[Chicken-users] Re: PLATFORM=msvc failing to build

[felix]

Jason Felice <jason.m.felice <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hi!I'm trying to compile 4.0.0 using mingw-msys make and MSVC6.  I seem to be
having a make problem, but I'm not sure how to track it down.  I'm stuck
here:C:\temp\chicken-4.0.0>make PLATFORM=msvc PREFIX=C:/MingW
> make -f ./Makefile.msvc allmake[1]: Entering directory
`C:/temp/chicken-4.0.0'cc    -c -o setup-download.o
setup-download.cprocess_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, cc -c -o setup-download.o
setup-download.c, ...) failed.
> make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.make[1]: ***
[setup-download.o] Error 2make[1]: Leaving directory
`C:/temp/chicken-4.0.0'make: *** [all] Error 2I've been able to successfully
build chicken.exe, csc.exe, csi.exe, and all the libchicken*.dll.  Note that I
can successfully do the following:C:\temp\chicken-4.0.0>make -f Makefile.msvc
PLATFORM=msvc PREFIX=C:/MingW setup-download.objcl -nologo -wd4142
-DHAVE_CHICKEN_CONFIG_H -DC_ENABLE_PTABLES -I. -DC_SHARED \          -c  -MD
-DPIC \          -DC_BUILDING_LIBCHICKEN setup-download.c -Fosetup-download.obj
> Command line warning D4002 : ignoring unknown option
'-wd4142'setup-download.c(Note the .obj instead of the .o).  So this seems to be
a problem with some kind of implicit rule.  I fixed up some make rules (and I'll
send a patch if I can get things to work), but now I'm stuck
at:C:\temp\chicken-4.0.0>make -f Makefile.msvc PLATFORM=msvc PREFIX=C:/MingWlink
-nologo -dll setup-download.obj -out:setup-download.so \          libchicken.lib
\          ws2_32.lib advapi32.lib   Creating library setup-download.lib and
object setup-download.exp
> setup-download.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_C_fromspace_limitsetup-download.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_C_fromspace_topsetup-download.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_C_temporary_stack
> setup-download.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_C_stack_limitsetup-download.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_C_timer_interrupt_countersetup-download.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved
external symbol _C_temporary_stack_bottom
> setup-download.so : fatal error LNK1120: 6 unresolved externalsmake: ***
[setup-download.so] Error 1120I know enough to know that the idea here is that
these symbols should be resolved to the caller (the library loader) somehow.  Is
this just broken?Thanks in advance,-Jason

Yes, it is currently broken. See 

http://galinha.ucpel.tche.br/svn/chicken-eggs/chicken/trunk/patches/msvc-attempt.diff

for a recent attempt to fix the Makefiles. But it fails later when running.
I don't know whether MSVC will be supported any further in the future.


cheers,
felix