Those wanting MinGW HDF5 compatibility should really consider using CMake to configure their build of HDF5. It does work much better than the ./configure script. -- Mike Jackson <www.bluequartz.net>
On Apr 17, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Werner Benger wrote: > I'm wondering if you might considering shipping static configuration files > that just use #ifdef's to detect that it's running on MinGW for instance? So > the dynamic configuration could be left to just those platforms where it's > needed, but for MinGW it seems to be sufficient to provide once a config file > for each version with some ifdef's, not necessarily needing to run configure > each time. > > Werner > > > On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:43:22 -0500, Allen D Byrne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rob, > We have not had success getting MINGW to configure the generated files > (pubconf.h) and therefore can not test your issue in house. Please share any > suggestions on options to get this working. We have been able to get CMake to > build and test (fortran-disabled) the current code base. > I had the latest MINGW / MYSY from nigw.org which used gcc 4.6.1. > > Allen > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike McGreevy" <[email protected]> > > To: "HDF Users Discussion List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:15 AM > > Subject: [Hdf-forum] HDF5 1.8.9 release candidate is available for testing > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > A pre-release candidate version of HDF5 1.8.9 is available for testing > > > and > > > can be downloaded at the following link: > > > > > > http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/ftp/pub/outgoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.8.9-pre1/ > > > > > > If you have some time to test this pre-release, we would greatly > > > appreciate it. > > > > I'm building on MS Windows, in the MSYS shell, using the mingw.org port of > > gcc-4.5.2. > > I think the last time this approach worked for me was hdf5-1.8.6. > > > > My (gzipped) config.log is attached. > > > > When the 'make' process switches to the 'test' directory: > > > > ################################ > > Making all in test > > make[1]: Entering directory `/c/comp/hdf5-1.8.9-pre1/test' > > CC h5test.lo > > h5test.c: In function 'h5_fixname': > > h5test.c:422:21: error: too many arguments to function 'mkdir' > > c:\mingw\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.5.2/../../../../include/io.h:302:37: > > note: > > declared here > > make[1]: *** [h5test.lo] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/comp/hdf5-1.8.9-pre1/test' > > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > ################################ > > > > So, at line 422 of h5test.c, I changed: > > > > if (HDmkdir(fullname, (mode_t)0755) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) > > to > > if (mkdir(fullname) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) > > > > That allows h5test.c to compile, though I don't know what values mkdir() > > might return on Windows. > > > > But then, a bit later, I get: > > > > ################################ > > CC tvlstr.o > > CC tvltypes.o > > CCLD testhdf5.exe > > tfile.o:tfile.c:(.text+0x125ef): undefined reference to `sleep' > > tfile.o:tfile.c:(.text+0x12a11): undefined reference to `sleep' > > ../src/.libs/libhdf5.a(H5FDstdio.o):H5FDstdio.c:(.text+0x153b): undefined > > reference to `ftruncate64' > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[1]: *** [testhdf5.exe] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/comp/hdf5-1.8.9-pre1/test' > > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > ################################ > > > > So, in tfile.c, I tried including Windows.h, and replaced both occurrences > > of HDsleep(2) with Sleep(2000). But that prevents tfile.c from even > > compiling: > > > > ################################ > > Making all in test > > make[1]: Entering directory `/c/comp/hdf5-1.8.9-pre1/test' > > CC tfile.o > > tfile.c: In function 'test_obj_count_and_id': > > tfile.c:1150:34: error: called object '0' is not a function > > tfile.c:1156:34: error: called object '0' is not a function > > tfile.c:1164:30: error: called object '0' is not a function > > make[1]: *** [tfile.o] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/comp/hdf5-1.8.9-pre1/test' > > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > ################################ > > > > At that point, I'm currently stumped. > > Plus ... I haven't even looked at what needs to be done wrt the undefined > > reference to `ftruncate64' . > > > > I subsequently ran 'make -i' and the undefined reference to ftruncate64 > > recurred continually - though I still end up with a libhdf5_hl.a and a > > libhdf5.a. (I expect that both of those libraries are quite serviceable, > > too, as they both built without error.) > > > > Any thoughts or advice ? > > > > Cheers, > > Rob > > > > > > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Dr. Werner Benger Visualization Research > Laboratory for Creative Arts and Technology (LCAT) > Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU) > 211 Johnston Hall, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 > Tel.: +1 225 578 4809 Fax.: +1 225 578-5362 > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
