Re: Re: cygwin 'make install' deleted everything!

The bug fix is imminent. Sorry for the extreme inconvenience.

Cheers, Fons.

George Locke wrote:
> the same problem happened with 5.13.04 .
>
> i sent the makelog to another directory, and you can see what's
> happening here:
> http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/glocke/rootstuff/mkinstalog_1
>
> when i did 'make cintdlls' again, the response was as one would want,
> telling me that i had already done this step, whihc i did right before
> the problem appeared...
>
> this is a 'win32' configured build.
>
> this time i copied the pre-install directory before 'make install' so
> i should be able to try and fix the problem without making the whole
> thing over again...
>
> what's going on here?
>
> looking at the root log, it seems to know where the $DESTDIR is, the
> first indication of a problem comes when it tries to delete some of
> the source files and then install the tutorials:
> "
> Installing misc docs in /c/Root
> rm: cannot remove directory `/c/Root/mytmpinstall/root/zip': Directory
> not empty
> Installing tutorials in /c/Root/tutorials
> cp: cannot stat `tutorials/*': No such file or directory
> Installing tests in /c/Root/test
> cp: cannot stat `test/*': No such file or directory
> "
>
> it seems to me that it does know where $DESTDIR is but it doesn't seem
> to know where $INSTALLDIR is maybe?
>
> i am workign to find a solution, but this is agonizing, after all the
> trouble i've had getting this to build in the first place...
>
> :\
>
> - george
> On 11/9/06, George Locke <georgelocke.roottalk_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>> thanks go to axel naumann for his very helpful advice up till this point.
>>
>> after his last reply, the only problems i had were to do with
>> incompatible header files (TUUID.cxx was calling highpart and lowpart
>> but these weren't recognized; a bunch of redefinitions of various...).
>>  i downloaded the latest SDK from microsoft and that solved these
>> problems.
>>
>> Actually, everything looked great, the main make worked, the make
>> cintdlls worked, but the 'make install' command resulted in deleting
>> everything!!!! what the hell is going on?
>>
>> unfortunatley, the makelog was deleted too.  only the empty
>> directories 'cint' and 'zip' were left!!  no installation, no
>> nothing!!!! AG!!
>>
>> here are the main makelog and the make cint dlls log, in case they're
>> of use/interest.
>> main make log: 
>> http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/glocke/rootstuff/mymakelog11-8_8
>> make cintdlls log: 
>> http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/glocke/rootstuff/mkcintlog11-9_1
>>
>> (root ver 5.13.02, windows 2000 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4 )
>>
>> i'm going to download 5.13.04 and start over, but goddamn that
>> incredibly annoying!
>>
>> - George
>>
>> On 11/8/06, Axel Naumann <Axel.Naumann_at_cern.ch> wrote:
>> > Hi George,
>> >
>> > cygwin has it's own program called link, and it's in the way. Just do
>> > mv /usr/bin/link.exe /usr/bin/link_cyg.exe
>> > and it should work.
>> >
>> > Axel.
>> >
>> > George Locke wrote:
>> > > [dammit i keep sending these directly to axel instead of to the list.
>> > > sorry for spamming your inbox axel, you've been a great help]
>> > >
>> > > I was able to solve the problem of not finding a .h file (by changing
>> > > some system variables again), but now there is a linking problem.
>> > >
>> > > here's the makelog:
>> > > http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/glocke/rootstuff/mymakelog11-7_3
>> > >
>> > > after successfully creating object files for building, rmkdepend, the
>> > > install crashes before actually creating rmkdepend. the first error
>> > > that i see is after the object builds and i'll just include the rest
>> > > of the log from there:
>> > > "
>> > > build/win/ld.sh -nologo -ignore:4049,4075,4217,4221 -incremental:no
>> > > -o bin/rmkdepend.exe build/rmkdepend/cppsetup.o
>> > > build/rmkdepend/ifparser.o build/rmkdepend/include.o
>> > > build/rmkdepend/main.o build/rmkdepend/parse.o build/rmkdepend/pr.o
>> > > build/rmkdepend/mainroot.o
>> > > link: invalid option -- n
>> > > Try `link --help' for more information.
>> > > Running build/win/compiledata.sh
>> > > Making include/compiledata.h
>> > > bin/rmkdepend.exe -R -fcint/src/g__cfunc.d -Y -w 1000 -- -nologo
>> > > -Ibuild/win -FIw32pragma.h -FIsehmap.h -MD -EHa -Iinclude    --
>> > > cint/src/g__cfunc.c
>> > > make: bin/rmkdepend.exe: Command not found
>> > > make: *** [cint/src/g__cfunc.o] Error 127
>> > > "
>> > >
>> > > looks to me like the error is happening somewhere inside this
