Austin, I'd really appreciate it if you could do that. Currently I cannot validate on Windows. Thanks Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: mad.one@gmail.com [mailto:mad.one@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Austin | Seipp | Sent: 08 October 2013 14:22 | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | Cc: ghc-devs@haskell.org | Subject: Re: Testsuite fails at the first fence on Windows | | Hm, it doesn't look like the ctypes import is failing - it looks more | like the DLL ctypes is trying to find doesn't exist? We seem to use | ctypes to talk to a windows DLL to set the Code Page for the console. | | I'll look into deplying this new msys2 and fixing it. it's probably | worth just upgrading the Windows build page to refer to it instead - | seems like it's much more stable and a lot easier to use (especially | since it comes with all those handy tools!) | | On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones | <simonpj@microsoft.com> wrote: | > Dear GHC-dev friends | > | > | > | > Does anyone feel able help me with this (below)? I’m a bit | clueless, and I | > really think we should have a working Windows build going! | > | > | > | > It would be so great to have someone who could give the Windows | build some | > love. But meanwhile, just extricating me from my helpless puddle | would be | > terrific. | > | > | > | > Simon | > | > | > | > From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of | Simon | > Peyton-Jones | > Sent: 02 October 2013 20:40 | > To: Kyra Alex | > Cc: ghc-devs@haskell.org | > Subject: RE: Make spins with THREADS>1 on Win 7 | > | > | > | > Summary: progress on Windows builds, but a show-stopper below that | I’m sure | > some ghc-dev can help with. | > | > | > | > | > | > Ah, I've forgotten to mention that the environment variable MSYSTEM | must be | > set to MINGW before starting the shell | > | > | > | > Oh, this is much better. | > | > · The download from msys2 already includes | > | > o python | > | > o git | > | > o perl | > | > o make | > | > o autoconf | > | > o ssh | > | > which saves a bunch of secondary installation goop. | > | > | > | > · Once I set MSYSYSTEM=MINGW, things went much much better. | GHC | > built to completion. | > | > · make –j works fine! | > | > · A bizarre 10-second delay when starting a shell has gone | away | > | > | > | > So I am very happy. Two things I’m stuck on. | > | > | > | > In testsuite I get this: | > | > | > | > testsuite (master)$ make | > | > make -C ./tests all | > | > make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/code/HEAD/testsuite/tests' | > | > python2 ../driver/runtests.py -e ghc_compiler_always_flags="'- | fforce-recomp | > -dcore-lint -dcmm-lint -dno-debug-output -no-user-package-db - | rtsopts '" -e | > ghc_debugged=False -e ghc_with_native_codegen=1 -e | ghc_with_vanilla=1 -e | > ghc_with_dynamic=0 -e ghc_with_profiling=0 -e | ghc_with_threaded_rts=1 -e | > ghc_with_dynamic_rts=0 -e ghc_with_interpreter=1 -e | ghc_unregisterised=0 -e | > ghc_dynamic_by_default=False -e ghc_dynamic=False -e ghc_with_smp=1 | -e | > ghc_with_llvm=0 -e windows=True -e darwin=False -e | in_tree_compiler=True -e | > clean_only=False --rootdir=. --config=../config/ghc -e | > 'config.confdir="../config"' -e | > 'config.compiler="C:/code/HEAD/inplace/bin/ghc-stage2.exe"' -e | > 'config.ghc_pkg="C:/code/HEAD/inplace/bin/ghc-pkg.exe"' -e | > 'config.hp2ps="C:/code/HEAD/inplace/bin/hp2ps.exe"' -e | > 'config.hpc="C:/code/HEAD/inplace/bin/hpc.exe"' -e 'config.gs="gs"' | -e | > 'config.platform="i386-unknown-mingw32"' -e 'config.os="mingw32"' -e | > 'config.arch="i386"' -e 'config.wordsize="32"' -e | > 'default_testopts.cleanup=""' -e 'config.timeout=int() or | config.timeout' -e | > 'config.timeout_prog="../timeout/install-inplace/bin/timeout.exe"' - | e | > 'config.exeext=".exe"' -e 'config.top="C:/code/HEAD/testsuite"' | > --rootdir=../../libraries/Win32/tests -- | rootdir=../../libraries/array/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/base/tests -- | rootdir=../../libraries/binary/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/bytestring/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/containers/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/directory/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/filepath/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/ghc-prim/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/haskeline/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/hpc/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/old-time/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/pretty/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/process/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/random/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/template-haskell/tests | > --rootdir=../../libraries/vector/tests | > | > | > | > Traceback (most recent call last): | > | > File "../driver/runtests.py", line 146, in <module> | > | > import ctypes | > | > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 451, in | <module> | > | > pythonapi = PyDLL("libpython%d.