Re: Compilation failures using qmake + mingw / msvc

Hi

I'm working on this, and solving the autoconf generated files and 
defines in the .pro files, it's taking me some time.

Hope to have something ready soon :)

cheers
	Lore

Matthias Pospiech wrote:
> I have set up a qmake .pro file to make the libary without autoconf. 
> (file attached)
> 
> You will see in the following issues, that moving away from autoconf and 
> to windows problems
> arise that indicate that the code could be improved in its plattform 
> independence.
> So I do not want to complain that it fails compilation, but want to give 
> hints to improve the
> plattform independence.
> 
> Using mingw I run into the following issues:
> 
> /source-highlight-3.1/lib/srchilite/settings.cpp:11: config.h: No such 
> file or directory
> /source-highlight-3.1/lib/srchilite/settings.cpp:37: error: 
> `ABSOLUTEDATADIR' was not declared in this scope
> C:/Programme/Qt/SDK/2009.04/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/io.h:176: 
> error: too many arguments to function `int mkdir(const char*)'
> /source-highlight-3.1/lib/srchilite/settings.cpp:90: error: at this 
> point in file
> 
> so that complition is stopped at settings.cpp.
> 
> Compling with msvc-2005 is more problematic:
> 
> The following warnings are thrown very often
> \source-highlight-3.1\lib\srchilite\fileutil.h(28) : warning C4290: C++ 
> exception specification ignored except to indicate a function is not 
> __declspec(nothrow)
> \source-highlight-3.1\lib\srchilite\formatterparams.h(18) : warning 
> C4099: 'srchilite::FormatterParams' : type name first seen using 'class' 
> now seen using 'struct'
> \source-highlight-3.1\lib\srchilite\sourcehighlighter.h(22) : see 
> declaration of 'srchilite::FormatterParams'
> \source-highlight-3.1\lib\srchilite\eventgenerator.h(31) : warning 
> C4800: 'unsigned int' : forcing value to bool  'true' or 'false' 
> (performance warning)
> 
> Here again config.h does not exist (which really does not exist in the 
> libary, nor mingw system header files).
> Is this file generated by autoconf?
> lib\srchilite\settings.cpp(11) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include 
> file: 'config.h': No such file or directory
> 
> The following error is much more problematic.
> lib\srchilite\sourcehighlightutils.cpp(15) : fatal error C1083: Cannot 
> open include file: 'dirent.h': No such file or directory
> 
> This is a header file _only_ existing in gcc derived compilers. 
> Wikipedia says about it "The function is not part of the C standard",
> and it is not part of any Visual Studio compiler. This means that if you 
> use this header it binds the libary code to gcc.
> I have seen other files where I expect that they only exist in gcc, for 
> example <sys/stat.h>, or rather only in unix systems.
> 
> lib\srchilite\versions.cpp(18) : error C2065: 'VERSION' : undeclared 
> identifier
> lib\srchilite\versions.cpp(22) : error C2065: 'LIBRARY_VERSION' : 
> undeclared identifier
> This means that some Preprocessor Variables were not defined, probably 
> the same as ABSOLUTEDATADIR in the mingw compilation step.
> Here porting from the old toolchain to the .pro file needs completed, 
> but I am missing the necessary information.
> 
> You had asked why I want to compile using msvc and did not try your 
> mingw compiled binaries.
> Well, it is because I have also projects which currently work only with 
> visual studio, and for my new project where this libary
> would be included I do not want to limit myself to either mingw or msvc.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Matthias Pospiech
> 
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