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Re: [Gnuwin32-users] RE: Using GSL with Borland C++

[Kees Z. <kee...@hc...>]

OK. I will try to have a look at this problem. Until it is solved, the Borland and MSVC
import libraries and references to them will be removed, and only GCC (Mingw32)
libraries are provided.

Kees

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Van: "Brian Gough" <bj...@ne...>
Aan: "Kees Zeelenberg" <kz...@us...>
CC: <jo...@st...>; <gsl...@so...>; <gnu...@li...>
Verzonden: maandag 1 april 2002 14:42
Onderwerp: Re: [Gnuwin32-users] RE: Using GSL with Borland C++


> GSL relies on using constants, it doesn't work without them.  So the
> Borland part of the GnuWin32 version of GSL is broken from the user's
> point of view.  Probably the same is true for the MSVC part.
> 
> Brian
> 

Re: [Gnuwin32-users] RE: Using GSL with Borland C++

[Brian G. <bj...@ne...>]

Kees Zeelenberg writes:
 > The Gnuwin32 port of GSL has import libraries for Borland
 > (they have extension -bcc.lib). They have been created from the DLL with
 > the Borland program implib.exe. What probably doesn't work is the use of 
 > constants from the DLL;

Hi,

GSL relies on using constants, it doesn't work without them.  So the
Borland part of the GnuWin32 version of GSL is broken from the user's
point of view.  Probably the same is true for the MSVC part.

Brian

Re: [Gnuwin32-users] RE: Using GSL with Borland C++

[Kees Z. <kz...@us...>]

The Gnuwin32 port of GSL has import libraries for Borland
(they have extension -bcc.lib). They have been created from the DLL with
the Borland program implib.exe. What probably doesn't work is the use of 
constants from the DLL; I suppose that it could be made to work by adding 
declspec(dllimport) to the declaration of the constants when using the DLL 
(cf .http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/compile.html). 
So far I haven't tried this myself, since I am using GCC.

The remark that the Gnuwin32 DLL's don't work, might create confusion.
They are normal DLL's that can be accessed by any application. 
The problems are not with the DLL's but with the Borland import library. 
Moreover, the GCC import library works quite well.

Kees Zeelenberg

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Van: "Brian Gough" <bj...@ne...>
Aan: <jo...@st...>
CC: <gsl...@so...>; <gnu...@li...>
Verzonden: zaterdag 30 maart 2002 13:57
Onderwerp: [Gnuwin32-users] RE: Using GSL with Borland C++


> jo...@st... writes:
>  >  Are there static libraries for Borland C++ at the GNU Win32 site?
>  > I tried using libgsl.a and renaming it libgsl.lib but it didn't
>  > work, so, I just assumed it was only for gcc compilers.
> 
> I thought someone mentioned them once but I could have been mistaken.
> 
> I don't know much about Borland version of GSL that the Gnuwin32
> project distributes, apart from the fact that their DLLs don't work.
> 
> The best place to ask would be on the
> gnu...@li... list. I've cc'ed this message there.
> 
> Brian
> 
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[Gnuwin32-users] RE: Using GSL with Borland C++

[Brian G. <bj...@ne...>]

jo...@st... writes:
 >  Are there static libraries for Borland C++ at the GNU Win32 site?
 > I tried using libgsl.a and renaming it libgsl.lib but it didn't
 > work, so, I just assumed it was only for gcc compilers.

I thought someone mentioned them once but I could have been mistaken.

I don't know much about Borland version of GSL that the Gnuwin32
project distributes, apart from the fact that their DLLs don't work.

The best place to ask would be on the
gnu...@li... list. I've cc'ed this message there.

Brian

Re: [Gnuwin32-users] Borland C++ and GSL

[Kees Z. <kz...@us...>]

I have only the free command-line version of Borland C++. So could you test
whether this problem also occurs with the command-line version? If yes,
please send me the smallest possible program source for which the error
occurs.

