tcl 8.6.4 - compile for source on AIX 6.1

[jo...@norricorp.f9.co.uk]

Hi,
Using 8.3.0, compiled on AIX 6.1 with no problems. It compiles with the xlc compiler.
But when I try to build tcl 8.6.4, I notice some changes. Configure uses xlc_r rather than xlc. But the difference that causes a problem is setting TCL_LIBRARY snd TCL_PACKAGE_PATH.tclUnixInit.c is the only file that uses these extra variables in make and I get the following errors.

xlcwrapper_r -c -DNDEBUG -O -DBUILD_tcl -I"." -I/tmp/xxxxxx/tcl8.6.4/unix -I/tmp/xxxxxx/tcl8.6.4/generic -I/tmp/xxxxxx/tcl8.6.4/libtommath -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"tcl\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"tcl\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"8.6.4\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"tcl8.6.4\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DUSE_THREAD_ALLOC=1 -D_REENTRANT=1 -D_THREAD_SAFE=1 -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATFORK=1 -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DTCL_CFGVAL_ENCODING=\"iso8859-1\" -DHAVE_ZLIB=1 -DMODULE_SCOPE=extern -DHAVE_CAST_TO_UNION=1 -DTCL_SHLIB_EXT=\".so\" -DNDEBUG=1 -DTCL_CFG_OPTIMIZED=1 -DTCL_TOMMATH=1 -DMP_PREC=4 -DTCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE=__int64 -DHAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT64=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT64=1 -DHAVE_OPEN64=1 -DHAVE_LSEEK64=1 -DHAVE_TYPE_OFF64_T=1 -DWORDS_BIGENDIAN=1 -DHAVE_GETCWD=1 -DHAVE_MKSTEMP=1 -DHAVE_OPENDIR=1 -DHAVE_STRTOL=1 -DHAVE_WAITPID=1 -DHAVE_GETNAMEINFO=1 -DHAVE_GETADDRINFO=1 -DHAVE_FREEADDRINFO=1 -DHAVE_GAI_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_ADDRINFO=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_IN6_ADDR=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_IN6=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_STORAGE=1 -DHAVE_GETPWUID_R_5=1 -DHAVE_GETPWUID_R=1 -DHAVE_GETPWNAM_R_5=1 -DHAVE_GETPWNAM_R=1 -DHAVE_GETGRGID_R_5=1 -DHAVE_GETGRGID_R=1 -DHAVE_GETGRNAM_R_5=1 -DHAVE_GETGRNAM_R=1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_3=1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R=1 -DHAVE_TERMIOS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DHAVE_GMTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_MKTIME=1 -DHAVE_TIMEZONE_VAR=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLOCKS=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_BLKCNT_T=1 -DHAVE_INTPTR_T=1 -DHAVE_UINTPTR_T=1 -DNO_UNION_WAIT=1 -D__CHAR_UNSIGNED__=1 -DHAVE_SIGNED_CHAR=1 -DHAVE_LANGINFO=1 -DNO_ISNAN=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=1 -DTCL_UNLOAD_DLLS=1 -DTCL_LIBRARY="\"/build/3rdparty/opt/freeware/tcl8.6.4/lib/tcl8.6\"" -DTCL_PACKAGE_PATH="\"/build/3rdparty/opt/freeware/tcl8.6.4/lib \"" /tmp/xxxxxx/tcl8.6.4/unix/tclUnixInit.c
xlc_r: 1501-228 (W) input file " not found
"/tmp/xxxxxx/tcl8.6.4/unix/tclUnixInit.c", line 109.70: 1506-186 (S) String literal must be ended before the end of line.
"/tmp/xxxxxx/tcl8.6.4/unix/tclUnixInit.c", line 118.1: 1506-277 (S) Syntax error: possible missing ')' or ','?
"/tmp/xxxxxx/tcl8.6.4/unix/tclUnixInit.c", line 121.1: 1506-046 (S) Syntax error.

make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 252.
the relevant code in the .c file is (starting at line 101)

static char defaultLibraryDir[sizeof(TCL_LIBRARY)+200] = TCL_LIBRARY;

/*
* Directory in which to look for packages (each package is typically
* installed as a subdirectory of this directory). The symbol is defined by
* Makefile.
*/

static char pkgPath[sizeof(TCL_PACKAGE_PATH)+200] = TCL_PACKAGE_PATH;

/*
* The following table is used to map from Unix locale strings to encoding
* files. If HAVE_LANGINFO is defined, then this is a fallback table when the
* result from nl_langinfo isn't a recognized encoding. Otherwise this is the
* first list checked for a mapping from env encoding to Tcl encoding name.
*/

typedef struct LocaleTable {
const char *lang;
const char *encoding;
} LocaleTable;

I am guessing that it is getting confused with the quotes and escaped quotes. But I have hardcoded the varibale values in the .c file and that did not fix the problem.
So generally confused and hoping someone can help.
Regards

[Erik Leunissen]

> Syntax error. ...

> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 252. the
> relevant code in the .c file is (starting at line 101)
>
> static char defaultLibraryDir[sizeof(TCL_LIBRARY)+200] =
> TCL_LIBRARY;
>
> /* * Directory in which to look for packages (each package is
> typically * installed as a subdirectory of this directory). The
> symbol is defined by * Makefile. */
>

I understand from this error that the compiler stumbles across this line
after TCL_PKG_PATH has been substituted:

> static char pkgPath[sizeof(TCL_PACKAGE_PATH)+200] =
> TCL_PACKAGE_PATH;
>
> /* * The following table is used to map from Unix locale strings to
> encoding * files. If HAVE_LANGINFO is defined, then this is a
> fallback table when the * result from nl_langinfo isn't a recognized
> encoding. Otherwise this is the * first list checked for a mapping
> from env encoding to Tcl encoding name. */
>
> typedef struct LocaleTable { const char *lang; const char *encoding;
> } LocaleTable;
>
> I am guessing that it is getting confused with the quotes and escaped
> quotes.

Maybe you get the wiser by inspecting the preprocessed source file. You
could add to the Makefile a make target which dumps that. I'm unfamiliar
with the AIX compiler; gcc lets you do that with the option "-E"
(instead of "-c"). Please consult the manual for your compiler.


Regardless, this:

But I have hardcoded the varibale values in the .c file and
> that did not fix the problem.

is a perplexing result.

Erik.

So generally confused and hoping
> someone can help. Regards
>
>
>
>

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[Erik Leunissen]

On 15/07/15 13:47, jo...@norricorp.f9.co.uk wrote:

> ...
> -DTCL_LIBRARY="\"/build/3rdparty/opt/freeware/tcl8.6.4/lib/tcl8.6\""
> -DTCL_PACKAGE_PATH="\"/build/3rdparty/opt/freeware/tcl8.6.4/lib \""
^
|
Could the extra space be of influence?

Erik.

[jo...@norricorp.f9.co.uk]

So the answer turned out to be editing the generated Makefile to remove a trailing space from TCL_PACKAGE_PATH.
I also had to go through each generated Makefile under packages to remove the backslash space in PACKAGE_STRING variable.

[Harald Oehlmann]

Am Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2015 18:35:53 UTC+2 schrieb jo...@norricorp.f9.co.uk:
> So the answer turned out to be editing the generated Makefile to remove a trailing space from TCL_PACKAGE_PATH.
> I also had to go through each generated Makefile under packages to remove the backslash space in PACKAGE_STRING variable.

I would appreciate that you file a bug if this is a TCL issue.
-Harald