Re: Mingw build problem for TCL

[Jonathan Kelly <jonkelly@fastmail.fm>]

On 20/07/2013 9:00 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 20 08:08, Jonathan Kelly wrote:
>> On 19/07/2013 5:55 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Jul 19 11:47, Jonathan Kelly wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> sorry if this isn't the correct place. I have previously used the
>>>> mingw-* packages to create a Windows compile of tcl8.6.0, but
>>>> currently it doesn't work. It compiles without error as far as I can
>>>> see, but when you try to run the executable (tclsh8.6.0.exe) it
>>>> returns immediately with code 127.
>>>> (PS ... I have tried it with the current mingw/msys system directly,
>>>> and that compiles OK.)
>>>> -------
>>>> $ uname -a
>>>> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 jon-Z930 1.7.21(0.267/5/3) 2013-07-15 12:17 i686 Cygwin
>>>>
>>>> $ cygcheck -c | fgrep mingw
>>>> mingw-binutils           2.23.1-1             OK
>>>> mingw-gcc-core           4.7.3-1              OK
>>>> mingw-gcc-g++            4.7.3-1              OK
>>>> mingw-pthreads           20110507-2           OK
>>>> mingw-runtime            4.0-1                OK
>>>> mingw-w32api             4.0-1                OK
>>>>
>>>> $ ./configure --host=i686-pc-mingw32 --build=i686-pc-mingw32 --prefix=/Tcl
>>>> ... cut ...
>>>>
>>>> $ make binaries
>>>> ... cut ...
>>>> i686-pc-mingw32-gcc -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE
>>>> tclAppInit.o libtcl86.a libtclstub86.a -lnetapi32 -lkernel32
>>>> -luser32 -ladvapi32 -lws2_32
>>>> /cygdrive/c/src/tcl8.6.0/compat/zlib/win32/zdll.lib \
>>>>          tclsh.res.o -o tclsh86.exe -mconsole  -pipe
>>>>
>>>> $ echo $?
>>>> 0
>>>>
>>>> $ ./tclsh86.exe
>>>>
>>>> $ echo $?
>>>> 127
>>> Does it run correctly when started from CMD?
>>>
>>>
>>> Corinna
>>>
>> Not. Comes up with error "The application was unable to start
>> correctly (0xc0000022).
> Then Earnie is right.  This has nothing to do with Cygwin itself, but
> with the Mingw stuff.  This is probably best discussed on a Mingw.Org
> ML.
> Alternatively you could try to build this with the mingw-w64 cross
> toolchains and if it doesn't work, discuss it on their MLs.
>
>
> Corinna
>
No, it's not - it compiles and runs as it should when I use the Mingw 
directly. It's what I'm using now. I was just trying to give back a 
little by reporting a problem.

Thanks anyway.

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