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

[Yung-Jang Lee]

Hi,

After update prerequirements, I can build Scilab from source again.

Is there any way or from any place that I know I need to update my
prerequirements ?

Yung-Jang Lee

2008/12/24 François Vogel <fvogelnew1 at free.fr>

> 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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