firebird built with vs7?

[mwillbanks]

okay i have no idea on how to even start to create the build after i pulled all the files from the cvs.
i know i need to create a project file in vc but according to the old directions I dont know what to do.

Any help? pointers?

[Scarrow]

This particular thread is the likeliest place to begin:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=25161



- Scarrow

[mwillbanks]

see this has been what is happening when i call make :/

[snip]
checking for gcc... cl
checking whether the C compiler (cl ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.
[/snip]

[Jesse]

I got a similar error, "checking whether cl can create executables... no", when compiling with VC7. The solution was to "call vcvars32.bat" in a batch file I run before compiling.

[nilson]

You'll get the smae error if there is no mozconfig.

[mwillbanks]

mozconfig exists and gets read...

i tried that vcvars32.bat... doesn't seem to work the trick.


checking whether the C compiler (cl ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.

[Jesse]

I searched Google for "whether the C compiler * works no", and found several pages suggesting that you look at config.log.

Btw, are you following the instructions for building Mozilla on e.g. http://www.mozilla.org/build/win32.html or are you just stumbling around in the dark? (The only step that differs from those instructions is adding a .mozconfig.)

[mwillbanks]

that fixed that problem

Forgot to put in a path in the lib environment.

Now I have this :/
checking for ar... no
checking for ld... link
checking for strip... no
checking for windres... no
/cygdrive/f/Program: not found

I think its from not knowing the CXX?

[Jesse]

My guess is that something got confused about "F:\Program Files\" because "Program Files" contains a space. Have you followed the instructions and installed nothing other than MSVC into a directory whose name contains a space?

What's in config.log?

[mwillbanks]

I found my problem in config.log
I gotta start there more often.

Then I had another path error and now it is seeming to build. Lets just hope it fully builds

Thanks for your help.

[mwillbanks]

/home/MWillbanks/mozilla/build/cygwin-wrapper /home/MWillbanks/mozilla/build/cyg
win-wrapper cl -Fohost_cppsetup.o -c -TC -nologo -DXP_WIN32 -DXP_WIN -DWIN32 -D_
WIN32 -DNO_X11 -Oxs -G7 -arch:SSE2 -DINCLUDEDIR=\"/usr/include\" -DOBJSUFFIX=\".
obj\" -I../../dist/include/mkdepend -I../../dist/include -I../../dist/include/
nspr -I../../dist/include/nspr /home/MWillbanks/mozilla/config/mkdepend/cppsetup.c
cl : Command line warning D4002 : ignoring unknown option '/home/MWillbanks/mozilla/config/mkdepend/cppsetup.c'
cl : Command line error D2003 : missing source filename
make[3]: *** [host_cppsetup.o] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/MWillbanks/mozilla/config/mkdepend'
make[2]: *** [export] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/MWillbanks/mozilla/config'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/MWillbanks/mozilla'
make: *** [build] Error 2

[cls]

Read the first item under 'Common Problems and Hints' on the official win32 build instructions page.

[TierMann]

I'm getting the same problem compiling mozilla 1.6 under cygwin

Command line warning D4002 : ignoring unknown option '/mozilla/config/mkdepend/c
ppsetup.c'

My directory is not in home, it's c:/cygin/mozilla as recommended.

Anyone found out the reason for this?

[cls]

I'm getting the same problem compiling mozilla 1.6 under cygwin

Command line warning D4002 : ignoring unknown option '/mozilla/config/mkdepend/c
ppsetup.c'

My directory is not in home, it's c:/cygin/mozilla as recommended.

Anyone found out the reason for this?

It's the same problem. Move the source tree out of c:/cygwin completely.