[vtkusers] Problem Compiling VTK-4.4 With Cmake-Borland

William A. Hoffman billlist at nycap.rr.com
Fri Jul 16 12:00:14 EDT 2004


I don't know where you got python23 from, but it should not have stdio.h in it.
stdio.h is a compiler specific system file that should not be in python at all.
I have python23 installed on my machine hand have no such file.


-Bill


At 11:35 AM 7/16/2004, Andrea Gavana wrote:
>Hello NG,
>
>      thanks William for your kind help... I've done exactly as you said, and
>this is what I found from vtkWrpaPython.obj:
>
><snip>
>/* C:\Python23\include\stdio.h 189: */
>/* C:\Python23\include\stdio.h 190: */
>/* C:\Python23\include\stdio.h 191: */ extern FILE _iob[];
>/* C:\Python23\include\stdio.h 192: */
>/* C:\Python23\include\stdio.h 193: */
><snip>
>
>I've looked at stdio.h in the Python include, and this are the interesting
>lines:
>
><snip>
>/* Declare _iob[] array */
>
>#ifndef _STDIO_DEFINED
>_CRTIMP extern FILE _iob[];
>#endif  /* _STDIO_DEFINED */
>
><snip>
>
>
>I am not exactly a guru in C/C++ (I almost don't know anything), so I really
>can't imagine what is wrong... I've looked at other stdio.h files on my hard
>drive (from Borland, MingW, MS), and they are quite different...
>
>The same problem appears in VtkParse.tab.obj, as I can see:
>
>/* C:\Python23\include\stdio.h 190: */
>/* C:\Python23\include\stdio.h 191: */ extern FILE _iob[];
>/* C:\Python23\include\stdio.h 192: */
>
>
>... does anyone have an explanation? Are the Python files in the include
>directory not correct? Or it is simply my fault (or the fault of my ignorance
>in C/C++)?
>
>Thanks really a lot for your support.
>
>Andrea.
>
>Selon "William A. Hoffman" <billlist at nycap.rr.com>:
>
>> OK, I am not sure what is wrong.
>> My guess now is that you have a file in your python include, or some
>> other include path that is picking up another compilers io library somehow.
>> I do not have iob being referenced in my bcc install.
>>
>> You could try this:
>>
>> edit the Makefile in Wrapping/Makefile
>> Change the targets for vtkWrapPython.obj and vtkParse.tab.obj to use
>> cpp32 and not bcc32.  Then remove the .obj files and run make in that
>> directory.   That will fail, but the resulting .obj files will be the
>> output of the preprocessor.  You can then look at those files and try and
>> figure out where the reference to iob is coming from.
>>
>> -Bill
>>
>>
>> At 09:56 AM 7/16/2004, Andrea Gavana wrote:
>> >Hello William,
>> >
>> >      thanks for the answer. Unfortunately, I don't think that the Borland
>> >compiler installation is the problem. I have just uninstalled it, went back
>> to:
>> >
>> >http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html
>> >
>> >And I downloaded the free command line tool from there. I re-installed the
>> >compiler. I've read the readme.txt from borland directory, I created the 2
>> >files that are as follows:
>> >
>> >1) bcc32.cfg:
>> >
>> >-I"c:\Borland\Bcc55\include"
>> >-L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"
>> >
>> >2) iling32.cfg:
>> >
>> >-L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"
>> >
>> >This is what the readme.txt says about the 2 files.
>> >Concerning VTK, I have downloaded the source from:
>> >
>> >http://www.vtk.org/files/release/4.4/VTK-4.4-LatestRelease.zip
>> >
>> >I unzipped them to C:\VTK, and I have created the directory C:\vtkbin for
>> CMake
>> >(CMake version 2.0, on C:\Programmi\Cmake20). I can "easily" (!) make CMake
>> >working, and it creates the Makefile (strangely, CMake can not find the
>> python
>> >exe, dll and include, even if I put them on the standard installation path
>> >C:\python23. Another doubt I have, is regardin the variable
>> >PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY, I have set it as python23.dll, but I am not sure).
>> >When I run "make" from the dos command prompt, the errors I get are:
>> >
>> >Determining if the include file unistd.h exists failed with the following
>> >output:
>> >
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >Building dependencies. cmake.depends...
>> >-- Compiling VTK CMake commands
>> >-- Compiling VTK CMake commands - done
>> >-- Loading VTK CMake commands
>> >-- Loading VTK CMake commands - done
>> >-- Using Buildname: Windows-bcc32
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >cmake.depends is up-to-date
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >C:/vtkbin/Wrapping: building default_target
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >Building dependencies. cmake.depends...
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >Building object file vtkWrapPython.obj...
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >C:\VTK\Wrapping\vtkWrapPython.c:
>> >Warning W8004 C:\VTK\Wrapping\vtkWrapPython.c 862: 'fp' is assigned a value
>> that
>> > is never used in function outputFunction
>> >Building object file vtkParse.tab.obj...
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >C:\VTK\Wrapping\vtkParse.tab.c:
>> >Warning W8004 lex.yy.c 1764: 'yy_current_state' is assigned a value that is
>> neve
>> >r used in function yylex
>> >Warning W8004 lex.yy.c 1089: 'yy_bp' is assigned a value that is never used
>> in f
>> >unction yylex
>> >Warning W8004 lex.yy.c 1089: 'yy_cp' is assigned a value that is never used
>> in f
>> >unction yylex
>> >Warning W8004 vtkParse.y 1063: 'str' is assigned a value that is never used
>> in f
>> >unction main
>> >Building executable C:\vtkbin\bin\vtkWrapPython.exe...
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland
>> >Error: Unresolved external '__iob' referenced from
>> C:\VTKBIN\WRAPPING\VTKPARSE.T
>> >AB.OBJ
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting C:\vtkbin\bin\vtkWrapPython.exe
