[vtkusers] Problem creating VTK Python libraries on Win XP 32 bits with MinGW: Spaces are not supported in include path for windres

[David Gobbi]

Hi Guillaume,

Will windres accept the spaces if you escape them with backslashes?
E.g.:

-I"/C/Program\ Files/VTK\ 5.10.0/bin"

 - David


On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Guillaume Jacquenot
<guillaume.jacquenot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would to build the VTK Python libraries on Win XP 32 bits with MinGW.
> I have configured cmake to provide the python wrapping libraries
>
> A problem arises with target vtkpython:
> A gcc preprocessing called by program windres reports errors.
> Apparently the gcc program  does not support spaces for my include paths,
> that are contained in my VTK source path
> Other people have reported this bug on internet, but no good workarounds was
> provided.
>
> I have found a manual workaround to do the trick (explained below)
>
>
> My configuration
> - VTK 5.10.0
> - Win XP 32
> - MinGW G++ 4.6.2
> - Python 2.7.2
> - Path to VTK source directory: C:\Program Files\VTK 5.10.0 : Source of my
> problem!
>
> I have identified the problem with the command
> make -n vtkpython
>
> Here is the command that fails because of spaces in the include paths
> (I voluntary suppress all the -I"vtk_diretories", I just kept once to
> produce only one error)
>
> cd "/C/Program Files/VTK 5.10.0/bin/Wrapping/Python" &&
> /C/MinGW/bin/windres.exe  -O coff -I"/C/Program Files/VTK 5.10.0/bin"
> -DVTK_IN_VTK "/C/Program Files/VTK 5.10.0/Wrapping/Python/vtkpython.rc" CMak
> eFiles/vtkpython.dir/vtkpython.rc.obj
> gcc: erreur: Files/VTK\: No such file or directory
> gcc: erreur: 5.10.0/bin: No such file or directory
> c:\MinGW\bin\windres.exe: preprocessing failed.
>
> Here is the version of windres I use
>
> jacquenot at PC-GJ /C/Program Files/VTK 5.10.0/bin/Wrapping/Python
> $ windres --version
> GNU windres (GNU Binutils) 2.21.53.20110804
> Copyright 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
>
> Solutions:
>
> 1)
> A solution that can work is to replace "Program Files" with "Program~1" and
> "VTK 5.10.0" with "VTK~2"
> The ~2 is because I have also a directory named VTK 5.8.0
> This requires to replace the directory names with Windows naming conventions
> and to have access to the directories to content to find the correct index
> (~1 or ~2,...)
>
> The following command works (does not produce error)
> cd "/C/Program Files/VTK 5.10.0/bin/Wrapping/Python" &&
> /C/MinGW/bin/windres.exe  -O coff -I"/c/Program~1/VTK~2/bin" -DVTK_IN_VTK
> "/C/Program Files/VTK 5.10.0/Wrapping/Pyt
> hon/vtkpython.rc" CMakeFiles/vtkpython.dir/vtkpython.rc.obj
>
>
> 2)
> One solution would be to relocate VTK to a path without spaces.
>
> 3)
> Is there another workaround? This first solution is annoying...
>
>
> What I finally did:
> I generated the command that failed with
> make -n vtkpython
> I extracted the line command with windres program in my favorite text editor
> I manually replaced "Program Files" with "Program~1" and "VTK 5.10.0" with
> "VTK~2"
> I executed that command successfully
> I ran make again. vtkpython is successfully generated
>
> Can someone explain to me what is the resource compiler windres used for?
>
> Guillaume
>
>
> Below is my ugly command
>
> $ cd "/C/Program Files/VTK 5.10.0/bin/Wrapping/Python" &&
> /C/MinGW/bin/windres.exe  -O coff -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Common" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilit
> ies" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/VolumeRendering"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Rendering" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Charts"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Chemistry" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Uti
> lities/vtkalglib" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Wrapping/Python"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Wrapping/Python" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Infovis"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Geovis" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Vi
> ews" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/VolumeRendering" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Hybrid"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Widgets" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Rendering"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Charts" -I"/C/Program~1/V
> TK~2/Chemistry" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Rendering/Testing/Cxx"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/IO" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Imaging"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Graphics" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/GenericFilter
> ing" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Filtering" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Common"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Common/Testing/Cxx"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/vtknet
> cdf/include" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/vtknetcdf/include"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/vtklibproj4"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/vtklibproj4" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/U
> tilities/DICOMParser" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/DICOMParser"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/vtkfreetype/include"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/vtkfreetype/include" -I"/C/Pr
> ogram~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/LSDyna" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/LSDyna"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/MaterialLibrary"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/MaterialLibrary" -I"/C/P
> rogram~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/vtkmetaio"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/vtkmetaio"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/verdict"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/verdict" -I"/C/Program~1/
> VTK~2/bin/Utilities/vtkhdf5" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/vtkhdf5"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/vtkhdf5/src"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/vtkhdf5/src" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2
> /bin/Utilities/vtkhdf5/hl/src"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/vtkhdf5/hl/src"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/utf8/source"
> -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/Utilities/vtkalglib" -I"/C/Program~1/VT
> K~2/Utilities/ftgl/src" -I"/C/Program~1/VTK~2/bin/Utilities/ftgl"
> -I"/C/Program~1/R/R-2.15.0/include" -I"/C/Program~1/Python27/include"
> -I"/C/Program~1/MATLAB/R2012a/extern/include"
> -DVTK_IN_VTK "/C/Program Files/VTK 5.10.0/Wrapping/Python/vtkpython.rc"
> CMakeFiles/vtkpython.dir/vtkpython.rc.obj