[wgcc-dev] FW: Problems installing wgcc

[Duft M. <Mar...@sa...>]

For future use forwarded to mailing list.

Note: as seen in here the VC98 (VC6) ml.exe does not work with wgcc.

Cheers, Markus

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bardwell [mailto:SBa...@lb...]=20
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 4:10 PM
To: Duft Markus
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Markus -

OK. I am understanding more of this -- one must use the Windows APIs to
do anything!

I replaced my Unix socket commands:

	'read()' with 'recv()'
	'write()' with 'send()'

and I get errors using WSAGetLastError() and it is now working!!!!

This is enough so that I can code the programs I need as Win32
executables.

Many thanks for your help and for your compiler! I am happy.

Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: Duft Markus [mailto:Mar...@sa...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 10:21 AM
To: sba...@lb...
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Hi!

It now compiles ;o) differences in diff file, new version in attached
.c.new ;o)

The thing is that lot's of signals are not available on windows, and
winsock uses slightly different names for  some defines. Additionally
you will have to  reimplement mygethostname somehow for windows, but
that should not be a big problem, consult msdn here.

You really should fix the remaining warnings ;o)

Cheers, Markus=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bardwell [mailto:sba...@lb...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 3:46 PM
To: Duft Markus
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Getting closer!

I have simplified the source (attached) with only one local Include
file.

What are your suggestions for the following output from wgcc:


$ wgcc -o test_ipsock test_ipsock.c
error  : execution of task seemed to fail, return code 512
C:\SFU\tmp\wgcc\installed\bin\test_ipsock.c(46) : error C2373:
'gethostbyname' : redefinition; different type modifiers
        V:\Vc7\PlatformSDK\Include\WinSock2.h(2120) : see declaration of
'gethostbyname'
C:\SFU\tmp\wgcc\installed\bin\test_ipsock.c(157) : error C2065:
'SIGALRM' :
undeclared identifier
C:\SFU\tmp\wgcc\installed\bin\test_ipsock.c(316) : error C2065:
'ECONNREFUSED' : undeclared identifier
C:\SFU\tmp\wgcc\installed\bin\test_ipsock.c(350) : error C2079: 'utsn'
uses undefined struct 'utsname'
C:\SFU\tmp\wgcc\installed\bin\test_ipsock.c(362) : error C2224: left of
'.nodename' must have struct/union type
C:\SFU\tmp\wgcc\installed\bin\test_ipsock.c(362) : error C2198: 'strcpy'
:
too few arguments for call through pointer-to-fun ction fatal  :
compiler queue didn't complete, cannot continue

Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: Duft Markus [mailto:Mar...@sa...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:11 AM
To: sba...@lb...
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Hey!

Cool ;o)

Just ifdef out the include for netdb.h, you won't need it on windows i
think.

The thing is, that wgcc uses the include directories from cl.exe, and
not /usr/include. This is the reason for pxwc ;o) it abstracts away lots
of issues with the cl.exe includes.

The /usr/include files would require the interix libc to be used, and
that is against the concept of wgcc -> it's purpose is to create native
executables with the native runtime, so it's all windows ;o)

Cheers, Markus=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bardwell [mailto:sba...@lb...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 2:52 PM
To: Duft Markus
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Markus -

It now passes all the tests!!

Since I have you on the line, I will keep asking questions until you get
tired! =20

So, to compile my test program, I am running:

Wgcc -o test_ipsock test_ipsock.c

I now get the error:

$ wgcc -o test_ipsock test_ipsock.c
error  : execution of task seemed to fail, return code 512
C:\SFU\tmp\wgcc\installed\bin\test_ipsock.c(16) : fatal error C1083:
Cannot open include file: 'netdb.h': No such file or directory fatal  :
compiler queue didn't complete, cannot continue

Of course, there is 'netdb.h' in /usr/include.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: Duft Markus [mailto:Mar...@sa...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:33 AM
To: sba...@lb...
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Hi!

Sorry, i forgot: you will have to re configure for the vs checks to run
again, so wgcc gets the correct visual studio. After that please edit
.wgccrc in your build directory again to have debuglevel f3.

Hope it works then ;o)

Cheers, markus=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bardwell [mailto:sba...@lb...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 2:27 PM
To: Duft Markus
Subject: FW: Problems installing wgcc

OK. I also have Visual Studio .NET 2003 installed. I changed the
INTERIX_COMPILEDIR environment variable to point to it (instead of my
old VC98).

I ran the following commands:

	make clean
	make
	make check
	gmake check TESTS=3D"assembler.test"

I have attached the 'wgcc_debug.out'.=20

Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: Duft Markus [mailto:Mar...@sa...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 7:28 AM
To: sba...@lb...
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Hey!

