in reply to Re^4: gmake error on Glib compile
in thread gmake error on Glib compile

On 64-bit Strawberry Perl 5.38.0 (portable edition)

The following pacman commands install needed 
packages and must be run (if they haven't already).

$ pacman -Sy mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk2
$ pacman -Sy mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config
$ pacman -Sy mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3
$ pacman -Sy mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gobject-introspection


set PATH=%PATH%;D:\msys64\mingw64\bin
set PKG_CONFIG_PATH=D:\msys64\mingw64\lib\pkgconfig
set LIBRARY_PATH=D:\msys64\mingw64\lib

###########
Glib-1.3293
###########
Accessing same renamed libraries as I used with my own build of perl.

set CPATH=D:\msys64\mingw64\include;D:\msys64\mingw64\include\glib-2.0
+;D:\msys64\mingw64\lib\glib-2.0\include

Run 'perl Makefile.PL', 'gmake test', 'gmake install'.

All tests passed for me.
('auto/Glib/Glib.a' was created and installed.)

###########
Cairo-1.109
###########
Accessing same renamed libraries as I used with my own build of perl.

set CPATH=%CPATH%;D:\msys64\mingw64\include\cairo;D:\msys64\mingw64\in
+clude\freetype2;

Run 'perl Makefile.PL', 'gmake test', 'gmake install'.
('auto\Cairo\Cairo.a' was created and installed.)

One test failed:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
t/CairoFont.t ..... 1/29 unknown cairo_font_type_t value 5 encountered
+ at t/CairoFont.t line 79.

#   Failed test at t/CairoFont.t line 79.
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 29.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

###################
Cairo-GObject-1.005
###################
Accessing same renamed libraries as I used with my own build of perl.

No need to amend CPATH environment variable.

Run 'perl Makefile.PL'

The generated Makefile correctly lists (in both EXTRALIBS and LDLOADLI
+BS) the 'auto/Glib/Glib.a' file.
But it misses the 'auto/Cairo/Cairo.a' file.
Therefore, at the beginnig of both the EXTRALIBS and LDLOADLIBS entrie
+s in the generated Makefile,
we need to insert the full path to that Cairo.a file.
For me, I insert:
"C:\sp\_64\sp-5.38.0\perl\site\lib\auto\Cairo\Cairo.a"

Run 'gmake test', 'gmake install'.

All tests passed.

###########
Pango-1.227
###########
Accessing same renamed libraries as I used with my own build of perl.

set CPATH=%CPATH%;D:\msys64\mingw64\include\pango-1.0;D:\msys64\mingw6
+4\include\harfbuzz

Run 'perl Makefile.PL'

Again, 'auto/Cairo/Cairo.a' is omitted from EXTRALIBS and LDLOADLIBS.
Again, in both places, I insert:
"C:\sp\_64\sp-5.38.0\perl\site\lib\auto\Cairo\Cairo.a"

Run 'gmake test', 'gmake install'.

All tests passed.

############
Gtk2-1.24993
############
Accessing same renamed libraries as I used with my own build of perl.

set CPATH=%CPATH%;D:\msys64\mingw64\include\gtk-2.0;D:\msys64\mingw64\
+lib\gtk-2.0\include;D:\msys64\mingw64\include\gdk-pixbuf-2.0;D:\msys6
+4\mingw64\include\atk-1.0

Run 'perl Makefile.PL'

EXTRALIBS and LDLOADLIBS both include 'auto/Glib/Glib.a' and 'auto/Pan
+go/Pango.a'
but again, 'auto/Cairo/Cairo.a' is omitted from EXTRALIBS and LDLOADLI
+BS.
Again, in both places, I insert:
"C:\sp\_64\sp-5.38.0\perl\site\lib\auto\Cairo\Cairo.a"

Run 'gmake test', 'gmake install'.

In addition to t/GtkStyle.t (which crashes the entire test suite),
we get the following report:

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/01.GtkWindow.t                 (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 F
+ailed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 120 tests but ran 0.
t/GdkDisplay.t                   (Wstat: 256 (exited 1) Tests: 27 Fail
+ed: 1)
  Failed test:  23
  Non-zero exit status: 1
t/GdkImage.t                     (Wstat: 256 (exited 1) Tests: 23 Fail
+ed: 1)
  Failed test:  1
  Non-zero exit status: 1
t/GdkInput.t                     (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 F
+ailed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 20 tests but ran 0.
t/GdkKeys.t                      (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 F
+ailed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 46 tests but ran 0.
t/GdkPixbuf.t                    (Wstat: 256 (exited 1) Tests: 112 Fai
+led: 1)
  Failed test:  44
  Non-zero exit status: 1
t/GtkAccelGroup.t                (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 F
+ailed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 19 tests but ran 0.
t/GtkAccelMap.t                  (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 F
+ailed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 24 tests but ran 0.
t/GtkStock.t                     (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 F
+ailed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 9 tests but ran 0.
t/GtkWidget.t                    (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 F
+ailed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 158 tests but ran 0.
t/PangoFontset.t                 (Wstat: 256 (exited 1) Tests: 7 Faile
+d: 1)
  Failed test:  1
  Non-zero exit status: 1
Files=227, Tests=4544, 42 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr +  0.05 sys =  0.0
+6 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 11/227 test programs. 4/4544 subtests failed.
gmake: *** [makefile:3727: test_dynamic] Error 255

This is (apparently) worse than the results I got on my own build of p
+erl-5.38.0,
which reported only 5/227 failing test programs.
I don't know what accounts for the difference, but it would be interes
+ting to know.

