[Pcsim-users] pcsim -> Debian: build issues; externals depends versions question

[Yaroslav H. <sf...@on...>]

Dear PCSIM Author(s),

NB uff.. had to repost few times (subscribe, gzip attachement)... but
hopefully this time

Thanks for the project.  PyNN author (Andrew Davison) kindly suggested
me to look into packaging of pcsim for Debian since it is quite
often a problematic endeavor for non-IT savy neuro-users; so here I am
;-)

I have approached initial building/packaging of pcsim 0.5.4 and ran into
a build failure(s) which, most probably, is due to versioned depends.
Since I am building on a Debian (primarily squeeze) and against
Debian-available versions I have boost 1.42 (not the advised
1.34.1) and pygccxml 1.0.0 (not mandated 0.9.5).

So the question first: are there plans/WiP toward supporting newer versions of
those externals?  If no, I might, unfortunately, need to wait for that
compatibility before being able to make pcsim readily available for
Debian/Ubuntu users.

And here is one of the build failures:
(git)novo:~/deb/perspect/pcsim[debian-release]_build
$> make 2>&1 | tee build.log
[ 88%] Built target pcsim
Linking CXX executable ../bin/pcsim_test
CMakeFiles/pcsim_test.dir/DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.o: In function `DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest::doSpikeExchangeTest()':
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text+0x714c): undefined reference to `SpikingInputNeuron::type'
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text+0x718c): undefined reference to `SpikeTimeRecorder::type'
CMakeFiles/pcsim_test.dir/DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.o: In function `DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest::test_addObject_roundrobin()':
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text+0x83b8): undefined reference to `LifNeuron::type'
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text+0x84c3): undefined reference to `LifNeuron::type'
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text+0x85dc): undefined reference to `LifNeuron::type'
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text+0x86fe): undefined reference to `LifNeuron::type'
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text+0x8820): undefined reference to `LifNeuron::type'
CMakeFiles/pcsim_test.dir/DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.o:DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text+0x8942): more undefined references to `LifNeuron::type' follow
CMakeFiles/pcsim_test.dir/DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.o: In function `ExponentialDecaySpikeResponse::setObjectTypeID(unsigned char)':
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text._ZN29ExponentialDecaySpikeResponse15setObjectTypeIDEh[ExponentialDecaySpikeResponse::setObjectTypeID(unsigned char)]+0x3): undefined reference to `ExponentialDecaySpikeResponse::type'
CMakeFiles/pcsim_test.dir/DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.o: In function `ExponentialDecaySpikeResponse::setSimObjectInformation(SimObjectInformation*)':
DistributedMultiThreadNetworkTest.cpp:(.text._ZN29ExponentialDecaySpikeResponse23setSimObjectInformationEP20SimObjectInformation[ExponentialDecaySpikeResponse::setSimObjectInformation(SimObjectInformation*)]+0x3): undefined reference to `ExponentialDecaySpikeResponse::simObjectInfo'
...
full output in the attached build.log

Thank you in advance for the reply.


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