That's a good suggestion but when I run "scons toolchain=gcc" it still tries to use the cl command which is the Microsoft linker. Clearly it shouldn't be using cl for gcc.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Alex Iskander <[email protected]> wrote: > You may be able to force it to compile using GCC. There was a proposed > patch to allow MinGW support, and with a quick look, I noticed some checks > for MinGW in the v8 source. > I'm not sure how to use it (not knowing scons so well), but perhaps > something like: > scons toolchain:gcc > > This is based on the following lines in the SConstruct file: > SIMPLE_OPTIONS = { > 'toolchain': { > 'values': ['gcc', 'msvc'], > 'default': TOOLCHAIN_GUESS, > 'help': 'the toolchain to use' > }, > > > Alex > > On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Qu0ll wrote: > > Right. Looks like I'll just have to use MSVC for this project :-( > > Thanks for all your help. > > P.S. I still don't know why the static lib is 70.9MB whereas the DLL is > only 1.3MB > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Alex Iskander <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm not sure on the details of a MinGW setup. >> However, if it does not using Microsoft's compiler (which it looks like it >> doesn't, given the g++ call), then you might have problems linking with v8, >> as it is compiled with Microsoft's compiler. I'm not an expert, but it seems >> that, since they'll use different C++ standard libraries, conflicts could, >> or would, occur. >> >> Alex >> >> On Apr 21, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Qu0ll wrote: >> >> I am making some progress. >> >> I built V8 as a DLL and it seems to be OK. I then built the Hello World >> program using MSVC and linked with the v8.lib instead of v8.dll directly and >> it links and runs properly. >> >> However, MSVC is not my development environment - I use Eclipse and >> MinGW. Unfortunately using this combination and trying to build the Hello >> World gives me these link errors: >> >> >> g++ -LD:\SVN\V8\trunk -Xlinker -call_shared -ov8-hello-world.exe >> Source\helloWorld.o D:\SVN\V8\trunk\v8.lib D:\SVN\V8\trunk\v8.dll >> >> Source\helloWorld.o: In function `_ZNK2v86HandleINS_7ContextEEdeEv': >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v811HandleScopeC1Ev' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v87Context3NewEPNS_22ExtensionConfigurationENS_6HandleINS_14ObjectTemplateEEENS3_INS_5ValueEEE' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v86String3NewEPKci' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v86Script7CompileENS_6HandleINS_6StringEEEPNS_12ScriptOriginEPNS_10ScriptDataE' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v86Script3RunEv' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v86String10AsciiValueC1ENS_6HandleINS_5ValueEEE' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v86String10AsciiValueD1Ev' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v811HandleScopeD1Ev' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v86String10AsciiValueD1Ev' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v811HandleScopeD1Ev' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v87Context4ExitEv' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v87Context5EnterEv' >> >> D:/SVN/V8/trunk/include/v8.h:2432: undefined reference to >> `__imp___ZN2v82V813DisposeGlobalEPPv' >> >> >> which make absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. >> >> >> Does anyone know if Eclipse/MinGW can be used to build projects that >> access V8? If so, how? >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Qu0ll >> >> >> >> >> Alex Iskander, TPSi >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Alex Iskander, TPSi > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
