perl-win32-gui-hackers

[perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <ro...@th...>]

I think I'm making good progress.  I just cimmitted everything that I
had outstanding in my local repository.  Here's what I have left to do
before a 1.06 release:

- Check that some 'redefined definitions' warnings have been removed
by the updates to ppport.h
- Find out why my build on Cygwin results in an unloadable
SciLexer.dll (permissions I think)
- Add to all Makefiles a suitable addition of the -mms-bitfields flag
for gcc, to allow building under 5.10 with GCC against a VC++ compiled
Perl to work.
- check that the new tests for Scintilla work under cygwin
- update $VERSION of modules that have changes
- update Win23::GUI $VERSION to 1.05_99 and make a beta distribution available.

As long as I don't find any more problems this shouldn't take long.

Regards,
Rob.

Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Jeremy W. <jez...@ho...>]

Just testing the latest Win32-GUI code line and I'm getting a few odd error=
s (mingw & 5.8.8) It could be my environment and I haven't got time to dig =
deeper, but thought I'd report them just in case it's something simple.

When I exit my app I get lots error messages:

Can't call method "FETCH" on an undefined value during global destruction.
...
Can't call method "FETCH" on an undefined value during global destruction.

With the final line being:

Callback called exit during global destruction.

Also I'm using Scintilla and it seems when the scintilla window contains no=
 text (perhaps I am passing undef?) I get the following error:

Can't locate auto/Win32/GUI/Scintilla/SendMessage.al in @INC (@INC contains=
 C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at C:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/GUI/Scintilla.pm=
 at line 1430

I've played with the Scintilla examples and they seem fine.

Cheers,

jez..
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Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <ro...@th...>]

On 31/01/2008, Jeremy White <jez...@ho...> wrote:
>
> Just testing the latest Win32-GUI code line and I'm getting a few odd errors
> (mingw & 5.8.8) It could be my environment and I haven't got time to dig deeper,
> but thought I'd report them just in case it's something simple.
>
> When I exit my app I get lots error messages:

> Can't call method "FETCH" on an undefined value during global destruction.
> ...
> Can't call method "FETCH" on an undefined value during global destruction.

> With the final line being:
> Callback called exit during global destruction.

I can't reproduce this one yet.

> Also I'm using Scintilla ... I get the following error:
>
> Can't locate auto/Win32/GUI/Scintilla/SendMessage.al in
> @INC (@INC contains C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at
> C:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/GUI/Scintilla.pm at line 1430

Nor this one.

I have just found a problem that causes:

Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at C:\...\blib\lib/Win32/GUI.pm
line 3480 during global destruction.

Fix on it's way into CVS now - I wonder if that is the underlying
cause??  This error was being raised by one of the Scintilla demos and
one of the DIBitmap demos.

Sadly I can't find a repeatable, short example to turn into a test case.

Regards,
Rob.

Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <rob...@us...>]

On 31/01/2008, Jeremy White <jez...@ho...> wrote:
> Just testing the latest Win32-GUI code line and I'm getting a few odd errors (mingw & 5.8.8)

ActiveState Perl 5.8.8 build 822?
What gcc version?

> It could be my environment and I haven't got time to dig deeper, but thought I'd report
> them just in case it's something simple.

I hope it's your environment ... I can't get anything similar with
WinXP, AS822, 3.4.5 (mingw special)

Do the build test OK?

I'd appreciate it if nothing else if you could send me a script
exhibiting one (or more) of these problems so I can be sure whether
I'm not seeing them too.

Thanks for the report.
Rob.

> When I exit my app I get lots error messages:
>
> Can't call method "FETCH" on an undefined value during global destruction.
> ...
> Can't call method "FETCH" on an undefined value during global destruction.
>
> With the final line being:
>
> Callback called exit during global destruction.
>
> Also I'm using Scintilla and it seems when the scintilla window contains no text (perhaps I am passing undef?) I get the following error:
>
> Can't locate auto/Win32/GUI/Scintilla/SendMessage.al in @INC (@INC contains C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at C:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/GUI/Scintilla.pm at line 1430
>
> I've played with the Scintilla examples and they seem fine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> jez..
>
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Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Jeremy W. <jez...@ho...>]

> On 31/01/2008, Jeremy White  wrote:
>> Just testing the latest Win32-GUI code line and I'm getting a few odd er=
rors (mingw & 5.8.8)
>
> ActiveState Perl 5.8.8 build 822?
> What gcc version?

Vista, AS822, 3.4.5 (mingw special)

>> It could be my environment and I haven't got time to dig deeper, but tho=
ught I'd report
>> them just in case it's something simple.
>
> I hope it's your environment ... I can't get anything similar with
> WinXP, AS822, 3.4.5 (mingw special)
>
> Do the build test OK?

Yeah - a few issues surounding pod and BitmapInLine (about closing files - =
probably a Vista thing).

BTW - Installing V 1.5 back and the errors go away...

> I'd appreciate it if nothing else if you could send me a script
> exhibiting one (or more) of these problems so I can be sure whether
> I'm not seeing them too.

I should have some more time to look at this over the weekend.

Cheers,

jez.
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Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] [perl-win32-gui-users] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <ro...@th...>]

Reini,

Please stop moving threads that I start on the hackers list onto the
users list.  Users have little/no interest in this.


> > - Find out why my build on Cygwin results in an unloadable
> > SciLexer.dll (permissions I think)
>
> Yes. On cygwin it is missing the x "permission", which is "Read &
> Execute" on Windows ACLs.

I'll investigate further.

> Note the other cygwin permission problems:
> * GUI.rc is not writable, so the default make will fail.

