Hi,

Below is the script I use to compile FPC 2.7.1. I am using FPC 2.6.0 (I noticed it is still allowed for a while, even though 2.6.2 is out).

--------------[ go.sh ]--------------------
#!/usr/local/bin/bash

TARGET=x86_64-freebsd
COMPILER=/data/devel/fpc-2.6.0/$TARGET/bin/ppcx64

gmake clean
gmake all -j 5 FPMAKEOPT="-T 8" FPC=$COMPILER
gmake install INSTALL_PREFIX=/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/$TARGET/ FPC=$COMPILER ------------------[ end ]---------------------

The compiling of fpdoc fails with a linking error. Unable to find libiconv, but what exactly is it looking for? If you look further down my email, the libiconv *is* installed on my FreeBSD system, in the usual location of /usr/local/lib/

So what am I missing, to resolve this compilation issue?

-------------------------------------------
...snip...
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/utils/fpdoc' ../bin2obj -o css.inc -c DefaultCSS fpdoc.css
../bin2obj -o plusimage.inc -c PlusImageData images/plus.png ../bin2obj -o minusimage.inc -c MinusImageData images/minus.png /data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/compiler/ppcx64 -Ur -Xs -O2 -n -S2h -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/rtl/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/paszlib/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/fcl-process/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/hash/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/fpmkunit/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/fcl-res/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/fcl-base/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/fcl-xml/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/fcl-passrc/units/x86_64-freebsd -Fu/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/packages/chm/units/x86_64-freebsd -FE. -FUunits/x86_64-freebsd -Cg -dx86_64 -dRELEASE fpdoc.pp /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -liconv
fpdoc.pp(404,1) Error: Error while linking
fpdoc.pp(404,1) Fatal: There were 1 errors compiling module, stopping Fatal: Compilation aborted
gmake[3]: *** [fpdoc] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/utils/fpdoc' gmake[2]: *** [fpdoc_all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src/utils' gmake[1]: *** [utils_all] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/src' gmake: *** [build-stamp.x86_64-freebsd] Error 2
[src (master)]$

[src (master)]$ ls -l /usr/local/lib/libiconv*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1116648 5 Jan 18:36 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.a -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 918 5 Jan 18:36 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.la lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 13 5 Jan 18:36
/usr/local/lib/libiconv.so -> libiconv.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1084538 5 Jan 18:36 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3

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In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:

Below is the script I use to compile FPC 2.7.1. I am using FPC 2.6.0 (I noticed it is still allowed for a while, even though 2.6.2 is out).

This is normal, pass -Fl/usr/local/lib in opt (for releases, makepack from fpcbuild does this)

Also see http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq/#toc-Subsection-1.6.4

Marco van de Voort wrote

This is normal, pass -Fl/usr/local/lib in opt (for releases, makepack from fpcbuild does this)

Thanks, that worked. Now FPC 2.7.1 compiles without problems, and it install fine [or so it appears].

Last night I wanted to test with FPC 2.7.1 again. So did the whole "update from Trunk", rebuild and install. It all seems to have gone well.... but I can't compile any of my projects with 2.7.1 (but I can with 2.6.0).

In seems that the 'gmake install' doesn't install the *.a files that FPC generates, so my apps fail to link. I did a comparison between my 2.7.1 and 2.6.0 (installed from official installer) directories. In 2.6.0 the *.a files are found in the lib/fpc/2.6.0/... directories, but in 2.7.1 they are not (they only appear in the FPC 'src' directory tree).

Has the 'gmake install' changed in 2.7.1 compared to how it worked before? Or is there again something special required for FreeBSD systems?

Here is my go.sh script I use to build and install FPC 2.7.1

----8<-------------8<-------------8<-------------8<-------------8<---- #!/usr/local/bin/bash

TARGET=x86_64-freebsd
COMPILER=/data/devel/fpc-2.6.0/$TARGET/bin/ppcx64

#gmake clean
gmake all -j 5 FPMAKEOPT="-T 8" FPC=$COMPILER
FPCOPT="-Fl/usr/local/lib/" OPT="-Fl/usr/local/lib/" gmake install INSTALL_PREFIX=/data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/$TARGET/ FPC=$COMPILER

----8<-------------8<-------------8<-------------8<-------------8<----

Here is the compiler errors I get when trying to compile one of my apps with 2.7.1