Kees Zeelenberg

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Van: "Przemyslaw Sliwa" <sl...@eu...>
Aan: <gnu...@li...>
Verzonden: maandag 11 juli 1994 12:18
Onderwerp: [Gnuwin32-users] Borland C++ and GSL


> Hi!
>
> I downloaded the *.libs and *.dlls from the web page, but I don't know
> how to use it with Borland C++ under Win98. I created a project, added
> the libs and dlls - I can compile my programs and link it, but if I want
> to start it, it shows me an error, that there is something wrong with
> the memory.
> Maybe I should do something else. Even the sample progs from
> gsl-reference don't work.
>
> Please help me!
>
> Thanks
> Przem
>
>
>
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[Gnuwin32-users] Borland C++ and GSL

[Przemyslaw S. <sl...@eu...>]

Hi!

I downloaded the *.libs and *.dlls from the web page, but I don't know
how to use it with Borland C++ under Win98. I created a project, added
the libs and dlls - I can compile my programs and link it, but if I want
to start it, it shows me an error, that there is something wrong with
the memory.
Maybe I should do something else. Even the sample progs from
gsl-reference don't work.

Please help me!

Thanks
Przem

Re: [Gnuwin32-users] Linker Error with GSL/GNUWin32..

[GnuWin32 <gnu...@us...>]

The most probable causes are:
either you try to compile with Cygwin GCC and not with Mingw GCC (solution:
install Mingw and make sure it comes in your path first before Cygwin), or
the '-static' flag is not enough to ensure static linking (it is only for
the compiler, the linker should also be given a static flag and this should
come before the libraries; I think -Wl,-static is the appropriate link, see
the info on Ld in Gcc; alternatively, rename or delete the library
libgsl.dll.a so that the linker only finds libgsl.a).

Kees Zeelenberg

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Van: "Vijaya C Ramasami (Vijay)" <rv...@uk...>
Aan: "GNUWin32" <gnu...@li...>
Verzonden: donderdag 6 december 2001 22:10
Onderwerp: [Gnuwin32-users] Linker Error with GSL/GNUWin32..


> Hi,
>
>   I recently installed GSL using the libraries downloaded from the
> GNUWin32 website and I got the following errors while compiling an
> example program. Specifically, the linker cannot find references to
> "_imp__iob" in two different locations within the libgsl.a library.
> Please help..
>
> \gslwin\lib/libgsl.a(stream.lo)(.text+0x32):stream.c: undefined
> reference to `_imp___iob'
> \gslwin\lib/libgsl.a(stream.lo)(.text+0x95):stream.c: undefined
> reference to `_imp___iob'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make.exe: *** [testMatrix] Error 1
>
> This was the linker command:
> gcc -o testMatrix testMatrix.o Matrix.o -L \gslwin\lib -lgsl -lgslcblas
> -lm -static
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay.
> --
> Vijaya Chandran Ramasami,
> GTA, Communication Systems Lab,
> The University of Kansas,
> Home Phone # 785-312-8001,
> Email : rv...@ku...
> Home Page : http://www.ittc.ukans.edu/~rvc/
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[Gnuwin32-users] Linker Error with GSL/GNUWin32..

[Vijaya C R. (Vijay) <rv...@uk...>]

Hi,

  I recently installed GSL using the libraries downloaded from the
GNUWin32 website and I got the following errors while compiling an
example program. Specifically, the linker cannot find references to
"_imp__iob" in two different locations within the libgsl.a library.
Please help.. 

\gslwin\lib/libgsl.a(stream.lo)(.text+0x32):stream.c: undefined
reference to `_imp___iob'
\gslwin\lib/libgsl.a(stream.lo)(.text+0x95):stream.c: undefined
reference to `_imp___iob'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make.exe: *** [testMatrix] Error 1

This was the linker command:
gcc -o testMatrix testMatrix.o Matrix.o -L \gslwin\lib -lgsl -lgslcblas
-lm -static

Thanks,
Vijay.
-- 
Vijaya Chandran Ramasami,
GTA, Communication Systems Lab,
The University of Kansas,
Home Phone # 785-312-8001,
Email : rv...@ku...
Home Page : http://www.ittc.ukans.edu/~rvc/
---------------------------------------------
"Mathematics is the music of reason" - Sylvester.