I thought we fixed this wiath a patch to build_tools/UpdateRC.pl - was
this not enough/wrong?

> * samples/* are not writable, so the blib update for the demos will fail.
> No patch, I fix that in my build script.

You mean that blib/lib/Win32/GUI/demos/* is not writable?  I don't
need write permission on samples/* to copy out of that directory.

The copying of demos works fine on the initial build - it's only
subsequent builds that won't copy the samples.  Work around is to
'make clean' ....

> > - check that the new tests for Scintilla work under cygwin
>
> I'll do.

Thanks - let me know.  They seem ok for me.

Regards,
Rob.

Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] [perl-win32-gui-users] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <ro...@th...>]

On 01/02/2008, Robert May <ro...@th...> wrote:
> > > - Find out why my build on Cygwin results in an unloadable
> > > SciLexer.dll (permissions I think)
> >
> > Yes. On cygwin it is missing the x "permission", which is "Read &
> > Execute" on Windows ACLs.
>
> I'll investigate further.

I just raised a support request to add the execute bit to SciLexer.dll
in the repository.

Rob.

Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] [perl-win32-gui-users] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <ro...@th...>]

On 01/02/2008, Robert May <ro...@th...> wrote:
> On 01/02/2008, Robert May <ro...@th...> wrote:
> > > > - Find out why my build on Cygwin results in an unloadable
> > > > SciLexer.dll (permissions I think)
> > >
> > > Yes. On cygwin it is missing the x "permission", which is "Read &
> > > Execute" on Windows ACLs.
> >
> > I'll investigate further.
>
> I just raised a support request to add the execute bit to SciLexer.dll
> in the repository.

It's been done - although it may take "some time" to propagate.

Rob.

Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] [perl-win32-gui-users] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <ro...@th...>]

> Note the other cygwin permission problems:
> * GUI.rc is not writable, so the default make will fail.

Hmmm.  It's not read-only in the repository or in my build directory.
I did (somehow) get a read-only version in the 1.05 source tarball -
is that what you're talking about?

On the basis on my investigation I don't think this is a real problem.

> * samples/* are not writable, so the blib update for the demos will fail.
> No patch, I fix that in my build script.

On further investigation I don't know what you refering to here
either.  The samples get put into blib just fine.  There's a problem
with the '*' glob picking up the CVS directory, but that's ignored
(although I'll fix it).

Regards,
Rob.

Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <rob...@us...>]

On 31/01/2008, Robert May <ro...@th...> wrote:
> Here's what I have left to do before a 1.06 release:
>
> - Check that some 'redefined definitions' warnings have been removed
> by the updates to ppport.h

Appears good.

> - Find out why my build on Cygwin results in an unloadable
> SciLexer.dll (permissions I think)

Awaiting SourceForge Admins to add permissions.  Release could happen
without this - I just need to remember to make the source tarball have
the execute bit set on SciLexer.dll

> - Add to all Makefiles a suitable addition of the -mms-bitfields flag
> for gcc, to allow building under 5.10 with GCC against a VC++ compiled
> Perl to work.

Done

> - check that the new tests for Scintilla work under cygwin

Done

> - update $VERSION of modules that have changes

Done

> - update Win23::GUI $VERSION to 1.05_99 and make a beta distribution available.

Done


I can now get clean build/test in the following environment:

OS  :   MSWin32      MSWin32      MSWin32           Cygwin
Perl:   AS5.6.1(638) AS5.8.8(822) AS5.10.0(1002)    5.8.8

VC6     ok           ok           ok                -
gcc     ok           ok           ok                ok[1]

[1] After I correct the SciLexer.dll permissions

I'd really like the following (Reini?):
Confirmation of build/test on Cygwin, perl 5.8.8
Test/build on Cygwin, perl 5.10.0

I need to work with Jeremy to find out where his problems are coming
from (Vista?)

Nearly there,
Rob.

Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Jeremy W. <jez...@ho...>]

> I need to work with Jeremy to find out where his problems are coming
> from (Vista?)

Don't let this delay releasing the build to the users list - it could just =
be me:)

Cheers,

jez.

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Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

2008/2/1, Robert May <rob...@us...>:
> I can now get clean build/test in the following environment:
>
> OS  :   MSWin32      MSWin32      MSWin32           Cygwin
> Perl:   AS5.6.1(638) AS5.8.8(822) AS5.10.0(1002)    5.8.8
>
> VC6     ok           ok           ok                -
> gcc      ok           ok           ok                ok[1]
>
> [1] After I correct the SciLexer.dll permissions
>
> I'd really like the following (Reini?):
> Confirmation of build/test on Cygwin, perl 5.8.8
> Test/build on Cygwin, perl 5.10.0

Confirmation done.
Both perl's build and test ok.

Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] TODO for 1.06 release

[Robert M. <ro...@th...>]

On 01/02/2008, Reini Urban <ru...@x-...> wrote:
> 2008/2/1, Robert May <rob...@us...>:
> > I can now get clean build/test in the following environment:
> >
> > OS  :   MSWin32      MSWin32      MSWin32           Cygwin
> > Perl:   AS5.6.1(638) AS5.8.8(822) AS5.10.0(1002)    5.8.8
> >
> > VC6     ok           ok           ok                -
> > gcc      ok           ok           ok                ok[1]
> >
> > [1] After I correct the SciLexer.dll permissions
> >
> > I'd really like the following (Reini?):
> > Confirmation of build/test on Cygwin, perl 5.8.8
> > Test/build on Cygwin, perl 5.10.0
>
> Confirmation done.
> Both perl's build and test ok.

Many thanks.  I'll get a release candidate up somewhere this weekend.

Rob.