MSYS Compilation Error
by Alex Stanfill · in Technical Issues · 11/19/2006 (10:32 pm) · 0 replies
Alrighty folks, first let me introduce myself as a new member of the Torque community and (unfortunately) a helpess newbie. Despite this I have EXTENSIVELY searched the forums, finding myself re-reading topics I'd already read after 10+ hours of trying to figure out the compiler.
***BUT*** I really hope I've overlooked a topic on the forum and that someone can help me or lead me in the right direction, because I feel cornered.
After a LOT of chaos and rummaging through the GarageGames site (Google search is my friend... Google search is my friend...), I had tried all too many compilers and met all too many new IDE's.
I've tried VC++ 2005 Express, which did not work very well (but I didn't really want to use it anyway as I'm trying to fit all of the programs I need to work on Torque on a flashie, so I continued on).
I've tried VC++ 6.0--no success, but it was an Introductory Version anyway so it wouldn't have been usefull.
I attempted to download TBE, however unsupported it may now be, but the FTP server reset the connection (fresh Windows install so it's just using IE/Mozilla to connect to the FTP... maybe that's a problem) and I was unable to get to it.
Heard CodeWarrior mentioned, but not heard of a project file or way to convert one (although I haven't looked too deep into that), so I passed it by.
Looked at CodeBlocks... Heard too many people having problems. Pass.
I had originally planned to use Dev-Cpp, but no one seems to be getting it to work, so I scrapped that.
I've installed Eclipse, following EXACTLY several forum posts on how to install it. I tried installing MinGW and then MSYS as well as vice-versa before installing the actual IDE. I even re-installed it (in MinGW to MSYS to Eclipse to the Patch process), as a few forum posts on MSYS compiling errors had been resolved that way.
I'd also seen a lot of people talking about getting the latest CVS release and HEAD. I had NO IDEA what that meant, but after a while I found WinCVS and TurtoiseCVS... Configured correctly... No luck. More searching on the forum seemed to yield that the CVS is no longer really used, so I shouldn't have to worry about it and can just use the .exe installer I downloaded for Torque. True, or false?
At this point I really don't mind scrapping the IDE. I really don't need one... I just want a working compiler.
Everything was uninstalled.
Reinstalled MinGW 3.1.0 to F:\MinGW.
Reinstalled MSYS 1.0.10 to F:\MSYS - when post install config appeared, specified mingw to be in f:\mingw
Reinstalled Torque to F:\Torque.
Ran F:\MSYS\msys.bat.
Entered the standard cd "/f/torque" - success.
Ran make -f mk/configure.mk OS=WIN32 BUILD=RELEASE COMPILER=GCC3 - success.
At first I did a make and came up with some errors without any compiling done--but as I learned of make clean I used it and eventually solved that problem.
Much to my dismay, it did not take a proper 20 minutes or so to compile even after doing a make clean and then another make.
It barely would run a minute before stopping with another error...
mkdir: cannot create directory 'out.GCC3.RELEASE/gui/containers': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [out.GCC3.RELEASE/gui/containers] Error 1
make: *** [default] Error 2
Checked the fstab file. It appeared fine:
F:/MinGW /mingw
F:/torque /torque
Searching "Error 1" and "Error 2" to see what they meant on the main MinGW site was a mess...
Not too much luck here on the forums, either...
*BEGGING* for someone to help me out... TELL ME that I'm a moron and I can fix this easily...
Ready to gouge my eyes out,
LexieBaby
***BUT*** I really hope I've overlooked a topic on the forum and that someone can help me or lead me in the right direction, because I feel cornered.
After a LOT of chaos and rummaging through the GarageGames site (Google search is my friend... Google search is my friend...), I had tried all too many compilers and met all too many new IDE's.
I've tried VC++ 2005 Express, which did not work very well (but I didn't really want to use it anyway as I'm trying to fit all of the programs I need to work on Torque on a flashie, so I continued on).
I've tried VC++ 6.0--no success, but it was an Introductory Version anyway so it wouldn't have been usefull.
I attempted to download TBE, however unsupported it may now be, but the FTP server reset the connection (fresh Windows install so it's just using IE/Mozilla to connect to the FTP... maybe that's a problem) and I was unable to get to it.
Heard CodeWarrior mentioned, but not heard of a project file or way to convert one (although I haven't looked too deep into that), so I passed it by.
Looked at CodeBlocks... Heard too many people having problems. Pass.
I had originally planned to use Dev-Cpp, but no one seems to be getting it to work, so I scrapped that.
I've installed Eclipse, following EXACTLY several forum posts on how to install it. I tried installing MinGW and then MSYS as well as vice-versa before installing the actual IDE. I even re-installed it (in MinGW to MSYS to Eclipse to the Patch process), as a few forum posts on MSYS compiling errors had been resolved that way.
I'd also seen a lot of people talking about getting the latest CVS release and HEAD. I had NO IDEA what that meant, but after a while I found WinCVS and TurtoiseCVS... Configured correctly... No luck. More searching on the forum seemed to yield that the CVS is no longer really used, so I shouldn't have to worry about it and can just use the .exe installer I downloaded for Torque. True, or false?
At this point I really don't mind scrapping the IDE. I really don't need one... I just want a working compiler.
Everything was uninstalled.
Reinstalled MinGW 3.1.0 to F:\MinGW.
Reinstalled MSYS 1.0.10 to F:\MSYS - when post install config appeared, specified mingw to be in f:\mingw
Reinstalled Torque to F:\Torque.
Ran F:\MSYS\msys.bat.
Entered the standard cd "/f/torque" - success.
Ran make -f mk/configure.mk OS=WIN32 BUILD=RELEASE COMPILER=GCC3 - success.
At first I did a make and came up with some errors without any compiling done--but as I learned of make clean I used it and eventually solved that problem.
Much to my dismay, it did not take a proper 20 minutes or so to compile even after doing a make clean and then another make.
It barely would run a minute before stopping with another error...
mkdir: cannot create directory 'out.GCC3.RELEASE/gui/containers': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [out.GCC3.RELEASE/gui/containers] Error 1
make: *** [default] Error 2
Checked the fstab file. It appeared fine:
F:/MinGW /mingw
F:/torque /torque
Searching "Error 1" and "Error 2" to see what they meant on the main MinGW site was a mess...
Not too much luck here on the forums, either...
*BEGGING* for someone to help me out... TELL ME that I'm a moron and I can fix this easily...
Ready to gouge my eyes out,
LexieBaby
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