Xapian discuss - Mar 2007 - Building 0.9.10 with MSVC++ 2005 Express Edition

I'm attempting to build 0.9.10 with MSVC++ 2005 Express Edition (i.e. 
the version available for free download from Microsoft), using the build 
files and instructions supplied by Charlie Hull at 
http://www.lemurconsulting.com/Products/Xapian/Overview.shtml

Rather than mail Charlie directly, I thought it might be useful for 
others if I shared my experiences on the list (especially as I think my 
first issue was down to an omission in the xapian-core distribution).

I've run in to three issues:

1) I initially got the error:

NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 
'".\msvc_posix_wrapper.cc"'

It appears that the following files (maybe more?) are missing from the 
'xapian-core-0.9.10.tar.gz' file:

xapian-core-0.9.10/common/msvc_posix_wrapper.cc
xapian-core-0.9.10/common/msvc_posix_wrapper.h

I obtained these missing files from SVN 
(/tags/0.9.10/xapian-core/common), which fixed that problem.


2) The next error I got was:

Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.762 
for 80x86

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

cl    /I.. /I..\include /I..\common /W3 /EHsc /O2 /MD /c /D "NDEBUG" 
/D
"WIN32" /D "__WIN32__" /D "_WINDOWS"  /D
"HAVE_VSNPRINTF" /D
"HAVE_STRDUP" /D "_USE_32BIT_TIME_T" 
/D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE  /I
"..\.." /I "..\..\include" /I"..\..\common"
/I"..\..\languages"
/Fo".\\" "flint_table.cc"

flint_table.cc
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\backends\flint\flint_io.h(27) : 
fatal err
or C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or
directory

The 'unistd.h' header file is supplied in 
'xapian-core-0.9.10\include\xapian'. I therefore amended the 
'config.mak' file to add that directory to the include search path, 
which fixed that problem.


3) Unfortunately I haven't come up with a way around the third error:

cl    /I.. /I..\include /I..\include\xapian /I..\common /W3 /EHsc /O2 
/MD /c /D "NDEBUG"  /D "WIN32" /D "__WIN32__" /D
"_WINDOWS"  /D
"HAVE_VSNPRINTF" /D "HAVE_STRDUP" /D
"_USE_32BIT_TIME_T"
/D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE  /I"..\languages"  /Fo".\\" /Tp
".\omdocument.cc"

omdocument.cc
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
C2027: use of undefined type 'Xapian::Document::Internal'
         ..\include\xapian\document.h(40) : see declaration of 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'it'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(35) : error 
C2027: use of undefined type 'Xapian::Document::Internal'
         ..\include\xapian\document.h(40) : see declaration of 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(35) : error 
C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'it_end'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(35) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(35) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2510: 'document_terms' : left of '::' must be a
class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2027: use of undefined type 'Xapian::Document::Internal'
         ..\include\xapian\document.h(40) : see declaration of 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '&'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2065: 'it_' : undeclared identifier
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2065: 'it_end_' : undeclared identifier
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2065: 'size_' : undeclared identifier
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(44) : error 
C2614: 'MapTermList' : illegal member initialization: 'it_end'
is not a
base or member
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(44) : error 
C2614: 'MapTermList' : illegal member initialization: 'it' is
not a base
or member
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(65) : error 
C2065: 'it' : undeclared identifier
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(65) : error 
C2227: left of '->first' must point to class/struct/union/generic
type
         type is ''unknown-type''
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(72) : error 
C2227: left of '->second' must point to class/struct/union/generic
type
         type is ''unknown-type''
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(72) : error 
C2228: left of '.wdf' must have class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(82) : error 
C2227: left of '->second' must point to class/struct/union/generic
type
         type is ''unknown-type''
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(82) : error 
C2228: left of '.positions' must have class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(86) : error 
C2227: left of '->second' must point to class/struct/union/generic
type
         type is ''unknown-type''
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(86) : error 
C2228: left of '.positions' must have class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(86) : error 
C2228: left of '.size' must have class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(102) : error 
C2065: 'it_end' : undeclared identifier
.\omdocument.cc(43) : error C2512: 'Xapian::Document::Internal' : no 
appropriate default constructor available
.\omdocument.cc(51) : error C2027: use of undefined type 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
         ..\include\xapian/document.h(40) : see declaration of 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
...etc.


Any help gratefully received...

Thanks,
Michael

Michael Sanders wrote:
> I'm attempting to build 0.9.10 with MSVC++ 2005 Express Edition (i.e. 
> the version available for free download from Microsoft), using the build 
> files and instructions supplied by Charlie Hull at 
> http://www.lemurconsulting.com/Products/Xapian/Overview.shtml
> 
> Rather than mail Charlie directly, I thought it might be useful for 
> others if I shared my experiences on the list (especially as I think my 
> first issue was down to an omission in the xapian-core distribution).
> 
> I've run in to three issues:
> 
> 1) I initially got the error:
> 
> NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 
> '".\msvc_posix_wrapper.cc"'
> 
Oops - looks like some confusion about what should be included in the 
distro. I'll chat to Olly and get this sorted out.
> 
> 2) The next error I got was:
> flint_table.cc
> c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\backends\flint\flint_io.h(27) : 
> fatal err
> or C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or
directory
> 
My fault. There will be an updated set of build files up on our site 
soon, the header should have been copied to xapian-core-0.9.10\include 
not xapian-core-0.9.10\include\xapian automatically.
> 
> 
> 3) Unfortunately I haven't come up with a way around the third error:
> 
> cl    /I.. /I..\include /I..\include\xapian /I..\common /W3 /EHsc /O2 
> /MD /c /D "NDEBUG"  /D "WIN32" /D "__WIN32__"
/D "_WINDOWS"  /D
> "HAVE_VSNPRINTF" /D "HAVE_STRDUP" /D
"_USE_32BIT_TIME_T"
> /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE  /I"..\languages"  /Fo".\\"
/Tp
> ".\omdocument.cc"
> 
> omdocument.cc
> c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
> C2027: use of undefined type 'Xapian::Document::Internal'
I don't get this error - can you post your PATH, LIB and INCLUDE 
environment variables?

Charlie

On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 04:31:29PM +0000, Olly Betts
wrote:
> Python 2.5 on Windows will need the module to be called
"_xapian.pyd"
> instead of "_xapian.dll".  I believe older Python versions
accepted
> ".dll" or ".pyd", so we should probably always call it
".pyd".
I found references to ".pyd" for Python modules from 1999, which is
before Python 2.0.  Currently we support Python 2.2 and up, so I suggest
we should always use ".pyd" on Windows.

Cheers,
    Olly

Olly Betts wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 04:28:08PM +0000, Michael Sanders wrote:
>>     import _xapian
>> ImportError: No module named _xapian
> 
> Python 2.5 on Windows will need the module to be called
"_xapian.pyd"
> instead of "_xapian.dll".  I believe older Python versions
accepted
> ".dll" or ".pyd", so we should probably always call it
".pyd".
> 
> But for now, just try renaming it.
Thanks Olly. Renaming it did the trick.

Michael

Olly Betts wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 04:31:29PM +0000, Olly Betts wrote:
>> Python 2.5 on Windows will need the module to be called
"_xapian.pyd"
>> instead of "_xapian.dll".  I believe older Python versions
accepted
>> ".dll" or ".pyd", so we should probably always call
it ".pyd".
> 
> I found references to ".pyd" for Python modules from 1999, which
is
> before Python 2.0.  Currently we support Python 2.2 and up, so I suggest
> we should always use ".pyd" on Windows.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Olly
> 
Fixed and tested for Python 2.5 and new build files uploaded.

Charlie