-------------------------------------
Free Pascal Compiler version 2.7.1 [2013/03/14] for x86_64 Copyright (c) 1993-2013 by Florian Klaempfl and others Target OS: FreeBSD for x86-64
Compiling tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr
Compiling /data/devel/fpgui/src/corelib/fpg_base.pas Compiling /data/devel/fpgui/src/corelib/x11/fpg_impl.pas Compiling /data/devel/fpgui/src/corelib/fpg_main.pas ...snip...
Compiling /data/devel/tiopf/UnitTests/Tests/tiOPFAsqlite3_TST.pas Compiling /data/devel/tiopf/UnitTests/Tests/tiOPFUIB_FB_TST.pas tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpsyncobjs.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpcontnrs.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpx.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpprocess.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpxlib.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpxutil.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpgettext.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpdbugintf.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpdbugmsg.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpsimpleipc.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libppipes.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpinifiles.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpzbase.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpzdeflate.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpzinflate.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libptrees.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpadler.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpinfblock.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpinfutil.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpinfcodes.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpinftrees.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpinffast.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpsqldb.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpibconnection.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpdb.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpbufdataset.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpsqlscript.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpmaskutils.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpdbconst.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpbufdataset_parser.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpdbf_prscore.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpdbf_prsdef.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpdbf_prssupp.a not found, Linking may fail !
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Warning: Library libpibase60dyn.a not found, Linking may fail !
Linking tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find libpsyncobjs.a
tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Error: Error while linking tiOPFUnitTestsFPGui.lpr(33,1) Fatal: There were 1 errors compiling module, stopping
Fatal: Compilation aborted
Error: /data/devel/fpc-2.7.1/x86_64-freebsd/bin/ppcx64 returned an error exitcode
Compilation complete

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Regards,
- Graeme -

Did you check what happens when you call
gmake install ?

One of the problems I often get is that
I have a release compiler in the path.
In that case the outcome of 'fpc-iSOSP..'
is used to generated the sub-directory into which
the generated libraries will be stored...

So often I end up with
BASE_271_DIR/lib/fpc/2.7.1
but also
BASE_271_DIR/lib/fpc/2.6.0
which contains the newly installed linraries...

I don't exactly know when, and when not,
this problem shows up.
A good solution to avoid it is to put
your trunk compiler binary in the path before the release compiler.

Pierre

No, that is not the case. I only have a lib/fpc/2.7.1/ directory tree. My build script was posted in my earlier message. I have used that same script since about FPC 2.4.0

A good solution to avoid it is to put your trunk compiler binary in the path before the release compiler.

I explicit specify the compiler and install prefix to avoid such issues. This has worked for many years. It seems it might be a fpmake issue to me. Everything is done correctly, except the lib*.a files are not copied to the INSTALL_PREFIX path.

Regards,
- Graeme -

In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:

You install using the bootstrap compiler, not the generated one.

my script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# -dSHOWUSEDMEM (this argument to the compiler)

ARCH=`uname -m`

echo ARCH is $ARCH

export ARGS=" -gl -viwn -Sg -Fl/usr/local/lib "

CPU_TARGET=i386
PP=ppcrel
NEWPP=ppc386
if [ $ARCH = "amd64" ] ; then
CPU_TARGET=x86_64
echo selecting 64 - bit
PP=ppcrel_x64
NEWPP=ppcx64
ARGS+=" -gw2"
fi

echo $CPU_TARGET

if [ $ARCH = "i386" ] ; then
ARGS+="-Cppentium3 -gl "
fi

cd ~/src/fpc
gmake -j 2 clean CPU_TARGET="$CPU_TARGET" PP=$PP OPT="$ARGS" >& ~/cleanlog gmake -j 2 all CPU_TARGET="$CPU_TARGET" PP=$PP OPT="$ARGS" >& ~/buildlog if [ ! $? = 0 ] ; then
echo Build failed, again
else
gmake install OPT="$ARGS" "CPU_TARGET=$CPU_TARGET" INSTALL_PREFIX=~/src/builded PP=~/src/fpc/compiler/$NEWPP >& ~/installog if [ ! $? = 0 ] ; then
echo INSTALL failed | tee ~/outcome
else
echo Everything _should_ be fine.| tee ~/outcome
fi
fi

Marco van de Voort wrote

You install using the bootstrap compiler, not the generated one.

OK, I changed the 'gmake install' in my scrip to use the generated compiler. It made no difference.

my script:

I used your script (nice by the way), and it produced the exact same results as mine. No lib*.a files in the INSTALL_PREFIX directory tree.

I'm using FreeBSD 9.1 64-bit

My starting compiler is FPC 2.6.2 (installed from binary release).

Regards,
- Graeme -

Marco van de Voort wrote

Try adding RELEASE=1

It still fails. Do you Marco, or anybody else, know where the actual code is in fpmake or Makefiles that says "copy all *.ppu, *,o and *.a files to INSTALL_PREFIX"?

I don't really understand Makefile syntax that well (never used them in any of my projects), and a quick search through the FPC files didn't reveal anything obvious to me. But I would like to debug this problem on my system, and get it to work. The released FPC versions are correct, and contain the lib*.a files, but no matter what I try, those files are not copied during my FPC 2.7.1 build & install process.

Regards,
- Graeme -

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote

In seems that the 'gmake install' doesn't install the lib*.a files that FPC generates, so my apps fail to link.

Just as a test. I checked out the 'fixes_2_6' branch, and used my same build script as I did before. It successfully built and installed FPC 2.6.3 _with_ the lib*.a files in the INSTALL_PREFIX directory tree.

Regards,
- Graeme -