###############################
Glib-Object-Introspection-0.050
###############################
Accessing same renamed libraries as I used with my own build of perl.

set CPATH=%CPATH%;D:\msys64\mingw64\include\gobject-introspection-1.0

Run 'perl Makefile.PL', 'make install'. (Can't make any sense of 'make
+ test' at all.)

##########
Gtk3-0.038
##########

Run 'perl Makefile.PL', 'make test'.

All 22 tests fail - needs investigating, no point in installing.
On my own build of perl-5.38.0, only 3 of the 22 tests failed.
Could there be some interference from libraries in Strawberry's c/lib 
+folder ?

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Cheers,
Rob

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Re^6: gmake error on Glib compile
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 23, 2023 at 14:15 UTC
    The poorer result for the Gtk2-1.24993 tests that I get with Strawberry Perl is entirely due to the fact that perl/site/lib/Gtk2/Gdk/Keysyms.pm is generated as an empty file on Strawberry.
    When I replace that empty file with the correctly generated Keysyms.pm that my own build of perl-5.38.0 created, then I get identical results of "5/227 failing test programs", not "11/227 failing test programs.
    I tried to put the contents of that Keysyms.pm on my scratchpad, but it's too big for perlmonks to accommodate.
    If anyone wants a copy of it just /msg me with an email address I can post it to.

    I don't know why Strawberry doesn't provide the same Keysyms.pm. (I've got some notes on my Windows 7 machine from 5 years ago that inform me that the same thing happened back then, too.)

    I've also got some old notes stating that installing Font::FreeType improves the capabilities of Cairo.
    I was going to try that out, but Devel::CheckLib is a prereq, and I'm not up to dealing with that annoying hoop tonight.

    <UPDATE>
    I've now (approx 24 hours later) built and installed Font-FreeType-0.16. It builds and tests fine, but doesn't change anything AFAICS. To build Font-FreeType, I replaced the Makefile.PL that ships with the distro with: 
    use strict;
use warnings;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;

WriteMakefile(
    NAME               => 'Font::FreeType',
    AUTHOR             => 'Geoff Richards <qef@laxan.com>',
    VERSION_FROM       => 'lib/Font/FreeType.pm',
    LIBS => '-LD:/msys64/mingw64/lib -lfreetype',
    INC  => '-ID:/msys64/mingw64/include/freetype2',
);

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    </UPDATE>

    I've yet to work out why Gtk3 is so broken on the Strawberry build.
    The (fairly fundamental) problem is that the following runs fine on my own build of perl-5.38.0: 
    D:\>perl -MGtk3 -wle "my ($success, $rest) = Glib::Object::Introspecti
+on->invoke ('Gtk', undef, 'init_check', [$0, @ARGV]); print 'ok';"
ok

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    But on Strawberry's 5.38.0, running the same command, I get: 
    D:\>perl -MGtk3 -wle "my ($success, $rest) = Glib::Object::Introspecti
+on->invoke ('Gtk', undef, 'init_check', [$0, @ARGV]); print 'ok'"
Could not prepare a call interface at -e line 1.

    [download]
    Looks like the problem lies with the Glib-Object-Introspection module.

    Cheers,
    Rob
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      FWIW, Font::FreeType builds and passes all tests for me when using SP 5.38.0.1 PDL edition. (Edit - and also the non_PDL edition).

      Is this perhaps a clash between the SP DLLs and the MSYS2 DLLs?

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        FWIW, Font::FreeType builds and passes all tests for me when using SP 5.38.0.1 PDL edition

        Yes - my only issue with Font::FreeType is a personal thing I have against Devel::CheckLib.
        Devel::CheckLib is a module that's not present on my own perl-5.38.0 build, and I'm averse to installing it.
        I updated my previous post to show the Makefile.PL I used to build Font::FreeType.

        The main issue is that Glib-Object-Inrospection-0.050 being built on SP-5.38.0 is unusable - whereas the G-O-I-0.050 that I build on my own 5.38.0 works fine.
        Having installed it on SP, anyway, the problem is demonstrated by the one-liner I provided at the end of my previous post.

        With G-O-I, the test scripts are not generated, and the test suite should just skip all of the test scripts.
        But errors that include "Can't load 'C:/sp/_64/sp-5.38.0/perl/site/lib/auto/Glib/Glib.xs.dll' for module Glib: load_file:The specified module could not be found at C:/sp/_64/sp-5.38.0/perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm line 206" are being generated for each test script.
        The same thing usually (but not always) happens when I build G-O-I on my own perl ... it's a bit perplexing, but I'll continue to poke at it until that one-liner works on SP.
        With my own build of perl, that one-liner always works - which means that the Gtk3 test scripts don't abort, and instead (most of them) pass.

        Cheers,
        Rob
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Re^6: gmake error on Glib compile
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 23, 2023 at 10:16 UTC
    Get error message from event log or what not (depends.exe)
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