11:28 p.m.
OS is Win2k SP3. Compiler is MS VC++ .NET (v 7). Downloaded fresh
copy of 21.5.11 from ftp.xemacs.org. No patches, no CVS.
I modified nt/config.inc.samp and saved it as nt/config.inc as
explained in nt/README. My config.inc is appended below. Then I had
the following error from nmake:
C:\...\nt> nmake -f xemacs.mak
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.00.9466
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
WARNING: Compiling without dependency information.
Creating C:\Documents and
Settings\A10415\xemacs\xemacs-21.5.11\nt\..\lib-src\config.values
xemacs.mak(1466): fatal error U1087: cannot have : and :: dependents for same target
Stop.
I'm not familiar with nmake syntax so I can't really debug this very
well. Is there something I'm missing? Is this an FAQ or known issue
with 21.5.11 on Windows?
Thanks,
'james
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2:33 a.m.
>>>> "James" == James A Crippen
<james(a)unlambda.com> writes:
James> OS is Win2k SP3. Compiler is MS VC++ .NET (v 7).
James> Downloaded fresh copy of 21.5.11 from ftp.xemacs.org. No
James> patches, no CVS.
21.5.11 is now ancient. I've seen this bug reported, I believe it is
fixed as we are seeing build reports for more recent versions.
The release manager for 21.5 does not have access to a Windows
environment. Releases are based on recent reports about CVS.
However, there are no access controls immediately prior to a release,
so the release version often contains relatively untested code. This
is exacerbated by the working habits of the primary Windows developers.
You really want to be working from CVS if you're going to follow the
21.5 tree.
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11:25 p.m.
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
You really want to be working from CVS if you're going to follow
the
21.5 tree.
I didn't know that 21.5.11 was that out of sync. I'll get a CVS
checkout and give it a try.
The annoying thing is that I'm behind a couple different corporate
firewalls that all pass only HTTP, Telnet, and FTP. So I have to hop
a couple of machines via telnet to get to one that can CVS, then make
a tarball and FTP it back to my desktop. Ugh. I love security.
'james
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3:51 a.m.
New subject: Nightly update? [was: NMAKE error building 21.5.11 on Windows]
>>>> "James" == James A Crippen
<james(a)unlambda.com> writes:
James> I didn't know that 21.5.11 was that out of sync. I'll get
James> a CVS checkout and give it a try.
There used to be a nightly snapshot, I'm not sure what happened to
that. Steve?
James> The annoying thing is that I'm behind a couple different
James> corporate firewalls that all pass only HTTP, Telnet, and
James> FTP. So I have to hop a couple of machines via telnet to
James> get to one that can CVS, then make a tarball and FTP it
James> back to my desktop. Ugh. I love security.
Yeah, that was the problem that got the nightly tarball thing started.
However, the last edition is dated 2001/09/28 and I've heard no
complaints. If Steve still has his script around, maybe we can just
restart the job.
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/nightly/
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8:49 a.m.
New subject: Nightly update?
|--==> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
SJT> There used to be a nightly snapshot, I'm not sure what happened
SJT> to that. Steve?
I'll see if I can set it up again later tonight.
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1:46 a.m.
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>>> "James" == James A Crippen
<james(a)unlambda.com> writes:
James> OS is Win2k SP3. Compiler is MS VC++ .NET (v 7).
James> Downloaded fresh copy of 21.5.11 from ftp.xemacs.org. No
James> patches, no CVS.
21.5.11 is now ancient. I've seen this bug reported, I believe it is
fixed as we are seeing build reports for more recent versions.
The release manager for 21.5 does not have access to a Windows
environment. Releases are based on recent reports about CVS.
However, there are no access controls immediately prior to a release,
so the release version often contains relatively untested code. This
is exacerbated by the working habits of the primary Windows developers.
You really want to be working from CVS if you're going to follow the
21.5 tree.
Just gave it a try with the current CVS checkout and got the same
failure.
'james
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6:54 a.m.
>>>> "James" == James A Crippen
<james(a)unlambda.com> writes:
James> OS is Win2k SP3. Compiler is MS VC++ .NET (v 7).
James> Downloaded fresh copy of 21.5.11 from ftp.xemacs.org. No
James> patches, no CVS.
James> Just gave it a try with the current CVS checkout and got
James> the same failure.
OK, thanks for the confirmation. My guess is that it's something to
do with .NET VC++ nmake, as we have recent successful build reports,
eg
http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-build-reports/200303/msg00025.html
and I'm sure both Ben and Adrian have recent 21.5 builds from CVS.
It's probably a trivial modification of the makefile but you'd need to
be familiar with nmake's usage of single and double colon targets.
It could even be an nmake bug or a bad CVS update, as I can't find any
conflict such as that indicated by the error. Try searching for "::"
in your nt/xemacs.mak. I find:
$(BLDROOT)\Installation:: installation
installation::
docfile::
docfile:: $(DOC)
and no single colon dependencies for any of those targets in
xemacs.mak, config.inc.samp, or ../src/version.sh.
Ben? Adrian? Here's the error again:
C:\...\nt> nmake -f xemacs.mak
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.00.9466
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
WARNING: Compiling without dependency information.
Creating C:\Documents and
Settings\A10415\xemacs\xemacs-21.5.11\nt\..\lib-src\config.values
xemacs.mak(1466): fatal error U1087: cannot have : and :: dependents for same target
Stop.
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