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Douglas Bates

2000-Apr-26 23:05 UTC

[Rd] Cross compiling a package for Windows on Linux

I would like to compile for Windows a rather simple R package that
contains some C code.  It does not contain any Fortran code.

I tried the cross-compilation route using the pre-built set of tools
from http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/Xmingw32/, as described in
$R_SRC/src/gnuwin32/INSTALL

Using the sources in r-devel from the rsync site I am able to build
libR.a in src/gnuwin32 but I can't build the package.  Using the
sources in r-release-patched from the rsync site I am unable to build
libR.a.  The tail end of that compilation log is

 $ cd r-release/src/gnuwin32/
 $ make
 mkdir -p ../../bin 
 make -C ./fixed
 make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/r-release/src/gnuwin32/fixed'
 -------- Building ../../../library/base/R/Rprofile from
../../library/profile/Common.R ../../library/profile/Rprofile.gnw--------
 mkdir -p ../../../library/base/R
 cat  ../../library/profile/Common.R ../../library/profile/Rprofile.gnw >
../../../library/base/R/Rprofile
 sed -e '/^#/d' -e '/Rsockfork/d' -e
's/F77_SUBROUTINE(\(.*\))/void * \1_();/' -e
's/C_FUNCTION(\(.*\))/void * \1();/' ../../appl/ROUTINES >
../../include/FFDecl.h
 sed -e '/^#/d' -e '/Rsockfork/d' -e
's/F77_SUBROUTINE(\(.*\))/	{ "\1_",	\1_},/' -e
's/C_FUNCTION(\(.*\))/{ "\1",	\1 },/' ../../appl/ROUTINES >
../../include/FFTab.h
 sh ./GETCONFIG > ../../include/Rconfig.h
 sh ./GETVERSION > ../../include/Rversion.h
 cp -p ./h/config.h ./h/psignal.h ../../include
 echo done > fixh
 (cd ../../../doc; \
 cat html/search/SearchEngine-head.html > html/search/SearchEngine.html; \
 perl ../src/gnuwin32/fixed/keywords2html KEYWORDS.db >>
html/search/SearchEngine.html; \
 cat html/search/SearchEngine-foot.html >> html/search/SearchEngine.html)
 cp -p ./r/*.html ../../../doc/html
 echo done > fixr
 cp -p  bin/Rd2dvi.sh bin/Rd2txt.bat bin/Rdconv.bat bin/Rdindex.bat
bin/Sd2Rd.bat bin/fwf2table bin/helpPRINT.bat ../../../bin
 echo done > fixbin
 cp -p etc/Rconsole etc/Rdevga etc/Rprofile etc/rgb.txt ../../../etc
 echo done > fixetc
 ...  (many lines deleted)
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c zeroin.c -o
zeroin.o
 i386-mingw32-g77 -O2 -Wall -pedantic  -c blas.f -o blas.o
 make[1]: i386-mingw32-g77: Command not found
 make[1]: *** [blas.o] Error 127
 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/r-release/src/appl'
 make: *** [rlibs] Error 2
 $ make libR.a
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c console.c -o
console.o
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c dataentry.c -o
dataentry.o
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c devga.c -o
devga.o
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c dodevga.c -o
dodevga.o
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c dounzip.c -o
dounzip.o
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c dynload.c -o
dynload.o
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c edit.c -o
edit.o
 i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c extra.c -o
extra.o
 extra.c: In function `Rwin_fpset':
 extra.c:452: warning: implicit declaration of function `_fpreset'
 extra.c:453: warning: implicit declaration of function `_controlfp'
 extra.c:453: `_MCW_EM' undeclared (first use in this function)
 extra.c:453: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
 extra.c:453: for each function it appears in.)
 make: *** [extra.o] Error 1
 $ i386-mingw32-gcc --version
 2.95.2


With the sources from r-devel, which have been changed today, I can
generate libR.a but I cannot build a library, even with libR.a.  I
tried building the nls library just as a test.  The errors reported after 
make pkg-nls are

