[Caml-list] OCaml compilation
Matthieu Dubuget
I'm trying to compile ocaml (mingw) on XP.
I did not succeed, and could reproduce the very same behaviour on two
computers (a real one, and in a virtual machine).
On my main development system, the compilation does not fail. The
difference may be that I don't touch at my currently working cygwin
installation. During the two failing installs, I did install a fresh
cygwin. Is this a known problem?
Following are some (pseudo)code extracted from the script I use to make
my installation.
Can anyone spot a mistake, that would explain the failure ?
Thanks in advance.
Matt
> 1/ cygwin installation: (where setup.exe is downloaded from cygwin web
> site)
> setup.exe -s http://cygwin.cict.fr/ -R c:\cygwin -q -l c:\depot_cygwin
> -n -C Base -P
> wget,unzip,binutils,diffutils,gcc-core,gcc-mingw-core,make,mingw-runtime,ncurses,w32api,m4,time,patch
>
>
> 2/ home creation: (.bat script)
> ---
> @echo off
>
> c:
> chdir c:\cygwin\bin
> set LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
> bash --login -i
> ---
>
> 3/ After home is created,
>
> export LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
>
> is added into .bash_profile
>
> 4/ a cygwin session is launched
>
> 5/ ActiveTcl installation
>
> #!/bin/bash
> activetcl=ActiveTcl8.5.8.0.291595-win32-ix86-threaded.exe
> activetcldownload=http://downloads.activestate.com/ActiveTcl/Windows/8.5.8/${activetcl}
>
> tkroot=C:/tcl
> tkdll=tk85.dll
> tcldll=tcl85.dll
> download_file ${activetcl} ${activetcldownload}
> chmod +x ${downloaddir}/${activetcl}
> ${downloaddir}/${activetcl} --directory ${tkroot}
>
> 6/ disconnect (windows xp session), reconnect, launch cygwin
> (because ActiveTcl modifies environment (path addded))
>
> 7/ flexlink install
>
> here=`pwd`
> prefix=/home/matt
> appsprefix=${prefix}/apps
> prefixwin=C:/cygwin${prefix}
> appsprefixwin=${prefixwin}/apps
> downloaddir=${here}/download
> extractdir=${here}/extracted
> mkdir ${prefix}/apps
>
> extract_archive_zip "${downloaddir}/${flexarchive}" ${flexdestdir}
> cp /usr/bin/gcc-3.exe ${flexdestdir}/gcc.exe
> cp /usr/bin/cpp-3.exe ${flexdestdir}/cpp.exe
>
> echo 'export PATH="${flexdestdir}:$PATH' >> ${HOME}/.bash_profile"
>
> 8/ Edit .bash_profile
>
> export PATH="/home/matt/apps/flex:$PATH"
>
> 9/ OCaml building
>
> #!/bin/bash
> ocaml=ocaml-3.11.2
> ocamlarchive=${ocaml}.tar.bz2
> ocamldownload=http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-3.11/${ocamlarchive}
>
> download_file ${ocamlarchive} ${ocamldownload}
>
> #Extract
> extract_archive ${downloaddir}/${ocamlarchive} ${extractdir} ${ocaml}
>
> #Configure
> cp ${extractdir}/${ocaml}/config/s-nt.h ${extractdir}/${ocaml}/config/s.h
> cp ${extractdir}/${ocaml}/config/m-nt.h ${extractdir}/${ocaml}/config/m.h
> cp ${extractdir}/${ocaml}/config/Makefile.mingw
> ${extractdir}/${ocaml}/config/Makefile
>
> tklink='$(TK_ROOT)'
> cmd1="s|PREFIX=C:/ocamlmgw|PREFIX=$ocamldirwin|"
> cmd2="s|TK_ROOT=c:/tcl|TK_ROOT=$tkroot|"
> cmd3="s|TK_LINK=$tklink/bin/tk84.dll $tklink/bin/tcl84.dll
> -lws2_32|TK_LINK=${tklink}/bin/${tkdll} ${tklink}/bin/${tcldll}
> -lws2_32|"
> sed -i.bak \
> -e "$cmd1" \
> -e "$cmd2" \
> -e "$cmd3" \
> ${extractdir}/${ocaml}/config/Makefile
>
>
> cd ${extractdir}/${ocaml} && \
> make -f Makefile.nt world
>
> Fails during ocamlbrowser compilation:
>
>> gcc -mno-cygwin -O -mms-bitfields -Wall -Wno-unused
>> -I../../../byterun -IC:/tcl/include -c winmain.c
>> ../../../ocamlcomp.sh -o ocamlbrowser.exe -I
>> ../../../otherlibs/win32unix -I ../../../otherlibs/str -I
>> ../../../otherlibs/systhreads -I ../labltk -I ../lib -I ../support -I
