Swarm and MinGW - Revision history

Railsback: /* MinGW */

2017-11-16T18:06:29Z

‎MinGW

Railsback: /* MinGW */

2017-11-16T00:44:55Z

‎MinGW

Railsback: /* MinGW */

2017-11-16T00:43:22Z

‎MinGW

SwarmWikiSysop: /* Software Used to Compile Swarm 2.4.1 */

2015-12-03T02:04:00Z

‎Software Used to Compile Swarm 2.4.1

SwarmWikiSysop: /* Software Used to Compile Swarm 2.4.1 */

2015-12-03T02:01:23Z

‎Software Used to Compile Swarm 2.4.1

SwarmWikiSysop at 01:57, 3 December 2015

2015-12-03T01:57:56Z

SwarmWikiSysop: /* Installing Emacs */

2015-12-03T01:55:33Z

‎Installing Emacs

SwarmWikiSysop at 01:54, 3 December 2015

2015-12-03T01:54:22Z

SwarmWikiSysop: /* RapidEE */

2015-12-03T01:50:57Z

‎RapidEE

SwarmWikiSysop: /* Installing MinGW */

2015-12-03T01:42:35Z

‎Installing MinGW

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 '''Homepage:''' http://www.mingw.org
-'''Now, for Swarm, you must use an older version of MinGW with compiler (gcc) version of 4.6.x or earlier.''' Search the web for a file like this x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.3-release-linux_rubenvb.tar.lzma and follow instructions for installing. '''IF you use a later version of MinGW (e.g., 6.x) your Swarm code may compile but then produce incorrect results.'''
+'''Current versions of MinGW include a compiler version (gcc 6.x) that is incompatible with Swarm.''' Swarm needs a version no newer than 4.6. '''IF you use a current version of MinGW your Swarm code may compile but then produce incorrect results.''' You can find on the web (a) instructions for replacing the gcc in MinGW with an older version, and (b) old versions of MinGW that contain older gcc versions. However, some of us have not had success with either of those options. At least temporarily, there is a version of MinGW that works in Windows 10 and with Swarm, [http://www.langrailsback.com/SwarmVM/ available here].
 '''Version Used:''' 20110530

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 '''Homepage:''' http://www.mingw.org
-'''Now, for Swarm, you must use an older version of MinGW with compiler (gcc) version of 4.6.x or earlier.''' Search the web for a file like this x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.3-release-linux_rubenvb.tar.lzma and follow instructions for installing.
+'''Now, for Swarm, you must use an older version of MinGW with compiler (gcc) version of 4.6.x or earlier.''' Search the web for a file like this x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.3-release-linux_rubenvb.tar.lzma and follow instructions for installing. '''IF you use a later version of MinGW (e.g., 6.x) your Swarm code may compile but then produce incorrect results.'''
 '''Version Used:''' 20110530

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 '''Homepage:''' http://www.mingw.org
-'''Download Area:''' http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files
+'''Now, for Swarm, you must use an older version of MinGW with compiler (gcc) version of 4.6.x or earlier.''' Search the web for a file like this x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.3-release-linux_rubenvb.tar.lzma and follow instructions for installing.
 '''Version Used:''' 20110530
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 Currently, no attempt has been made to compile Swarm 2.4.1 with the 64 bit MinGW compilers. If a successful attempt is made, please report it on the [http://www.swarm.org/mailman/listinfo/support Swarm mailing list].
 == Emacs ==

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 |  2.4.1
 |  [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 GPL]
-|  [http://www.swarm.org http://www.swarm.org]
+|  [https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/swarm/ https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/swarm/]
-|  [http://ftp.swarm.org/pub/swarm/src/swarm/swarmapps-2.3.0.tar.gz http://ftp.swarm.org/pub/swarm/src/swarm/swarmapps-2.3.0.tar.gz]
+|  [http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/swarm/src/swarm/swarm-2.4.1.tar.gz http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/swarm/src/swarm/swarm-2.4.1.tar.gz]
 |}

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 |  [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT]
 |  unknown
-|  [http://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=mingw32-xpm-nox&amp;project=windows%3Amingw%3Awin32 http://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=mingw32-xpm-nox&amp;project=windows%3Amingw%3Awin32]
+|  Try: [http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/xpm-nox.htm http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/xpm-nox.htm]
 |-
 |  Tcl

