Re: gcc for building Perl on WinXP

Just a note on standard 4.5.x / 4.6.x gcc and building Perl.
For the tests, you have to drop libstdc++-6.dll into the 't' folder 
before running tests.
Perl probably needs a patch to do this in the same way it copies 
libgcc_*.dll

Note that it is having a shared c++ library that solves the exception 
problems present in gcc 4.4 - so probably best not to force a Perl build 
with a static c++ library.

On 02/11/2011 17:04, Mark Dootson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At mingw-w64 Oskan Sezer (sezero) has updated his release of gcc 4.5.4
> including latest patches. This solves my wxWidgets (c++) issues ( and
> general c++ exception problems for many other things I expect).
>
> It should also solve the Windows XP CRT issue which caused strawberry to
> stick with gcc 4.4.3 for Win32 - I haven't tested on XP yet (Oskan only
> updated it today) but I've tested the relevant patch for other builds so
> it should work fine.
>
> It comes with gfortran.
>
> No expectations of Oskan of course, but given Oskan's record of updating
> his releases and ease of using his source patches + buildscripts
> yourself if you wish, this looks like a favourite base for a Perl gcc dist.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 02/11/2011 16:46, Chris Marshall wrote:
>> It would really simplify things for win32 PDL if an easy,
>> 1-click addition for gfortran were available. We're spending
>> a lot of development time working around the lack of a
>> fortran compiler on win32 perls. Since gcc includes one,
>> it is more of a packaging and distribution issue than one
>> of existence.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Karel Miko<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In preparing the next Strawberry release you've no doubt noticed that
>>>> mingw-w64 32bit version cannot build a working Perl after gcc
>>>> version 4.4.3
>>>> on Windows XP.
>>>
>>> Yes, in fact it was during the last week when we have found out (with
>>> help
>>> of BinGOs and Ranguard via IRC) that gcc-4.4.7 and 4.6.1 (not only with
>>> mingw-w64 runtime but also with mingw.org's runtime) produce perl
>>> binaries
>>> that crash on Windows XP.
>>>
>>> For strawberry perl 5.14.2.0 we have decided to use:
>>> - on 32 bit version gcc-4.4.3 (with slightly old mingw-w64 runtime)
>>>
>>> http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/32_gcctoolchain/mingw64-w32-20100123-kmx-v3.zip
>>>
>>> - on 64 bit version gcc-4.4.7(prereleae) (with mingw-w64 runtime 1.0.1)
>>>
>>> http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/64_gcctoolchain/mingw64-w64-gcc4.4.7(pre)_20111014.zip
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Commit 180422 to the 4.6 branch of gcc fixes the problem - I've cross
>>>> compiled my own 32bit 4.6.2 release (the tagged 4.6.2 release
>>>> includes this
>>>> fix) which compiles a working Perl 5.14.2 on Windows XP.
>>>
>>> Many thanks , this is a valuable piece of information for me as I was in
>>> doubts where to start reporting/discussing the issue, now it is clear.
>>>
>>>
>>>> For my own use, I need to move to 4.6.2 as 4.4.7 cannot compile
>>>> wxWidgets
>>>> 2.9.x branch.
>>>>
>>>> As a side benefit I also get an up to date v2 mingw-w64 crt.
>>>>
>>>> I'll be publishing source, patches and build instructions at
>>>>
>>>> http://perlmingw.sourceforge.net/
>>>>
>>>> (plus, of course, the compiled releases).
>>>> The patches are just the minimum necessary from sezero build and TDM
>>>> GCC
>>>> builds to get a working dist.
>>>>
>>>> Just a thought, but it might be nice if we had a sort of 'standard' gcc
>>>> for Perl on Windows.
>>>
>>> Why not. As for my opinion concerning gcc toolchain included in
>>> strawberry
>>> perl:
>>> - we would strongly prefer to use mingw-w64 (not mingw.org) runtime
>>> for both
>>> 32/64bit
>>> - we have no special preference as for the gcc version (but versions
>>> like
>>> gcc-X.Y.0 are perhaps too "in development" for us)
>>> - we need gcc toolchain supporting<gccroot>/include and<gccroot>/lib
>>> directories in search paths (without explicit -I or -L options)
>>> - we would appreciate gcc toolchain with frotran (maybe a kind of
>>> addon or
>>> extra package) as it comes handy to PDL guys using strawberry
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow, I think you could just backport the fix to the current 4.4.7
>>>> branch. But, for what it is worth, Strawberry users will be unable to
>>>> compile wxWidgets 2.9.x branches (without some patching at least)
>>>
>>> OK, I take it as your "gcc upgrade" request - we will probably aim at
>>> gcc-4.6.2 + mingw-w64 runtime (v2 or latest v2RC)
>>>
>>> However, currently the release candidates for strawberry 5.14.2.0 are
>>> IMHO
>>> too good to let them fall on the floor. I think that the updated
>>> gcc-toolchain cannot be expected sonner than in 5.14.2.1 (don't ask
>>> me when
>>> as our release schedule is slightly demolished - as you have probably
>>> noticed)
>>>
>>> BTW for all that might be interested - latest RC's are available at:
>>> http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/p5.14.2.0-RC/
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> kmx
>>>
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