>> ../../../parsing -I ../../../utils -I ../../../typing \
>> ../../../toplevel/toplevellib.cma \
>> unix.cma str.cma threads.cma -custom -ccopt "-link
>> -Wl,--subsystem,windows" labltk.cma jglib.cma \
>> list2.cmo useunix.cmo setpath.cmo
>> lexical.cmo fileselect.cmo searchid.cmo searchpos.cmo
>> shell.cmo help.cmo viewer.cmotypecheck.cmo editor.cmo main.cmo
>> winmain.o
>> ** Cannot resolve symbols for descriptor object:
>> _Tcl_AppendResult
>> _Tcl_CreateChannelHandler
>> _Tcl_CreateCommand
>> _Tcl_CreateInterp
>> _Tcl_CreateTimerHandler
>> _Tcl_DStringAppend
>> _Tcl_DStringFree
>> _Tcl_DStringInit
>> _Tcl_DeleteChannelHandler
>> _Tcl_DeleteTimerHandler
>> _Tcl_DoOneEvent
>> _Tcl_Eval
>> _Tcl_EvalFile
>> _Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString
>> _Tcl_Finalize
>> _Tcl_FindExecutable
>> _Tcl_Free
>> _Tcl_GetCommandInfo
>> _Tcl_GetInt
>> _Tcl_GetVar
>> _Tcl_Init
>> _Tcl_MakeFileChannel
>> _Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel
>> _Tcl_Merge
>> _Tcl_ResetResult
>> _Tcl_SetResult
>> _Tcl_SetVar
>> _Tcl_SplitList
>> _Tcl_TraceVar
>> _Tcl_UntraceVar
>> _Tcl_UntraceVar2
>> _Tcl_UtfToExternalDString
>> _Tk_GeometryRequest
>> _Tk_Init
>> _Tk_MainLoop
>> _Tk_MainWindow
>> File "_none_", line 1, characters 0-1:
>> Error: Error while building custom runtime system
>> make[2]: *** [ocamlbrowser.exe] Erreur 2
>> make[2]: quittant le r�pertoire �
>> /cygdrive/m/projets/Install/InstallDevTools/install_ocaml/InstallPack/extracted/ocaml-3.11.2/otherlibs/labltk/browser
>> �
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David Allsopp
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to compile ocaml (mingw) on XP.
>
> I did not succeed, and could reproduce the very same behaviour on two
> computers (a real one, and in a virtual machine).
>
> On my main development system, the compilation does not fail. The
> difference may be that I don't touch at my currently working cygwin
> installation. During the two failing installs, I did install a fresh
> cygwin. Is this a known problem?
Don't think it's Cygwin - looks from the error like it's your ActiveTcl
parameters.
<snip>
> > 5/ ActiveTcl installation
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > activetcl=ActiveTcl8.5.8.0.291595-win32-ix86-threaded.exe
> > activetcldownload=http://downloads.activestate.com/ActiveTcl/Windows/8
> > .5.8/${activetcl}
Installs Tcl 8.5
> > tkroot=C:/tcl
> > tkdll=tk85.dll
> > tcldll=tcl85.dll
> > download_file ${activetcl} ${activetcldownload} chmod +x
> > ${downloaddir}/${activetcl} ${downloaddir}/${activetcl} --directory
> > ${tkroot}
<snip>
Does this definitely build the correct Makefile - you're searching for
tcl84.dll but out-of-the-box OCaml 3.11.2 uses references tcl85.dll. Your
sed instruction would be better if it was TK_ROOT=.* rather than assuming
the value that the OCaml Dev team will have left there. You shouldn't need
to update TK_LINK.
David
Matthieu Dubuget
> Installs Tcl 8.5
>
>
Yes.
Here are the corresponding lines in the Makefile just after sed ran:
### Configuration for LablTk
# Set TK_ROOT to the directory where you installed TCL/TK 8.5
# There must be no spaces or special characters in $(TK_ROOT)
TK_ROOT=C:/tcl
TK_DEFS=-I$(TK_ROOT)/include
TK_LINK=$(TK_ROOT)/bin/tk85.dll $(TK_ROOT)/bin/tcl85.dll -lws2_32
I'm ok with your advices in order to improve my small scripts. In this
case (3.11.2),
cmd3 does not modify anything. But it does when I'm installing an older
version of
Anyway,
the resulting Makefile seems ok to me. And it compiles fine in one computer.