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting default_target
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting default_target_Wrapping
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting default_target
>> >
>> >
>> >And from CMakeError.log:
>> >
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Building object file CheckIncludeFile.obj...
>> >
>> >        bcc32 @MAKE0001.@@@
>> >
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c:
>> >
>> >Error E2209 C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c 1: Unable to open include
>> file
>> >'unistd.h'
>> >
>> >*** 1 errors in Compile ***
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting CheckIncludeFile.obj
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Determining if the include file sys/prctl.h exists failed with the following
>> >output:
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Building object file CheckIncludeFile.obj...
>> >
>> >        bcc32 @MAKE0001.@@@
>> >
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c:
>> >
>> >Error E2209 C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c 1: Unable to open include
>> file
>> >'sys/prctl.h'
>> >
>> >*** 1 errors in Compile ***
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting CheckIncludeFile.obj
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Determining if the include file pthread.h exists failed with the following
>> >output:
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Building object file CheckIncludeFile.obj...
>> >
>> >        bcc32 @MAKE0001.@@@
>> >
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c:
>> >
>> >Error E2209 C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c 1: Unable to open include
>> file
>> >'pthread.h'
>> >
>> >*** 1 errors in Compile ***
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting CheckIncludeFile.obj
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Determining the endianes of the system passed. The system is little
>> endianTest
>> >produced following output:
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Building object file TestBigEndian.obj...
>> >
>> >        bcc32 @MAKE0001.@@@
>> >
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >c:\programmi\cmake20\Modules\TestBigEndian.c:
>> >
>> >Building executable C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.exe...
>> >
>> >        bcc32 @MAKE0000.@@@
>> >
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Determining size of long long failed with the following output:
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Building object file CheckTypeSize.obj...
>> >
>> >        bcc32 @MAKE0001.@@@
>> >
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >c:\programmi\cmake20\Modules\CheckTypeSize.c:
>> >
>> >Error E2176 c:\programmi\cmake20\Modules\CheckTypeSize.c 23: Too many types
>> in
>> >declaration in function main
>> >
>> >*** 1 errors in Compile ***
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting CheckTypeSize.obj
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Determining if the compiler is MSVC 6 failed with the following output:
>> >MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Building object file vtkTestCompilerIsVC6.obj...
>> >
>> >        bcc32 @MAKE0001.@@@
>> >
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >C:\VTK\CMake\vtkTestCompilerIsVC6.cxx:
>> >
>> >Building executable C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.exe...
>> >
>> >        bcc32 @MAKE0000.@@@
>> >
>> >Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland
>> >
>> >Error: Unresolved external '_main' referenced from
>> >C:\BORLAND\BCC55\LIB\C0X32.OBJ
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >** error 1 ** deleting C:\vtkbin\CMakeTmp\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.exe
>> >
>> >
>> >I don't know what to do...
>> >
>> >Thanks for every suggestion.
>> >
>> >Andrea.
>> >
>> >Selon "William A. Hoffman" <billlist at nycap.rr.com>:
>> >
>> >> There is something wrong with your borland compiler installation.
>> >> If you see the nightly dashboard, there are several builds of
>> >> VTK that are tested with the borland compiler each night:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.vtk.org/Testing/Dashboard/20040716-0300-Nightly/Dashboard.html
>> >>
>> >> Win32-bcc
>> >> Win32-bcc5.5
>> >>
>> >> None of those are doing python wrapping, but I just gave it a try on
>> >> my machine, and it goes right past the vtkWrapPython.exe compile:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >> Building object file vtkWrapPython.obj...
>> >> Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >> c:\hoffman\BuildNoSpace\ParaView\VTK\Wrapping\vtkWrapPython.c:
>> >> Building object file vtkParse.tab.obj...
>> >> Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >> c:\hoffman\BuildNoSpace\ParaView\VTK\Wrapping\vtkParse.tab.c:
>> >> Building executable
>> >> c:\hoffman\BuildNoSpace\VTKBorland\bin\vtkWrapPython.exe...
>> >> Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
>> >> Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland
>> >> c:/hoffman/BuildNoSpace/VTKBorland/Utilities: building default_target
>> >> MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >> MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >> Building dependencies. cmake.depends...
>> >> MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >> MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
>> >> cmake.depends is up-to-date
>> >>
>> >> Please read the readme.txt that comes with borland 5.5 ,
>> >> make sure you create these files:
>> >> bin/bcc32.cfg  bin/ilink32.cfg
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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