Re: areadetector on windows, xml2

[Mark Rivers via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi William,

Your error is coming when building the nanohttp_stream.dll.  That depends on xml2.lib, which is built earlier in that same Makefile if XML2_EXTERNAL is defined to be NO.

https://github.com/areaDetector/ADSupport/blob/ac5d261a1abcddba11827a0b5ce500437e4485c9/supportApp/xml2Src/Makefile#L23

2 questions:

• Is XML2_EXTERNAL defined to be NO in areaDetector/configure/CONFIG_SITE.local?
• Just before you get that error do you see xml2.lib being built?  Does it exist in the ADSupport/lib/windows-x64 directory?

Mark

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Subject: areadetector on windows, xml2

 

I would like to use areadetector on windows, in combination with
Princeton Lightfield Software.
when compiling ADSupport, it fails with an error regarding xml2 library.

make[3]: Entering directory
'C:/EPICS/epics-support/areaDetector/ADSupport/supportApp/xml2Src/O.windows-x64'
link -nologo -subsystem:windows -dll -LTCG -incremental:no -opt:ref
-release  -MACHINE:X64      -out:nanohttp_stream.dll
-implib:nanohttp_stream.lib    nanohttp_stream.obj         xml2.lib
ws2_32.lib
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'xml2.lib'
make[3]: *** [C:/EPICS/epics-base/configure/RULES_BUILD:316:
nanohttp_stream.dll] Error 1181
make[3]: Leaving directory
'C:/EPICS/epics-support/areaDetector/ADSupport/supportApp/xml2Src/O.windows-x64'
make[2]: *** [C:/EPICS/epics-base/configure/RULES_ARCHS:58:
install.windows-x64] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory
'C:/EPICS/epics-support/areaDetector/ADSupport/supportApp/xml2Src'
make[1]: *** [C:/EPICS/epics-base/configure/RULES_DIRS:85:
xml2Src.install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
'C:/EPICS/epics-support/areaDetector/ADSupport/supportApp'
make: *** [C:/EPICS/epics-base/configure/RULES_DIRS:85:
supportApp.install] Error 2

the manual states that since R2-5, the support package holds source code
for xml2 lib.
clearly, it tries to compile but fails. is it a known issue?
Am I doing it wrong?
Should I fulfill other prerequisites before compiling AD Stuff?

I'd be happy to get some hints,
thanks in advance!

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William Kirstaedter (PP&B)
Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG

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Tel: 030 8413 5405
Mail: kirstaedter at fhi-berlin.mpg.de