[M3devel] cl on windows

[Olaf Wagner]

Thanks for the answer, Randy. I had just remembered that I needed to
set a number of variables. Attached is the shell script I came up with.

Compilation works now without a problem. I get as far as linking:

new source -> compiling WinUserC.c
  -> archiving m3core.lib
link: invalid option -- n
Try `link --help' for more information.
"C:\cygwin\usr\local\cm3\bin/config\NT386.common", line 725: quake  
runtime error: dynamic link library creation failed, see  
C:\cygwin\home\elego\work\cm3\m3-libs\m3core\NT386\m3core.lst for more  
information


--procedure--  -line-  -file---
error              --  <builtin>
make_lib          725  C:\cygwin\usr\local\cm3\bin/config\NT386.common
Library            --  <builtin>
include_dir        48   
C:\cygwin\home\elego\work\cm3\m3-libs\m3core\src\m3makefile
                     9   
C:\cygwin\home\elego\work\cm3\m3-libs\m3core\NT386\m3make.args


Fatal Error: procedure "make_lib" defined in  
"C:\cygwin\usr\local\cm3\bin\cm3.cfg" failed.

  *** execution of cm3 -build -override $RARGS  
-DROOT='C:\\cygwin\\home\\elego\\work\\cm3'  
-DCM3_VERSION_TEXT='d5.8.2' -DCM3_VERSION_NUMBER='050802'  
-DCM3_LAST_CHANGED='2009-07-15'  failed ***

This seems to be a problem in the cm3 configuration files, right?

More evidence:

elego at wagner ~/work/cm3
$ (cd m3-libs/m3core; cm3 -commands -build -keep)
--- building in NT386 ---

cd NT386
ignoring ..\src\m3overrides

rm .M3SHIP
rm .M3OVERRIDES
inhale m3core.m3x

  -> archiving m3core.lib
rm m3core.lib
rm m3core.lib
rm m3core.lib.sa
rm m3core.dll
rm m3core.def
rm m3core.lst
rm m3core.dll.manifest
rm m3core.pdb
rm _m3responsefile0.txt
rm _m3responsefile1.txt
rm m3core.ilk
rm c:\WINDOWS\TEMP\qk
rm c:\WINDOWS\TEMP\qk
mklib @_m3responsefile0.txt 2>&1 > m3core.lst
rm m3core.lib
rm c:\WINDOWS\TEMP\qk
rm c:\WINDOWS\TEMP\qk
link @_m3responsefile1.txt 2>&1 > m3core.lst
link: invalid option -- n
Try `link --help' for more information.
"C:\cygwin\usr\local\cm3\bin/config\NT386.common", line 725: quake  
runtime error: dynamic link library creation failed, see  
C:\cygwin\home\elego\work\cm3\m3-libs\m3core\NT386\m3core.lst for more  
information


--procedure--  -line-  -file---
error              --  <builtin>
make_lib          725  C:\cygwin\usr\local\cm3\bin/config\NT386.common
Library            --  <builtin>
include_dir        48   
C:\cygwin\home\elego\work\cm3\m3-libs\m3core\src\m3makefile
                     6   
C:\cygwin\home\elego\work\cm3\m3-libs\m3core\NT386\m3make.args


Fatal Error: procedure "make_lib" defined in  
"C:\cygwin\usr\local\cm3\bin\cm3.cfg" failed.

cd ..

elego at wagner ~/work/cm3
$ cat m3-libs/m3core/NT386/_m3responsefile1.txt
-nodefaultlib
-debug
-incremental:no
-opt:ref
-delayload:wsock32.dll
-delayload:advapi32.dll
-delayload:gdi32.dll
-delayload:netapi32.dll
-delayload:user32.dll
-delayload:comctl32.dll
delayimp.lib
-def:m3core.def
-dll
-out:m3core.dll
-noentry
hand.obj
dtoa.obj
libgcc.obj
RTHooks.io
RTHooks.mo
[...lots of objects removed...]
kernel32.lib
msvcrt.lib


Olaf

PS: I don't think that just returning 53 is the correct way to remind
users that some environment settings are missing though :-)

Quoting Randy Coleburn <rcoleburn at scires.com>:

> Olaf:
>
> I don't think you want to be doing this with cygwin.  That would mean
> you are executing in a cygwin environment, not a true Windows-only
> environment.
>
> For the Visual Studio command line to work, you have to run the script
> that sets up the environment variables.  From the Windows Start menu,
> there should be a menu tree labeled "Visual C++ 9.0 Express
> Edition-->Visual Studio Tools-->Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt".
> Choosing this item from the menu will bring up a command prompt with the
> environment set up properly.
>
> Alternately, you can run the following command from an existing command
> prompt window:  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat x86"
>
> Note that the above command line assumes you have installed Visual C++
> 2008 Express Edition.  The paths may be different for different versions
> of the software.
>
> Of course, if you use my CMD files (e.g., cm3PromptHere.CMD or
> cm3SetupCmdEnv.CMD), they do this all for you.
>
> Regards,
> Randy Coleburn
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