[Scilab-Dev] Failed to build Scilab with VC2008Express this week.

[François Vogel]

The prerequirements are not migrated to GIT, they are still managed by 
SVN. Pierre said they would never migrate because this would create a 
repository of more than 3 GB. One of the main advantages that GIT puts 
forward is that you have a full fledged repository in your hard disk, 
and this is fine and realistic as long as you deal with text files 
that can easily be diff'ed and the diff be compressed. Using GIT for 
versioning binary files looks it's not the right tool.

In short: update the prerequirements with svn, copy/paste then in the 
up-to-date git repository, and compile the Scilab-f2c solution under 
VC2008 Express. This works for me.

Good night.
F.


Yung-Jang Lee said on 23/12/2008 17:02:
> I may have used the SVN version of  prerequirements  for GIT.
> 
> I will download and test it tomorrow (it's midnight in Taiwan now).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Yung-Jang Lee
> 
> 2008/12/23 François Vogel <fvogelnew1 at free.fr <mailto:fvogelnew1 at free.fr>>
> 
>     Did you follow the steps described here:
> 
>     http://wiki.scilab.org/Visual_Studio_C%2B%2B_2008_Express
> 
>     Especially what this page is saying about prerequirements?
> 
>     Did you try to clean and rebuild all?
> 
>     F.
> 
> 
>     Yung-Jang Lee said on 23/12/2008 16:44:
> 
> 
>         ------ Build started: Project: pvm, Configuration: Release Win32
>         ------
>         Make dependencies
>         Microsoft (R) Library Manager Version 9.00.21022.08
>         Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>           Creating library
>         d:\Git\scilab\scilab\modules\pvm\LibScilab.lib and object
>         d:\Git\scilab\scilab\modules\pvm\LibScilab.exp
>         Linking...
>         LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'LIBC.lib'
>         Build log was saved at
>         "file://d:\Git\scilab\scilab\modules\pvm\Release\BuildLog.htm"
> 
> 
> 
>         2008/12/23 Yung-Jang Lee <yjlee123 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:yjlee123 at gmail.com> <mailto:yjlee123 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:yjlee123 at gmail.com>>>
> 
> 
>            I failed to build project pvm with 'Scilab_f2c' solution. I look
>            like pvm3 binaries (lib or dll)   in my system are build with
>         old VC
>            compiler that  need LIBC.lib to link.
> 
>            May be I am not doing right way in downloading Scilab, I just
> 
>            git pull
> 
>            Am I right ?
> 
>            Yung-Jang Lee
> 
>            2008/12/23 François Vogel <fvogelnew1 at free.fr
>         <mailto:fvogelnew1 at free.fr>
>            <mailto:fvogelnew1 at free.fr <mailto:fvogelnew1 at free.fr>>>
> 
> 
>                Works for me today on the master up-to-date, with VC2008
>         Express
>                on WinXP.
> 
>                And I can't find any occurrence of libc.lib in the compiled
>                scilab tree.
> 
>                F.
> 
> 
>                Yung-Jang Lee said on 23/12/2008 14:59:
> 
>                    Hi,
> 
>                    I failed to build scilab this week with Windows Xp +
>         VC 2008
>                    Express.  It stops at building pvm related library with
>                    following message,
>                        LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
>         'LIBC.lib'
> 
>                    Since VC 2008 Express don't provide LIBC.lib anymore, it
>                    look like I must build pvm3 from source with VC2008
>         myself.
> 
> 
>                    Yung-Jang Lee
> 
> 
> 
> 
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