Re: [Gcl-devel] GCL on Windows Server

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!  Can you please send me the output of the following shell
commands?

echo "#include \"gmp.h\"" >foo.c
echo "int main() {return 0;}" >>foo.c
cpp foo.c
cpp foo.c | $AWK '/(\/|\\\\)gmp.h/ {if (!i) print $3;i=1}' | tr -d '"'

Take care,

"William N." <address@hidden> writes:

> Simply ./configure.  Should I be adding any particular flags?
>
> Regards,
> Will
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Camm Maguire <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     Greetings, and thanks so much for your report!  How did you invoke
>     configure?
>    
>     Take care,
>    
>     "William N." <address@hidden> writes:
>    
>     > Thanks, I did just that and it appears to be detected in the 
> configuration step but unfortunately it did not affect the outcome (make fails
>     with
>     > the same error).  
>     > Here's the updated configure log:
>     > http://pastebin.com/FFxnfUra
>     > I noticed it does complain of an error:
>     >
>     > checking whether CC accepts -g... no
>     > checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
>     > -->configure: error: in `/c/_git/gcl/gcl/gmp4':
>     > checking for g77... no
>     > checking for xlf... no
>     >
>     > But it's unclear from the context what exactly the error was or whether 
> this is the culprit for the build failure.
>     > Per request here is gmp4/gmp-impl.h
>     > http://pastebin.com/FA9tbtGD
>     > Any further suggestions?
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     > Will
>     >
>     > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Camm Maguire <address@hidden> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Greetings!
>     >
>     >     First, to get going quickly, I recommend you install mingw's 
> gmp-dev (or
>     >     maybe libgmp-dev) package.  GCL will happily use this library when
>     >     available and avoid trying to compile a copy on its own, which is 
> where
>     >     your build is failing.
>     >
>     >     If you need to pursue the local gmp build, please also post
>     >     gmp4/gmp-impl.h.
>     >
>     >     Take care,
>     >
>     >     "William N." <address@hidden> writes:
>     >
>     >     > Thanks for your response.  Yes, I am using MinGW in the exact 
> manor outlined here:
>     >     > 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gcl-devel/2013-11/pdf7uINyFPm2S.pdf
>     >     >
>     >     > Here's the configure output:
>     >     > http://pastebin.com/SuBrRp99
>     >     > And the make output:
>     >     > http://pastebin.com/gfzmtZkk
>     >     >
>     >     > Advice appreciated!
>     >     >
>     >     > Regards,
>     >     > Will
>     >     >
>     >     > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Camm Maguire <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     Greetings!  Recent GCL releases are tested on Windows 7 under 
> mingw and
>     >     >     cygwin, both of which are 32bit environments to my 
> understanding.  Are
>     >     >     you using either of these?  If so, if you could please post 
> your full
>     >     >     configure and build log, we can take it from there.
>     >     >
>     >     >     Take care,
>     >     >
>     >     >     "William N." <address@hidden> writes:
>     >     >
>     >     >     > Hello,
>     >     >     > I am trying to use GCL on 64-bit Windows Server 2012 but so 
> far am having no luck.  I was hoping someone might have already had
>     success
>     >     in
>     >     >     this
>     >     >     > area and may be able to help me along.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > I first tried using the version that I've had great success 
> with in 64-bit Windows 7, obtained here:
>     >     >     > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/novak/gclwin.html
>     >     >     > Unfortunately it seems unable to load compiled binaries 
> when run on Server 2012.  If I have a file test.lsp that contains simply:
>     >     >     > (format t "~% ahoy")
>     >     >     > I am able to run this without issue:
>     >     >     > (load "c:/test.lsp")
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > However, building and then loading the resulting binary 
> fails and this is key functionality for me:
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >>>(compile-file "c:/test.lsp")
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Compiling c:/test.lsp.
>     >     >     > End of Pass 1.
>     >     >     > End of Pass 2.
>     >     >     > OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), 
> Space=0, Speed=3
>     >     >     > Finished compiling c:/test.lsp.
>     >     >     > #p"/test.o"
>     >     >     >>>(load "c:/test.o")
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Loading c:/test.o
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Error: Caught fatal error [memory may be damaged]
>     >     >     > Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
>     >     >     > Error signalled by EVALHOOK.
>     >     >     > Backtrace: system:universal-error-handler > evalhook > LOAD
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > My next effort was to try building the latest version of 
> GCL using the excellent guide put together by Don Winiecki. 
>     Unfortunately I
>     >     was not
>     >     >     able
>     >     >     > to get it to make.  Error as follows:
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > divis.c: In function '__gmpn_divisible_p':
>     >     >     > divis.c:74:3: error: 'TMP_DECL' undeclared (first use in 
> this function)
>     >     >     >    TMP_DECL;
>     >     >     >    ^
>     >     >     > divis.c:74:3: note: each undeclared identifier is reported 
> only once for each function it appears in
>     >     >     > divis.c:139:3: error: 'TMP_MARK' undeclared (first use in 
> this function)
>     >     >     >    TMP_MARK;
>     >     >     >    ^
>     >     >     > divis.c:141:3: warning: implicit declaration of function 
> 'TMP_ALLOC' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
>     >     >     >    rp = TMP_ALLOC_LIMBS (asize+1);
>     >     >     >    ^
>     >     >     > divis.c:152:4: error: 'TMP_FREE' undeclared (first use in 
> this function)
>     >     >     >     TMP_FREE;
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > That's where I've left off.  Anyone have any pointers?
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Regards,
>     >     >     > Will
>     >     >     >
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>     >     >     Camm Maguire                                        
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>     >     Camm Maguire                                        address@hidden
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>     Camm Maguire                                        address@hidden
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Camm Maguire                                        address@hidden
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