RE: [Gnuwin32-users] Re: Problem with Cygwin installation: FAQ?

[Adam K. <ak...@cu...>]

Thanks for the replies. I realise now (having also thought it through last
night) that I have neither been particularly clear in my e-mail nor
consistent in what I was trying to achieve. Thank you for all suggestions as
they helped me understand the installation procedure and the duality between
Cygwin and gnuwin32 port.
As Kees pointed out, I managed to mix the two ports. I used sources from the
gnuwin32 port in hope that I can configure and compile them into libraries
that work under Cygwin port. Since that failed, I installed gnuwin32
binaries/libraries but used Cygwin gcc to compile the test programs.
Surprisingly that worked for some of them, and left me puzzled enough to
send this query.
I have just downloaded the 'original' sources, installed them successfully
using Cygwin port and got no error messages whatsoever. Thanks again for
help,
Thanks also to all who are working on gnuwin32, Cygwin and gsl.
Adam
--
Adam Kleczkowski
Dept. Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
e-mail: ad...@kl...
http://mathbio.com/ (work) http://kleczkowski.net/ (private)

Re: [Gnuwin32-users] Re: Problem with Cygwin installation: FAQ?

[GnuWin32 <gnu...@us...>]

The Gnuwin32 port at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ is not a Cygwin port,
but a native MS-Windows port (it only depends on msvcrt.dll, which is
supplied on all MS-Windows systems). When running 'make check', all went
well, and there were no errors (see check.log in gsl-1.0-src.zip). The
Gnuwin32 port comes with import libraries for Mingw (GCC for MS-Windows),
MSVC and Borland C.
I'm not sure what you have been trying to do. Do you use Cygwin to compile
Gsl? Usually libraries or programs that compile well under Linux, also
compile without any change under Cygwin (configure, make, make check, make
install), and in this case I'm not sure how your problem can be solved. I
could try a compilation under Cygwin, but this will have to wait until next
weekend.
Or did you compile a program under Cygwin (i.e. with the Cygwin GCC
compiler), while linking to the Gnuwin32 dll (by means of the Gnuwin32
import library gsl.dll.a)? In that case, some things will certainly go
wrong, e.g. because Cygwin dll's use an entry point that is different from
MS-Windows dll's, and because Cygwin dll's depend on cygwin1.dll and so you
end up with a program that depends on both cygwin1.dll (because you compiled
it under Cygwin) and msvcrt.dll (because gsl.dll depends on msvcrt.dll). And
since cygwin1.dll and msvcrt.dll export the same functions, the program will
crash. If you quikview an executable, you will see on which dll's it depends
directly; so if your executable depends on cygwin1.dll, this probably is the
cause of your problem. To solve this, make sure that  Mingw-GCC comes first
in your path, before cygwin\bin, and that the GCC compiler won't look after
libraries in cygwin\lib.
If you still have problems after this, then send me some sample programs,
and I will try whether they compile and execute well on my own system
(Windows 98).

Kees Zeelenberg

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Brian Gough" <bj...@ne...>
Aan: <ad...@kl...>
CC: "Gsl-Discuss" <gsl...@so...>;
<gnu...@li...>
Verzonden: dinsdag 27 november 2001 20:47
Onderwerp: [Gnuwin32-users] Re: Problem with Cygwin installation: FAQ?