 $ make pkg-nls
 make DLLNM=  EXTRADOCS= \
   -C /usr/src/r-devel/src/library/nls PKG=nls RHOME=/usr/src/r-devel
RLIB=/usr/src/r-devel/library \
   -f /usr/src/r-devel/src/gnuwin32/MakePkg
 make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/r-devel/src/library/nls'
 ---------- Making package nls ------------
 mkdir -p /usr/src/r-devel/library/nls
 cp -r   ./DESCRIPTION  ./INDEX  ./TITLE  /usr/src/r-devel/library/nls/
 cp: ./DESCRIPTION: No such file or directory
 make[1]: [/usr/src/r-devel/library/nls/zzzz] Error 1 (ignored)
 make -C ./src RHOME=/usr/src/r-devel \
   -f /usr/src/r-devel/src/gnuwin32/MakeDll DLLNAME=nls
 make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/r-devel/src/library/nls/src'
 ------- Building nls.dll from nls.a --------
 echo LIBRARY nls > nls.def
 echo EXPORTS >> nls.def
 i386-mingw32-nm nls.a > Defs
 sed -n "/^........ [BCDRT] _/s/^........ [BCDRT] _/ /p" Defs >>
nls.def
 i386-mingw32-gcc  -mdll -Wl,--base-file,nls.b -s  -o nls.dll  nls.a 
-L/usr/src/r-devel/src/gnuwin32   -lR
 i386-mingw32-dlltool -k --as i386-mingw32-as   --dllname nls.dll  --base-file
nls.b --output-exp nls.e --def nls.def
 i386-mingw32-gcc  -mdll  -Wl,--base-file,nls.b -s  -o nls.dll nls.e nls.a 
-L/usr/src/r-devel/src/gnuwin32   -lR
 nls.a(nls.o)(.text+0x203):nls.c: undefined reference to `Rf_asLogical'
 nls.a(nls.o)(.text+0x20f):nls.c: undefined reference to `Rf_isNewList'
 nls.a(nls.o)(.text+0x223):nls.c: undefined reference to `Rf_error'
 ...  (many lines deleted)
 nls.a(nls.o)(.text+0xb52):nls.c: undefined reference to `Rf_setAttrib'
 nls.a(nls.o)(.text+0xb5c):nls.c: undefined reference to `Rf_unprotect'
 make[2]: *** [nls.dll] Error 1
 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/r-devel/src/library/nls/src'
 make[1]: *** [src/nls.dll] Error 2
 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/r-devel/src/library/nls'
 make: *** [pkg-nls] Error 2

Do I need to go back and build a cross-compiler for g77 and start from
scratch?
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Prof Brian D Ripley

2000-Apr-27 06:30 UTC

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[Rd] Cross compiling a package for Windows on Linux

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Douglas Bates wrote:
> I would like to compile for Windows a rather simple R package that
> contains some C code.  It does not contain any Fortran code.
> 
> I tried the cross-compilation route using the pre-built set of tools
> from http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/Xmingw32/, as described in
> $R_SRC/src/gnuwin32/INSTALL
> 
> Using the sources in r-devel from the rsync site I am able to build
> libR.a in src/gnuwin32 but I can't build the package.  Using the
Almost certainly you built an incorrect libR.a from the evidence below.
> sources in r-release-patched from the rsync site I am unable to build
> libR.a.  The tail end of that compilation log is
> 
>  $ cd r-release/src/gnuwin32/
>  $ make
>  mkdir -p ../../bin 
>  make -C ./fixed
...

If you use Makefile you are trying to build R, and you can't do that
without Fortran.  To build just a package you need Makefile.packages
and the distributed R.exp file.