When looking again over your output i saw that you're using VC98... I
never tested anything with such an old version, so i'm not quite sure if
it's not a problem with wgcc/ml.exe versions...

Additionally there is no platform sdk in your configuration. This
doesn't matter for the tests, but you'll need it to compile your test
program you sent me. The wgcc configure script is very limited in
detecting platform sdk and compiler location, so you'll have to add
paths you allways need manually.

Cheers, Markus

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bardwell [mailto:sba...@lb...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 12:09 PM
To: Duft Markus
Subject: FW: Problems installing wgcc

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Markus -

Here are the two files created with the new debug level. I may have not
gotten the paths correctly set before running the tests, so I will run
these again if necessary.

Thanks again.

Steve


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-----Original Message-----
From: Duft Markus [mailto:Mar...@sa...]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 1:52 AM
To: Steve Bardwell
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Hi!

Uff, sorry, i messed up something ;o) the tests use the non-installed
.wgccrc that is on your machine:
/dev/fs/T/wgcc/build.wgcc/.wgccrc
Set the debuglevel there please.

For the Windows Version: the versions that we (our company) support with
our software are:
	Windows 2000 with Interix 3.5
	Windows XP with Interix 3.5
	Windows Server 2003 R2 (!) with Interix 5.2

The "R2" is very important ;o) The thing is that win server 2003 has
proven very unstable when building things. We build things on windows
server 2003 R2 and then copy the binaries to the 2003 SP[0|1] if we
really need them there.

There are some hotfixes available for which one would have to contact
microsoft to get them, and they _may_ fix _some_ problems, but i don't
think that it ever will work as good as the other combinations.

You may want to have a look at http://www.duh.org/interix/hotfixes.php .
I don't know if this is really legal, since microsoft request you to
contact them, but i googled this one out ;o)

For the test program. There for sure will be some minor issues when
porting to wgcc, since you're using the native compiler then, but as far
as the socket stuff is concerned, there is not a big problem there; try
with including WinSock2.h all functions should be there.
The bigger problem will be getopt i think, since there is no
implementation available. You may want to have a look at the attached
version of getopt which i modified (original from berkeley db) to
support even shared libraries (just some pointers more in this case) ;o)

Just try to compile it, i did, but i'm missing tons of headers, of
course ;o) I'll be glad helping you with any issue coming up...

Cheers, Markus

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bardwell [mailto:SBa...@lb...]
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:54 PM
To: Duft Markus
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Markus -

Many thanks for your help. First, a couple of things:

1) I was incorrect about my machine. It is running W2003 WITHOUT SP1.

2) my ultimate goal is to produce Win32 executables for programs like
the attached source. Specifically, I am hoping to build programs that
use Unix network APIs (gethostbyname, etc). Will this work? I have been
using Cygwin to build a Win32 executable and am not happy with the
results.

I ran the two commands you requested after changing the preferences:

* gmake check TESTS=3D"assembler.test" -- the wgcc_debug.out is
  attached.

* gmake check TESTS=3D"static.test" -- no wgcc_debug.out file was
  created. The output to the screen from the command is attached
  (g.out).

Thanks again for your help.

Steve




-----Original Message-----
From: Duft Markus [mailto:Mar...@sa...]
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:10 AM
To: Steve Bardwell
Subject: RE: Problems installing wgcc

Hey!

I'm really proud to hear that some more people start using wgcc - or try
to ;o)

It doesn't look too bad in your case i think, even though in our company
Win2003SP1 is the only windows version thats left out because it's known
to make much trouble with interix. We had big problems compiling even
simple hallo world programs without crashes ... (not wgcc but gcc an
cl.exe directly)

But now for your problem: things look fine except for the two tests.
Maybe you could do the following:

Edit your ${prefix}/etc/.wgccrc so that: "color =3D 0" and "debuglevel =
=3D
f3".

Then run 'gmake check TESTS=3D"assembler.test"'. In the
${buildddir}/tests/.compile directory should be a file containing the
wgcc debug output: wgcc_debug.out

Move that file away somewhere and do a 'gmake check
TESTS=3D"static.test"'. Again move away the wgcc_debug.out, and mail me
those two files. I'll see what i can do.

I hope that i will release version 2.0.4 in a few days, maybe this will
help!

Cheers, Markus

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bardwell [mailto:SBa...@lb...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 4:24 PM
To: Duft Markus
Subject: Problems installing wgcc

Markus -

I am having trouble installing your 'wgcc' compiler. I have attached the
output from the make commands in each build directory.

My machine is running Windows 2003 (SP1) with Interix 3.5. I have been
using Interix and its compiler for a long time without any problems.

I appreciate any guidance you can give me.

Steve


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