>> > > build/win/ld.sh file (described as "Simple interface to LINK,
>> > > tansforming -o <exe> to -out:<exe> and unix pathnames to windows
>> > > pathnames"), but i'm not sure where :\  i can't find anywhere that 
>> has
>> > > a -n option to a link command.
>> > >
>> > > regards,
>> > > George
>> > >
>> > > On 11/7/06, Axel Naumann <Axel.Naumann_at_cern.ch> wrote:
>> > >> OK, saw your mail too late. Glad it works.
>> > >> Axel.
>> > >>
>> > >> George Locke wrote:
>> > >> > well,
>> > >> >
>> > >> > cl.exe was couldn't find a DLL (mspdb80.dll) ; i put the path 
>> to it
>> > >> > into PATH environmental variable and now cygwin outputs some 
>> msg with
>> > >> > the version number, copyright info etc...
>> > >> >
>> > >> > the command unset VS_UNICODE_OUTPUT ; cl.exe 2>&1 | awk '{ if 
>> (NR==1)
>> > >> > print $8 }'
>> > >> > now outputs the version number of cl.exe, 14.000.5......
>> > >> >
>> > >> > so this certainly was gumming up the works in a major way!  thanks
>> > >> > very much for helping to uncover this, admittedly basic, problem.
>> > >> > hopefully next time i'll know what kinds of things to look fro 
>> and be
>> > >> > able to fix this kind of thing on my own.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > there was a missing header file which i'm adding. i'll 
>> certainly come
>> > >> > running back if i find something else i can't fix on my own.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > THANKS AGAIN!!!
>> > >> >
>> > >> > regards,
>> > >> > george
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On 11/7/06, George Locke <georgelocke.roottalk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > >> >> From: George Locke <georgelocke.roottalk_at_gmail.com>
>> > >> >> Date: Nov 7, 2006 10:14 AM
>> > >> >> Subject: Re: [ROOT] installing root from source using visual C++
>> > >> >> To: Axel Naumann <Axel.Naumann_at_cern.ch>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> no output following "cl.exe" :(  as i said which cl.exe 
>> returns the
>> > >> >> correct address
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> no response to "unset VS_UNICODE_OUTPUT ; cl.exe 2>&1 | awk '{ if
>> > >> >> (NR==1) print $8 }'"
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> which cut returns /usr/bin/cut
>> > >> >> which awk returns /usr/bin/awk
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> i am investigating whether awk is working at all, when i
>> > >> >> confirm/disconfirm that a hello world program works i'll let 
>> you know.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> once again, thanks a lot for you help.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> - george
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> On 11/7/06, Axel Naumann <Axel.Naumann_at_cern.ch> wrote:
>> > >> >> > Hi George,
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > George Locke wrote:
>> > >> >> > > "Also, please don't mix the
>> > >> >> > >> cygwin and the dos shell builds - you should probably always
>> > >> use the
>> > >> >> > >> cygwin shell for now, as it's better understood."
>> > >> >> > > I hope i understand you to mean that i should 'make' in 
>> cygwin not
>> > >> >> > > DOS, but i'll be creating a program that runs natively in
>> > >> windows and
>> > >> >> > > will make nice with msvc.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > That's correct, the aim is to call MSVC from within cygwin, to
>> > >> build a
>> > >> >> > native windows program.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > > rather then messing with making clean or distclean, i'm
>> > >> deleting the
>> > >> >> > > entire directory between builds, just to be extra sure 
>> that things
>> > >> >> are
>> > >> >> > > raelly clean.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Fine.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > > typing in the command,
>> > >> >> > > "
>> > >> >> > > ( unset VS_UNICODE_OUTPUT ; cl.exe 2>&1 | \
>> > >> >> > > awk '{ if (NR==1) print $8 }' | \
>> > >> >> > > cut -d'.' -f1 )
>> > >> >> > > "
>> > >> >> > > i get no response.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > That's bad, abnd probably the reason why your build is 
>> failing. What
>> > >> >> > does "cl.exe" print?
>> > >> >> > What does "which awk" print?
>> > >> >> > What does
>> > >> >> > unset VS_UNICODE_OUTPUT ; cl.exe 2>&1 | awk '{ if (NR==1) print
>> > >> $8 }'
>> > >> >> > print?
>> > >> >> > And finally "which cut"?
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Cheers, Axel.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >
>> > >>
>> > >
>> >
>>

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