Salutations
Matt
Matthieu Dubuget
In the meantime, I gone on another way: I really needed to have a
working development environment on this notebook before leaving!
I just used brute force : copy of c:\cygwin from the working computer to
the "new" one. My compiled version of ocaml came with this brute force copy.
This allowed me to try again my compilation script:
- ActiveTcl installation was not modified
- and this time, it passed ocamlbrowser compilation.
Now, can anybody confirm the behaviour I observed with a fresh cygwin
install?
I will (later) investigate the problem (taking your suggestion into
account) on the virtual machine on which I reproduced the problem.
Salutations
Matt
> Certainly looks correct, I agree. One thought - have you remembered to put C:\Tcl\bin in your PATH on the machines which are failing?
>
> Is flexlink definitely the same version on each machine? Two other possibilities:
>
> 1. Try entering the command that's failing manually with -verbose and then do the same with the flexlink command displayed, adding -v -v to see exactly what flexlink is doing.
>
> 2. Diff your two Cygwin dirs (a tool like ExamDiff Pro is good for this). If your old machine is using Cygwin 1.5 and the new ones 1.7 then that may be the cause. I had some weird issues when upgrading to Cygwin because if the location of Cygwin1.dll is wrong then cygpath returns garbage paths - which confuses the hell out of flexlink! However, I don't think this is what's affecting you because errors owing to that surfaced while linking ocamlc for me.
>
> Hope something there helps!
Matthieu Dubuget
>> Certainly looks correct, I agree. One thought - have you remembered
>> to put C:\Tcl\bin in your PATH on the machines which are failing?
>>
>> Is flexlink definitely the same version on each machine? Two other
>> possibilities:
>>
>> 1. Try entering the command that's failing manually with -verbose and
>> then do the same with the flexlink command displayed, adding -v -v to
>> see exactly what flexlink is doing.
I called the original command with -verbose -cclib -v -cclib -v
If anybody can conclude anything from this? I will try the same command
with a working system, trying to spot differences…
+ flexlink -chain mingw -exe -o "ocamlbrowser.exe" "-L../../../stdlib"
"-L../../../otherlibs/win32unix" "-L../../../otherlibs/str"
"-L../../../otherlibs/systhreads" "-L../labltk" "-L../lib"
"-L../support" "-L../../../parsing" "-L../../../utils"
"-L../../../typing" ".\camlprim986116.c" "-llabltk" "-lthreads" "-lstr"
"-lunix" "-lws2_32" "winmain.o" "-v" "-v" "-lcamlrun" -lws2_32 -link
-Wl,--subsystem,windows C:/tcl/bin/tk85.dll C:/tcl/bin/tcl85.dll -lws2_32
** Use cygpath: true
** Search path:
./../../typing
./../../utils
./../../parsing
./support
./lib
./labltk
./../../otherlibs/systhreads
./../../otherlibs/str
./../../otherlibs/win32unix
./../../stdlib
/lib/mingw
/lib
/lib/w32api
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.4.4
** Default libraries:
crt2.o
-lmingw32
-lgcc
-lmoldname
-lmingwex
-lmsvcrt
-luser32
-lkernel32
-ladvapi32
-lshell32
+ gcc -mno-cygwin -c -o ".\dyndll255a54.o" -I"../../../typing"
-I"../../../utils" -I"../../../parsing" -I"../support" -I"../lib"
-I"../labltk" -I"../../../otherlibs/systhreads"
-I"../../../otherlibs/str" -I"../../../otherlibs/win32unix"
-I"../../../stdlib" .\camlprim986116.c
+ objdump -p C:/tcl/bin/tk85.dll > .\dyndll5dd309.dmp
+ objdump -p C:/tcl/bin/tcl85.dll > .\dyndll4644ba.dmp
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/mingw/crt2.o
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/mingw/libmingw32.a
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.4.4/libgcc.a
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/mingw/libmoldname.a
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/mingw/libmingwex.a
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/mingw/libmsvcrt.a
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/w32api/libuser32.a
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/w32api/libkernel32.a
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/w32api/libadvapi32.a
** open: C:/cygwin/lib/w32api/libshell32.a
File "_none_", line 1, characters 0-1:
Error: Error while building custom runtime system