>  make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/r-release/src/gnuwin32/fixed'
>  -------- Building ../../../library/base/R/Rprofile from
../../library/profile/Common.R ../../library/profile/Rprofile.gnw--------
>  mkdir -p ../../../library/base/R
>  cat  ../../library/profile/Common.R ../../library/profile/Rprofile.gnw
> ../../../library/base/R/Rprofile
>  sed -e '/^#/d' -e '/Rsockfork/d' -e
's/F77_SUBROUTINE(\(.*\))/void * \1_();/' -e
's/C_FUNCTION(\(.*\))/void * \1();/' ../../appl/ROUTINES >
../../include/FFDecl.h
>  sed -e '/^#/d' -e '/Rsockfork/d' -e
's/F77_SUBROUTINE(\(.*\))/	{ "\1_",	\1_},/' -e
's/C_FUNCTION(\(.*\))/{ "\1",	\1 },/' ../../appl/ROUTINES >
../../include/FFTab.h
>  sh ./GETCONFIG > ../../include/Rconfig.h
>  sh ./GETVERSION > ../../include/Rversion.h
>  cp -p ./h/config.h ./h/psignal.h ../../include
>  echo done > fixh
>  (cd ../../../doc; \
>  cat html/search/SearchEngine-head.html > html/search/SearchEngine.html;
\
>  perl ../src/gnuwin32/fixed/keywords2html KEYWORDS.db >>
html/search/SearchEngine.html; \
>  cat html/search/SearchEngine-foot.html >>
html/search/SearchEngine.html)
>  cp -p ./r/*.html ../../../doc/html
>  echo done > fixr
>  cp -p  bin/Rd2dvi.sh bin/Rd2txt.bat bin/Rdconv.bat bin/Rdindex.bat
bin/Sd2Rd.bat bin/fwf2table bin/helpPRINT.bat ../../../bin
>  echo done > fixbin
>  cp -p etc/Rconsole etc/Rdevga etc/Rprofile etc/rgb.txt ../../../etc
>  echo done > fixetc
>  ...  (many lines deleted)
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c zeroin.c -o
zeroin.o
>  i386-mingw32-g77 -O2 -Wall -pedantic  -c blas.f -o blas.o
>  make[1]: i386-mingw32-g77: Command not found
>  make[1]: *** [blas.o] Error 127
>  make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/r-release/src/appl'
>  make: *** [rlibs] Error 2
>  $ make libR.a
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c console.c -o
console.o
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c dataentry.c -o
dataentry.o
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c devga.c -o
devga.o
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c dodevga.c -o
dodevga.o
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c dounzip.c -o
dounzip.o
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c dynload.c -o
dynload.o
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c edit.c -o
edit.o
>  i386-mingw32-gcc -isystem /packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include   -O2 -Wall
-pedantic -I../include -I../include/R_ext -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -c extra.c -o
extra.o
>  extra.c: In function `Rwin_fpset':
>  extra.c:452: warning: implicit declaration of function `_fpreset'
>  extra.c:453: warning: implicit declaration of function `_controlfp'
>  extra.c:453: `_MCW_EM' undeclared (first use in this function)
>  extra.c:453: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
>  extra.c:453: for each function it appears in.)
>  make: *** [extra.o] Error 1
>  $ i386-mingw32-gcc --version
>  2.95.2
I think you omitted to customize MkRules: it seems highly unlikely that
/packages/R-X/i386-mingw32/include is correct for you (it is from my
system): INSTALL says
> Edit MkRules to set BUILD=CROSS and the appropriate paths as needed.
and you need to set HEADER.  In any case, you are getting the wrong
headers.
> With the sources from r-devel, which have been changed today, I can
> generate libR.a but I cannot build a library, even with libR.a.  
> I tried building the nls library just as a test.  The errors reported
after > make pkg-nls are
> 
>  $ make pkg-nls
[...]

Looks like libR.a is wrong as R.exp is corrupt (probably empty). When I try
`make libR.a' on R-devel it behaves as for R-release.

The short answer is that you need R.exp, and to get that you need either to
build the whole of R (for which you need g77) or get the one in rwxxxxsp.  
What I suggest you do is to unpack rw1001 (you'll need I think the just
rw1001b? and rw1001sp zip files) and use that. The binary distribution has
the correct Makefile and supplies R.exp.  Last time I tried that
cross-compiled out of the box.

As you noted, I am in the process of changing the Makefiles and
instructions, mainly because the Cygwin release has changed and (aargh!)
not longer has a fully functional make, and the header set has also
changed.  It's a rash assumption that the R-devel or R-release-patched
will cross-compile as we only test that occasionally, including just before
release.

Brian

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272860 (secr)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595

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Prof Brian Ripley

2000-Apr-27 16:00 UTC

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[Rd] Cross compiling a package for Windows on Linux

> From: Peter Dalgaard BSA <p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk>
> Date: 27 Apr 2000 13:08:07 +0200
> 
> Peter Dalgaard BSA <p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk> writes:
> 
> > Prof Brian D Ripley <ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
> > 
> > > As you noted, I am in the process of changing the Makefiles and
> > > instructions, mainly because the Cygwin release has changed and
(aargh!)
> > > not longer has a fully functional make, and the header set has
also
> > > changed.  It's a rash assumption that the R-devel or
R-release-patched
> > > will cross-compile as we only test that occasionally, including
just
before> > > release.
> > 
> > It did last night, though (R-1-0-patches, that is).
> 
> ..as does R-devel as of this moment.
Indeed it does.  To make life a bit easier I have put up a complete
current cross-tools set with the latest headers at

http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/bdr/RWin/i386cross.tar.bz2  (ca 5Mb)

Just unpack it somewhere, put the bin directory in your path and
follow the instructions in INSTALL.

The caveat remains, though: this is not tested frequently.

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272860 (secr)
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