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 <pre>tar xjf ../sources/xpm-nox-4.2.0.tar.bz2
 cd xpm-nox-4.2.0
-patch -p1 &amp;lt; ../../patches/xpm-nox-4.2.0-mingw-tcl.patch
+patch -p1 &lt; ../../patches/xpm-nox-4.2.0-mingw-tcl.patch
 make CC=gcc
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 <pre>tar xzf ../sources/tcl8.4.19-src.tar.gz
 cd tcl8.4.19
-patch -p1 &amp;lt; ../../patches/tcl-8.4.19-fix-lvalues.patch
+patch -p1 &lt; ../../patches/tcl-8.4.19-fix-lvalues.patch
 cd win
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    def_file=`basename $dll .dll`.def
    lib_file=lib`basename $dll dll.dll`.a
-   pexports $dll &amp;gt; $def_file
+   pexports $dll &gt; $def_file
    dlltool -d $def_file -l lib/$lib_file
 done</pre>
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 <pre>cd /path/to/where/swarm/source/was/extracted
-patch -p1 -d /c/swarm &amp;lt; patches/hdf5-1.8.7-mingw.patch</pre>
+patch -p1 -d /c/swarm &lt; patches/hdf5-1.8.7-mingw.patch</pre>
 == Build Swarm ==
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 === Installing MinGW ===
-MinGW can be installed by downloading the &quot;Automated MinGW Installer&quot;, which usually has a name like <tt>mingw-get-inst-&amp;lt;date&amp;gt;.exe</tt> where <tt>&amp;lt;date&amp;gt;</tt> is the datestamp for when the installer was packaged. Running this executable will start the installation process. The installer lets you select which optional components to install; make sure all boxes are checked so you '''install all components'''.
+MinGW can be installed by downloading the &quot;Automated MinGW Installer&quot;, which usually has a name like <tt>mingw-get-inst-&lt;date&gt;.exe</tt> where <tt>&lt;date&gt;</tt> is the datestamp for when the installer was packaged. Running this executable will start the installation process. The installer lets you select which optional components to install; make sure all boxes are checked so you '''install all components'''.
 [[Image:MinGW_Setup.png|frame|none|alt=Install all available MinGW components]]

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 === Installing Emacs ===
-Install Emacs by downloading one of the <tt>emacs-&amp;lt;version
+Install Emacs by downloading one of the <tt>emacs-&lt;version
-number&amp;gt;-bin-i386.zip</tt> files from the download area. Don't use any of the
+number&gt;-bin-i386.zip</tt> files from the download area. Don't use any of the
 files containing <tt>barebin</tt>. After extracting the ZIP archive there will
 be an Emacs folder containing a subfolder called <tt>bin</tt>. Add this folder
 to your Windows <tt>PATH</tt>. [[#RapidEE|RapidEE]] can help edit the
 <tt>PATH</tt> variable.
 == GPerf ==

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 <pre>mingw-get install mingw-utils</pre>
-Download 32-bit Windows binaries from the HDF website compiled for use with the Visual Studio compilers (these files have &amp;quot;VS&amp;quot; listed under the ''Compilers'' section). After extracting the archive, the HDF5 libraries can be wrapped for use with MinGW by executing the following commands:
+Download 32-bit Windows binaries from the HDF website compiled for use with the Visual Studio compilers (these files have &quot;VS&quot; listed under the ''Compilers'' section). After extracting the archive, the HDF5 libraries can be wrapped for use with MinGW by executing the following commands:
 <pre>cd path/to/where/HDF5/was/extracted
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 === Using MinGW ===
-The MinGW compilers are accessible through the &amp;quot;MinGW Shell&amp;quot; which should be located under the MinGW folder in the Start Menu:
+The MinGW compilers are accessible through the &quot;MinGW Shell&quot; which should be located under the MinGW folder in the Start Menu:
 [[Image:MinGW_Shell.png|frame|none|alt=Location of MinGW Shell]]
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 Then the <tt>mintty</tt> command can be used to launch a MinTTY terminal. The MinGW Shell can also be set to launch MinTTY by default by editing the file <tt>C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\msys.bat</tt> and changing the following line (approximately line 58):
-<pre>if &amp;quot;x%MSYSCON%&amp;quot; == &amp;quot;xunknown&amp;quot; set MSYSCON=sh.exe</pre>
+<pre>if &quot;x%MSYSCON%&quot; == &quot;xunknown&quot; set MSYSCON=sh.exe</pre>
 to:
-<pre>if &amp;quot;x%MSYSCON%&amp;quot; == &amp;quot;xunknown&amp;quot; set MSYSCON=mintty.exe</pre>
+<pre>if &quot;x%MSYSCON%&quot; == &quot;xunknown&quot; set MSYSCON=mintty.exe</pre>
 === A Note About Paths ===

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 '''License:''' [http://www.rapidee.com/en/license Freeware]
-The Rapid Environment Editor (RapidEE) is a spiffy tool that makes it easy to inspect and alter the value of Windows environment variables, such as the <tt>PATH</tt>. RapidEE may be used to edit &amp;quot;System Variables&amp;quot; which will affect all user accounts or &amp;quot;User Variables&amp;quot; which will affect just the current account. Administrative privileges may be required to edit the System Variables.
+The Rapid Environment Editor (RapidEE) is a spiffy tool that makes it easy to inspect and alter the value of Windows environment variables, such as the <tt>PATH</tt>. RapidEE may be used to edit &quot;System Variables&quot; which will affect all user accounts or &quot;User Variables&quot; which will affect just the current account. Administrative privileges may be required to edit the System Variables.
 [[Image:RapidEE_1.png|frame|none|alt=The different variables RapidEE can edit]]
-Right-clicking on the <tt>Path</tt> variable in the System Variables or User Variables will bring up a menu that presents the option to &amp;quot;Add value&amp;quot;:
+Right-clicking on the <tt>Path</tt> variable in the System Variables or User Variables will bring up a menu that presents the option to &quot;Add value&quot;:
 [[Image:RapidEE_2.png|frame|none|alt=Adding a new value to the PATH]]