MKCL-1.1.4 compile error

[longlene]

The following is the error message.

make[2]: Leaving directory /home/loong0/mkcl-1.1.4/src/c' cd gc; make make[2]: Entering directory/home/loong0/mkcl-1.1.4/src/gc' make[3]: Entering directory /home/loong0/mkcl-1.1.4/src/gc' /bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -fPIC -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I./include -I./include -fexceptions -DMK_GC_BUILD -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -fPIC -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -MT allchblk.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/allchblk.Tpo -c -o allchblk.lo allchblk.c libtool: compile: gcc -fPIC -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I./include -I./include -fexceptions -DMK_GC_BUILD -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -fPIC -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -MT allchblk.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/allchblk.Tpo -c allchblk.c -o allchblk.o In file included from allchblk.c:17:0: ./include/private/gc_priv.h:797:3: error: unknown type name 'MK_AO_t' ./include/private/gc_priv.h:2031:5: error: unknown type name 'MK_AO_TS_t' make[3]: *** [allchblk.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory/home/loong0/mkcl-1.1.4/src/gc' make[2]: * [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/loong0/mkcl-1.1.4/src/gc' make[1]: * [gc/.libs/libgc.a] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory`/home/loong0/mkcl-1.1.4/src' make: *\ [all] Error 2

[jcbeaudoin]

The problem you are reporting is showing up during compilation of the Boehm Conservative Garbage Collector (known as libgc in the code). Boehm GC is a utility library that MKCL uses for its Garbage Collection service but is not an integral part of MKCL per se.

I suspect that such a problem is coming from an error during configuration that resulted in a non-functional Boehm GC setup. Could you post the whole output of the "configure" script you ran to initialize MKCL (along with any arguments you passed to "configure")?

I would need also a precise description of the platform you are trying to compile MKCL onto (OS exact version, relevant hardware (i.e.: CPU)).

Cheers,

J.-C.

[jcbeaudoin]

Pushed the wrong button! Sorry.

[longlene]

The following is the output of configure, I just run ./ocnfigure and get the output,

Switching to directory `/home/loong0/mkcl-1.1.4/src' to continue configuration. checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether ln -s works... yes checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for ld flags when building shared libraries... -shared checking for required libraries... -ldl checking for architecture... 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To build MKCL, issue make in this directory.

My OS is Funtoo Linux, I want to write a ebuild for MKCL.

[jcbeaudoin]

In the "configure" output you have:

checking for ATOMIC_OPS... yes

This happens during the Boehm GC configuration. This never happened on the Linux distros I use to test on so I never had to face it.

On your system it seems that the following command returns true:

pkg-config --exists --print-errors "atomic_ops"

And this leads the configure script to believe you want to use a system provided libatomic_ops library. And although the Boehm GC code pretends to support it, that feature seems pretty broken in fact.

Working on a workaround...

[longlene]

Yes, I've instlled the boehm-gc and libatomic_ops package on my Funtoo. I run ./configure --help and find no option like --with-boehm=system, what should I do if want to continue to compile it?

Thanks a lot for your reply!

[jcbeaudoin]

The issue is not as simple as it seems. I had to doctor the Boehm GC source code a bit too much which makes using a system provided Boehm GC not a workable option anymore.

Right now all I can suggest is that you apply this patch:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index b479e2b..7140d39 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -761,12 +761,12 @@ dnl    if mkdir gc; then
       CC="${CC} ${PICFLAG}" CFLAGS="-DMK_GC_BUILD ${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
         $srcdir/gc/configure --disable-shared --prefix=${destdir} \
    --includedir=${destdir}/mkcl/ --libdir=${destdir} --build=${build_alias} \
-   --host=${host_alias} --enable-large-config ${boehm_configure_flags})"
+   --host=${host_alias} --enable-large-config --with-libatomic-ops=no ${boehm_configure_flags})"
      (destdir=`${PWDCMD}`; cd gc; \
       CC="${CC} ${PICFLAG}" CFLAGS="-DMK_GC_BUILD ${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
         $srcdir/gc/configure --disable-shared --prefix=${destdir} \
    --includedir=${destdir}/mkcl/ --libdir=${destdir} --build=${build_alias} \
-   --host=${host_alias} --enable-large-config ${boehm_configure_flags})
+   --host=${host_alias} --enable-large-config --with-libatomic-ops=no ${boehm_configure_flags})
       MKCL_BOEHM_GC_HEADER='mkcl/gc/gc.h'
 dnl     else
 dnl       AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to create 'gc' directory])
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

To fix the mkcl-1.1.4/src/configure.in and then run command "autoconf" in the mkcl-1.1.4/src directory and finally rerun configure.

I think the patch is good but I have yet to test it for real... After I test it somewhat properly I will commit it to the MKCL git repo. I think I will do a MKCL 1.1.5 rather soon (end of this week?) since quite a few things have come up lately, this one being the cherry on the cake.

Cheers.

[jcbeaudoin]

Patch tested and committed to git repo. Will be included in MKCL 1.1.5 due to be released in a few days.

[longlene]

Thanks a lot! I compiled it successfully! Expecting the 1.1.5!