[vtk-developers] Kitware VTK cygwin build

[David Gobbi]

Just a comment on the cygwin dashboard, it looks like the -lgdi32 line
in vtkDetermineCompilerFlags.cmake should be moved:

@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
   IF(WIN32)
 # The platform is gcc on cygwin.
     SET(VTK_REQUIRED_CXX_FLAGS "${VTK_REQUIRED_CXX_FLAGS} -mwin32")
     SET(VTK_REQUIRED_C_FLAGS "${VTK_REQUIRED_C_FLAGS} -mwin32")
+    LINK_LIBRARIES(-lgdi32)
   ENDIF(WIN32)
   IF(MINGW)
     SET(VTK_REQUIRED_CXX_FLAGS "${VTK_REQUIRED_CXX_FLAGS} -mthreads")
     SET(VTK_REQUIRED_C_FLAGS "${VTK_REQUIRED_C_FLAGS} -mthreads")
     SET(VTK_REQUIRED_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
"${VTK_REQUIRED_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -mthreads")
     SET(VTK_REQUIRED_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS
"${VTK_REQUIRED_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -mthreads")
     SET(VTK_REQUIRED_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS
"${VTK_REQUIRED_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} -mthreads")
-    LINK_LIBRARIES(-lgdi32)
   ENDIF(MINGW)
   IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "SunOS.*")
 # Disable warnings that occur in X11 headers.
     IF(DART_ROOT AND BUILD_TESTING)


On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was also surprised I got those warnings. I'll keep digging.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Dave Partyka <dave.partyka at kitware.com> wrote:
>> vtkUnicodeString is in vtkCommon which failed to compile thus none of the
>> tests were built.
>> As for the visibility warnings. Visibility is defined in Common\vtkABI.h
>> though it "should" be defining the windows declspecs for Cygwin and not
>> using __attribute__ visibility (Assuming we're talking about the same
>> visibility). Feel free to dig deeper. Dash14 is extremely slow so I may not
>> have any further information until tomorrow.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dave,
>>>
>>> I see today that the cygwin build is getting closer. But none of the
>>> tests are running.
>>>
>>> I am using cygwin version 1.7.7, gcc-4.3.4 and cmake 2.6-patch4.
>>>
>>> I build with shared libs on.
>>>
>>> I had to patch one file: Utilities/Cosmo/ParticleDistribute.cxx
>>>
>>> All built fine except that I get thousands of warnings about
>>> "visibility attribute not supported in this configuration".
>>>
>>> All but 8 tests passed.
>>>
>>> I think I'll build cmake 2.8 and see if it solves the visibility issue.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Dave Partyka <dave.partyka at kitware.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > It's there now. Are these any of the compile errors you guys were
>>> > experiencing?
>>> > http://www.cdash.org/CDash/viewBuildError.php?buildid=727533
>>> > This cygwin is using gcc-3.4.4. I am pretty tempted to see if I can
>>> > update
>>> > it to at least 4.x.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Dave Partyka <dave.partyka at kitware.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> It should be all set now. We should get some feedback on the dashboard
>>> >> tomorrow.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Dave Partyka
>>> >> <dave.partyka at kitware.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Okay, I'll build it by hand on Dash14.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Bill Lorensen
>>> >>> <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Dave,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I think it would be good to verify that vtk cygwin builds with cmake
>>> >>>> 2.8.x. I know it builds with 2.6.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> David Doria and I have been going around on this for a few weeks. He
>>> >>>> has been working with a cygwin guy to resolve the issue, but their
>>> >>>> solution looks complex to me. It would be good to have "the experts"
>>> >>>> verify that VTK can indeed be built with cygwin and cmake 2.8.x.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Bill
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Dave Partyka
>>> >>>> <dave.partyka at kitware.com>
>>> >>>> wrote:
>>> >>>> > Hi Bill,
>>> >>>> > Dash14 used to do this build. It stopped working because we need
>>> >>>> > cmake
>>> >>>> > 2.8.x
>>> >>>> > to drive the dashboard because only 2.8.x knows how to update git
>>> >>>> > repositories. I built a cygwin 2.8.2 release binary and have been
>>> >>>> > working
>>> >>>> > with Bill Hoffman on getting it submitted to the cygwin package
>>> >>>> > managers.
>>> >>>> > Once it's done, I can update dash14 packages with their package
>>> >>>> > manager.
>>> >>>> > If this is critical for you I can build cmake 2.8.2 by hand on that
>>> >>>> > machine.
>>> >>>> > Otherwise I will wait for the cygwin guys to make the package
>>> >>>> > available
>>> >>>> > through their package manager.
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Bill Lorensen
>>> >>>> > <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
>>> >>>> > wrote:
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> Folks,
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> At one time, kitware had a cygwin build for VTK. Can someone
>>> >>>> >> revive
>>> >>>> >> that? We need to verify that VTK still builds with cygwin and
>>> >>>> >> cmake
>>> >>>> >> 2.8.2...
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> Bill
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>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>
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