> Hi,
>
> The Cygwin version of GSL is a third-party package made the GnuWin32
> group. I don't know much about it I'm afraid -- I get the same error
> as you, and I can't figure it out either.  Sorry I can't offer any
> more help than that. I'm cc'ing this message to their mailing list to
> see if they can offer any suggestions.
>
> Their distribution does include the similar program "gsl-randist"
> which generates random numbers correctly, so it must be possible to
> get this to work -- perhaps it just requires some special Windows
> compiler option that I'm not familiar with.
>
> regards
> Brian Gough
>
>
>
> Adam Kleczkowski writes:
>  > I am trying to install/compile/run GSL v. 1.0 in the Cygwin environment
>  > (most up-to-date version), gcc 2.95.3-5. This has created a series of
>  > various problems and I have not been successful so far.
>  >
>  > Cygwin is installed in c:\cygwin
>  >
>  > GSL libraries, include files etc in c:\cygwin\usr\bin etc, binaries in
>  > c:\cygwin\bin
>  >
>  > Testing by using example programs from the manual (pages referring to
PDF
>  > format):
>  >
>  > Page 40:        poly.c (finding roots of the polynomial)
>  > Page 162:       random.c (testing a random number generator)
>  > Page 266:       vanderpol.c (Vanderpol oscilator)
>  >
>  > Using the mingw installation.
>  > All programs compile well, but:
>  > a. poly.c executes with no problem
>  > b. random.c and vanderpol.c crash giving the message:
>  >
>  >       0 [main] A 86798653 handle_exceptions: Exception:
>  > STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
>  >    1647 [main] A 86798653 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to
>  > RANDOM.EXE.stack
>  > dump
>  >
>  > I compile using simply
>  > gcc -o random.exe -c random.c -lgsl -lm
>  >
>  > I attach the programs. Any clues? In fact, I want to use random number
>  > generators and ODE solver in my project, and these two have not
compiled
>  > well...
>  > Thanks for a response in advance. If there is a reasonable FAQ that
covers
>  > the Cygwin installation, I would love to know where to find it. I tried
to
>  > compile GSL from the source under Cygwin (./configure, make, make
install)
>  > but run into horrific problems.
>  > --
>  > Adam Kleczkowski
>  > Dept. Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
>  > e-mail: ad...@kl...
>  > http://mathbio.com/ (work) http://kleczkowski.net/ (private)
>
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[Gnuwin32-users] Re: Problem with Cygwin installation: FAQ?

[Brian G. <bj...@ne...>]

Hi,

The Cygwin version of GSL is a third-party package made the GnuWin32
group. I don't know much about it I'm afraid -- I get the same error
as you, and I can't figure it out either.  Sorry I can't offer any
more help than that. I'm cc'ing this message to their mailing list to
see if they can offer any suggestions.

Their distribution does include the similar program "gsl-randist"
which generates random numbers correctly, so it must be possible to
get this to work -- perhaps it just requires some special Windows
compiler option that I'm not familiar with.

regards
Brian Gough



Adam Kleczkowski writes:
 > I am trying to install/compile/run GSL v. 1.0 in the Cygwin environment
 > (most up-to-date version), gcc 2.95.3-5. This has created a series of
 > various problems and I have not been successful so far.
 > 
 > Cygwin is installed in c:\cygwin
 > 
 > GSL libraries, include files etc in c:\cygwin\usr\bin etc, binaries in
 > c:\cygwin\bin
 > 
 > Testing by using example programs from the manual (pages referring to PDF
 > format):
 > 
 > Page 40:        poly.c (finding roots of the polynomial)
 > Page 162:       random.c (testing a random number generator)
 > Page 266:       vanderpol.c (Vanderpol oscilator)
 > 
 > Using the mingw installation.
 > All programs compile well, but:
 > a. poly.c executes with no problem
 > b. random.c and vanderpol.c crash giving the message:
 > 
 >       0 [main] A 86798653 handle_exceptions: Exception:
 > STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
 >    1647 [main] A 86798653 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to
 > RANDOM.EXE.stack
 > dump
 > 
 > I compile using simply
 > gcc -o random.exe -c random.c -lgsl -lm
 > 
 > I attach the programs. Any clues? In fact, I want to use random number
 > generators and ODE solver in my project, and these two have not compiled
 > well...
 > Thanks for a response in advance. If there is a reasonable FAQ that covers
 > the Cygwin installation, I would love to know where to find it. I tried to
 > compile GSL from the source under Cygwin (./configure, make, make install)
 > but run into horrific problems.
 > --
 > Adam Kleczkowski
 > Dept. Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 > e-mail: ad...@kl...
 > http://mathbio.com/ (work) http://kleczkowski.net/ (private)