Re: ACLiC failing under windows with VC++6

Hi Antonio,

yes, it's a bit misleading, but it says that ROOT is _running_ with MSVC6. Only you can't _compile_ anything. But I agree, it's probably time to remove MSVC6 from future download pages.

Cheers, Axel

Antonio Bulgheroni wrote:
> Thanks Axel, I was fooled by the ROOT download page where it is written
> that it works with VC++6, VC++8 and VC++7.1!
>
> cheers and thanks again,
>
> toto
>
> --------------------------------------
> Antonio Bulgheroni, PhD
> http://unico-lab.blogspot.com
>
> “There are 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary and those
> that don’t.”
> Sent from: Como Co Italy.
>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Axel Naumann <Axel.Naumann_at_cern.ch> wrote:
>
> Hi Antonio,
>
> we do not support the very buggy VC6 anymore (since years), and not even
> 7.0. You will need to get at least 7.1 - or simply the current version.
> The 0$ Express version is good enough.
>
> Cheers, Axel
>
>
>
> Antonio Bulgheroni wrote:
> > Dear ROOTers,
> >
> > I usually use ROOT under Linux or Mac, so this failure under
> > windows maybe due to my ignorance. The problem is the following:
> >
> > I have a macro that perfectly compiles (.L analysis.C+) under
> linux and
> > mac and I would like to port to Windows as well. On the Win computer I
> > have installed VC++6 with also the command line utilities. But when I
> > type .L analysis.C+ I got the following error messages that I
> don't know
> > how to fix:
> >
> > root [0] .L analysis.C+
> > Info in <TWinNTSystem::ACLiC>: creating shared library
> C:\Documents and
> > Settings
> > \Rapsodi\Desktop\GPAAuto\analysis_C.dll
> > 22364125_cint.cxx
> > analysis_C_ACLiC_dict.cxx
> > C:\root/include\TObjArray.h(113) : error C2039: 'ptrdiff_t' : is not a
> > member of
> > 'std'
> > C:\root/include\TObjArray.h(114) : error C2977: 'iterator' : too many
> > template a
> > rguments
> > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> > Studio\VC98\include\utility(71) : see
> > declaration of 'iterator'
> > C:\root/include\TObjArray.h(114) : error C2504: 'iterator<struct
> > std::bidirectio
> > nal_iterator_tag,class TObject *,int>' : base class undefined
> > C:\root/include\TList.h(177) : error C2039: 'ptrdiff_t' : is not a
> > member of 'st
> > d'
> > C:\root/include\TList.h(178) : error C2977: 'iterator' : too many
> > template argum
> > ents
> > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> > Studio\VC98\include\utility(71) : see
> > declaration of 'iterator'
> > C:\root/include\TList.h(178) : error C2504: 'iterator<struct
> > std::bidirectional_
> > iterator_tag,class TObject *,int>' : base class undefined
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(101) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(101) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(103) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(103) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(105) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(105) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(107) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(107) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(109) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(109) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(111) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(111) : error C2248: 'fDatime' : cannot
> access
> > protecte
> > d member declared in class 'TDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TDatime.h(43) : see declaration of 'fDatime'
> > C:\root/include\TH1.h(385) : fatal error C1903: unable to recover from
> > previous
> > error(s); stopping compilation
> > Error in <ACLiC>: Compilation failed!
> > root [1]
> >
> > ROOT Version 5.22
> > Windows XP with the latest service pack
> > VC++6 just updated.
> >
> > thanks for helping,
> >
> > Antonio
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > Antonio Bulgheroni, PhD
> > http://unico-lab.blogspot.com
> >
> > “There are 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary and those
> > that don’t.”
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 24 2009 - 13:56:07 CET