[Vm-dev] I need help building Cog on 64bit Linux (new Squeak server)

[Derek O'Connell]

On 26/01/13 20:52, Ken Causey wrote:
>
> I've been banging my head against building Cog on the primary new 
> Squeak server off and on now for a couple of weeks.  This server is 
> 64bit Debian.  Note that I don't need and am not trying to build a 
> 64bit VM, a 32bit VM is fine, at least for the time being.
>
> I did of course read unixbuild/HowToBuild and the notes about building 
> on 64bit.  Unfortunately that doesn't work, in fact it fails quite 
> early during the configure step (details in a moment).  So after 
> looking around a bit I decided that it was all wrong and instead 
> '-m32' should be in CFLAGS.  Well that certainly got me a lot farther 
> but then I run into issues linking where gcc is used but without 
> CFLAGS and it goes all pear shaped.
>
> So with my tail between my legs I go back today and try the original 
> suggestion again and to see if I can fix/workaround it.  And in fact 
> I'm doing that right now.  But then I also decided that I should ask 
> for help, so here I am.
>
> Details:
>
> kencausey at squeak-box4:~/source/cog/svn/Cog/unixbuild/bld$ \
> ../../platforms/unix/config/configure CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32"\
> --without-npsqueak CFLAGS="-g -O2 -msse2 -D_GNU_SOURCE \
> -D_FILE^J_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DNDEBUG -DITIMER_HEARTBEAT=1 \
> -DNO_VM_PROFILE=1 -DCOGMTVM=0 -DDEBUGVM=0" LIBS=-lpthread \
> > myconf.log 2>&1 &
>
> ...
>
> checking for gcc... gcc -m32
> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: 
> C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> excerpt from config.log:
>
> configure:1862: checking for gcc
> configure:1888: result: gcc -m32
> configure:2132: checking for C compiler version
> configure:2135: gcc -m32 --version </dev/null >&5
> gcc (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5
> Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There 
> is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
> PURPOSE.
>
> configure:2138: $? = 0
> configure:2140: gcc -m32 -v </dev/null >&5
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
> Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 
> 4.4.5-8' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.4/README.Bugs 
> --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr 
> --program-suffix=-4.4 --enable-shared --enable-multiarch 
> --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib 
> --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix 
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.4 --libdir=/usr/lib 
> --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug 
> --enable-objc-gc --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic 
> --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu 
> --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8)
> configure:2143: $? = 0
> configure:2145: gcc -m32 -V </dev/null >&5
> gcc: '-V' must come at the start of the command line
> configure:2148: $? = 1
> configure:2171: checking for C compiler default output file name
> configure:2174: gcc -m32 -g -O2 -msse2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE
> _OFFSET_BITS=64 -DNDEBUG -DITIMER_HEARTBEAT=1 -DNO_VM_PROFILE=1 
> -DCOGMTVM=0 -DDEBUGVM=0   conftest.c -lpthread >&5
> gcc: _OFFSET_BITS=64: No such file or directory
> configure:2177: $? = 1
> configure: failed program was:
> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> |
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | #define SQ_VERSION "4.2-0"
> | #define VM_VERSION "4.0-2673"
> | #define OS_TYPE "unix"
> | #define VM_HOST "x86_64-linux-gnu"
> | #define VM_HOST_OS "linux-gnu"
> | #define VM_HOST_CPU "x86_64"
> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> |
> | int
> | main ()
> | {
> |
> |   ;
> |   return 0;
> | }
> configure:2216: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> Ken

Not certain but this bit looks suspect: -D_FILE^J_OFFSET_BITS=64