%d.dll" % _sys.version_info[:2]) | > | > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 365, in | __init__ | > | > self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode) | > | > OSError: No such file or directory | > | > ../mk/test.mk:238: recipe for target 'test' failed | > | > | > | > And indeed there is no “ctypes.py”, although there is a directory | ctypes in | > c:/fp/Python27/Lib/ctypes, which contains | > | > __init__.py | > | > __init__.pyc | > | > _endian.py | > | > _endian.pyc | > | > macholib | > | > test | > | > util.py | > | > wintypes.py | > | > | > | > But runtests.py says “import ctypes” and that’s what is failing. I | don’t | > know how it worked before. Can anyone help? I’m so close! | > | > | > | > | > | > Less importantly, but annoyingly, every run of perl, even perl – | versoin, | > gives this: | > | > | > | > perl --version | > | > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. | > | > perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: | > | > LC_ALL = (unset), | > | > LANG = "ENG" | > | > are supported and installed on your system. | > | > perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). | > | > | > | > This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 1 (v5.18.1) built for | > msys-thread-multi-64int | > | > | > | > It’s non-fatal, but annoying. | > | > | > | > Thanks | > | > | > | > Simon | > | > | > | > From: Kyra Alex [mailto:meurglys3@gmail.com] | > Sent: 02 October 2013 07:45 | > To: Simon Peyton-Jones | > Cc: Edsko de Vries; ghc-devs@haskell.org | > Subject: Re: Make spins with THREADS>1 on Win 7 | > | > | > | > Ah, I've forgotten to mention that the environment variable MSYSTEM | must be | > set to MINGW before starting the shell as is in mingw_shell.bat: | > | > set MSYSTEM=MINGW. | > | > msys2_shell.bat set it to MSYS thus making it answer "msys". | > | > | > | > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones | <simonpj@microsoft.com> | > wrote: | > | > http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/ is *much* better than stock | msys. | > I've successfully built ghc HEAD quite recently (a month ago or so) | using | > it. | > | > | > | > Interesting! There appears to be about zero documentation, but I | unpacked | > the tar ball (which has pre-built binaries), put it in c:/msys32, | added | > c:/mys32/bin to my PATH, and tried. | > | > | > | > Starts well, but two problems. | > | > | > | > · I get lots of this (non-fatally): | > | > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. | > | > perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: | > | > LC_ALL = (unset), | > | > LANG = "ENG" | > | > are supported and installed on your system. | > | > perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). | > | > | > | > · But then I get this error which brings things to a halt: | > | > checking for gfind... no | > | > checking for find... /usr/bin/find | > | > checking for sort... /usr/bin/sort | > | > checking for GHC version date... inferred 7.7.20131001 | > | > checking for ghc... /cygdrive/c/fp/HP-2013.2.0.0/bin/ghc | > | > checking version of ghc... 7.6.3 | > | > GHC path canonicalised to: /cygdrive/c/fp/HP-2013.2.0.0/bin/ghc | > | > checking build system type... Invalid configuration `i686-pc-msys': | system | > `msys' not recognized | > | > configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub i686-pc-msys failed | > | > | > | > Does anyone have ideas for fixing this? Kyra, how did you get past | these? | > | > | > | > Simon | > | > | > | > | > | > From: Kyra Alex [mailto:meurglys3@gmail.com] | > Sent: 01 October 2013 19:05 | > To: Simon Peyton-Jones | > Cc: Edsko de Vries; ghc-devs@haskell.org | > Subject: Re: Make spins with THREADS>1 on Win 7 | > | > | > | > http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/ is *much* better than stock | msys. | > I've successfully built ghc HEAD quite recently (a month ago or so) | using | > it. | > | > | > | > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Simon Peyton-Jones | <simonpj@microsoft.com> | > wrote: | > | > Yes; it appears that in the current MSYS release, 'make -jn' goes | into an | > infinite loop. This is very depressing. I do not know a fix. | > | > If you google around and find a fix, do tell us. Currently I have | to use | > THREADS=1 all the time | > | > Simon | > | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of | Edsko | > | de Vries | > | Sent: 01 October 2013 16:21 | > | To: ghc-devs@haskell.org | > | Subject: Make spins with THREADS>1 on Win 7 | > | | > | Hi all, | > | | > | Trying to get a build going on Win 7. On both the 32-bit and the | > | 64-bit version running 'sh validate' stalls at | > | | > | "inplace/bin/mkdirhier" utils/touchy/dist/build/tmp//. | > | | > | At this point nothing happens, other than that I seem to have 100% | CPU | > | usage; 'ps' only shows two make processes, but no further | > | subprocesses. Not sure what's going on here. Running 'sh validate | > | --no-clean' after killing both make processes at this point stalls | at | > | the same point; running it with THREADS=1 seems to resolve the | issue. | > | | > | Anybody any idea what might be going on? | > | | > | Edsko | > | _______________________________________________ | > | ghc-devs mailing list | > | ghc-devs@haskell.org | > | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs | > _______________________________________________ | > ghc-devs mailing list | > ghc-devs@haskell.org | > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs | > | > | > | > | > | > | > _______________________________________________ | > ghc-devs mailing list | > ghc-devs@haskell.org | > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs | > | | | | -- | Regards, | | Austin Seipp, Haskell Consultant | Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/