[vtk-developers] Kitware VTK cygwin build

[Bill Lorensen]

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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