Built but i copied the wrong trial and error ./configure
> > snippet (i have the messy habbit documenting all my trials ;d
> > 
> > ./configure CFLAGS="-Os" --prefix=/opt/wine --disable-win16 --without-x
> > --disable-tests --without-freetype --without-gstreamer --without-openal
> > --without-gettext --without-ldap --without-vkd3d --without-netapi
> > --without-oss --without-opencl --without-pulse --without-usb
> > --without-pcap --without-vulkan --without-sane --without-sdl
> > --without-cups --without-krb5 --without-gphoto --without-capi
> > --without-fontconfig --without-udev --without-dbus --without-mingw
> > --without-gnutls --without-opengl --enable-win64
> > make -j 4 && make install
> > 
> > This is the correct one, so this works for me
> > 
> > As you can see, i allready used the the --disable-mode switch for
> > example: --disable-tests OR --disable_win16
> > 
> > But still, it results in this 700 MByte Monster in /opt/wine
> > 
> > By the way, i had a hard time finding all the configure switches and i
> > wasn't abel to find more.
> > Is there a Document or Wiki which documents all possible make swithces?
> > Are there anymore then
> > 
> > --disable-win16
> > --disable-tests
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > If i cannot find any more ways to shrink this beast down to a resonble
> > size, i will check dependencies and delete unused DLL's but this is
> > something i dont want to do, bc i fear stuff will
> > break in unpredicable ways.
> 
> Like Eric said, you can use same --disable-... options to exclude dlls you
> don't need. For example if you wanted to exclude d2d1 and dwrite, you'd use:
> 
> --without-d2d1 --without-dwrite
> 
> Note that dlls almost always depend on other dlls, and I believe
> --disable-... won't protect or warn you about that, you'll have to figure
> out that on your own. Such dependencies also change over time.

Also, have you tried to strip the binaries?

make install INSTALL_PROGRAM_FLAGS="-s"

should do this.

Huw.