[Vm-dev] platforms/unix/plugins/UUIDPlugin/acinclude.m4 proposed change

[Eliot Miranda]

looks good to me.


On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, gettimothy <gettimothy at zoho.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Eliot.
>
> I know just enough about this stuff to be dangerous. However....
>
> Changing the platforms/unix/plugins/UUIDPlugin/acinclude.m4  from
>
>
>  # -*- sh -*-
>
> AC_MSG_CHECKING([for UUID support])
> AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <uuid/uuid.h>],[uuid_generate;],[
> AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
> AC_CHECK_LIB(uuid, uuid_generate,
> LIB_UUID="-luuid"
> )
> ],[
> AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
> AC_PLUGIN_DISABLE
> ])
>
> AC_SUBST(LIB_UUID)
>
>
>
> to:
>
>
>
> # -*- sh -*-
>
> AC_MSG_CHECKING([for UUID support uuid/uuid.h] and uuid_generate)
>       AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <uuid/uuid.h>],[uuid_generate;],[
>       AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
>             AC_CHECK_LIB(uuid, uuid_generate, LIB_UUID="-luuid")],[
>        AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
>              AC_MSG_CHECKING([for UUID support uuid and uuidgen] )
>              AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <uuid.h>],[uuidgen;],[
>               AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
>                    AC_CHECK_LIB(uuid, uuidgen, LIB_UUID="-luuid" )],[
>               AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
>                AC_PLUGIN_DISABLE
> ])
> ])
>
> AC_SUBST(LIB_UUID)
>
>
> allowed me to compile the UUID plugin on my system.
> The logic is..
>
>       check for uuid/uuid.h
>       if everything works, use this
>       if not
>             check for uuid.h
>              if everything works, us this
>              if not
>                  disable the plugin
>
>
> If you think its ok, you may want to use it.
>
> Although this enabled me to compile the plugin and generate the
>  libUUIDPlugin.so, when I tested the primitive call from Squeak
>
> myMethodThatUsesUUID
>   <primitive: 'primitiveMakeUUID' module: 'UUIDPlugin'>
>   self primitiveFailed.
>
>
> I got a library complaining...
>
>
>
> ioLoadModule(.../oscogvm/cmake.products/squeak.cog.v3.noGL/libUUIDPlugin.so):
>        /.../oscogvm/cmake.products/squeak.cog.v3.noGL/libUUIDPlugin.so:
> undefined symbol: uuidgen
> ioLoadModule(./libUUIDPlugin.so):
>        /home/.../libUUIDPlugin.so: undefined symbol: uuidgen
> ioLoadModule(libUUIDPlugin.so):
>          libUUIDPlugin.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> directory
>
>
>
> Which I hypothesize is related to my 32 bit libs trying to invoke a 64 bit
> native
>
>
> file /usr/bin/uuidgen
>     /usr/bin/uuidgen: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV),
> dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
>
>
> I am not going to sweat this for now, as I will be changing my focus to
> Plugins once I get this CMake done.
>
> I just thought you might find the acinclude.mc4 useful.
>
>
> cheers.
>
> tty
>
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-- 
best,
Eliot
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