[Developers] How to build admb source with mingw 64 - finally!

[Johnoel Ancheta]

For Rtools and 64bit

C:\admb\> utilitites\make CXXFLAGS=-m64 LDFLAGS=-m64

Please svn update


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Grandin, Chris <Chris.Grandin at dfo-mpo.gc.ca
> wrote:

>  Thanks Wade,
>   I also wanted to add that the method Wade and I have been using there
> are no further changes to the building procedure required, Johnoel has
> worked hard at getting it stable and I think if we avoid needing flags for
> building in 64 bit and just rely on the build chain in place on each
> persons' machine it would be much simpler. Does rtools work like this or
> does its compiler need 64-bit build flags?
>
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cooper, Wade [mailto:Wade.Cooper at MyFWC.com <Wade.Cooper at MyFWC.com>]
> Sent: Tue 12/10/2013 9:15 AM
> To: Arni Magnusson; Grandin, Chris
> Cc: Jon Schnute; John Sibert; Johnoel Ancheta; developers at admb-project.org;
> Haigh, Rowan
> Subject: RE: How to build admb source with mingw 64 - finally!
>
> Hi Arni,
>
> I've never used Rtools for building so can't comment on pros/cons.  It
> sounds like you've worked this out in an easier fashion so I'd be
> interested in experimenting if you could send a brief overview of how one
> would build the ADMB source using Rtools.
>
> I work in Eclipse and remember having issues getting the Eclipse CDT
> working with the Rtools GCC a few years back.  Hence I switched to my
> current configuration (TDM, msys) mainly because it was the only way I
> could get 64bit Eclipse playing well on 64bit XP, and it worked for ADMB
> too.  Everything may work fine now since 64bit support in Windows is
> progressing a bit since XP.
>
> Wade
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arni Magnusson [mailto:arnima at hafro.is <arnima at hafro.is>]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:04 PM
> To: Chris Grandin
> Cc: Jon Schnute; Cooper, Wade; John Sibert; Johnoel Ancheta;
> developers at admb-project.org; Rowan Haigh
> Subject: Re: How to build admb source with mingw 64 - finally!
>
> Hi all,
>
> Good to hear that the Windows build is working smoothly now. Your efforts
> are appreciated by everyone, including me.
>
> In July, I built both 32 and 64 bit ADMB using the GCC compiler that comes
> with Rtools. At that point I suggested we use whatever GCC is in the most
> current Rtools distribution as our main compiler. This suggestion was based
> on (1) successful compilation, (2) letting the R people [Murdoch, Ripley]
> do the hard work of finding the best GCC compiler for Windows, (3) R will
> be around for many more years, and (4) many people already have Rtools
> installed and in their PATH. The Rtools GCC also comes with gdb and some
> other useful tools.
>
> Rtools is considerably smaller and feels more native than MSYS. If I
> remember correctly, MSYS comes with some medium-size programs, such as a
> Perl interpreter.
>
> Can someone summarize the main pros and cons of Rtools vs. MSYS for
> building ADMB?
>
> I appreciate the usefulness of MSYS for developers, but isn't it a bit too
> large to fit inside the ADMB-IDE installer?
>
> Arni
>
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013, Grandin, Chris wrote:
>
> > The 64-bit debug build also works perfectly. The 64-bit gdb.exe
> > debugger is included with mingw64 and works with the emacs IDE.
> > Whichever file we use for msys 64 is fine with me as long as it works!
> >
> > Arni had a problem with us using MSYS, I'm not sure what we can do
> > about that but I think it is more important to evolve the software to
> > 64-bit than to shelter some people from this.
> >
> > Jon - I have always used the shell because it ensures your commands
> > are the msys/mingw ones. For example windows has a find.exe command,
> > and you don't want your build to use this, you want it to use the
> > mingw find.exe. The source may build how it currently stands in DOS
> > but remember that some future changes could break this.
> >
> > If you want to try making the debug build, just do 'make debug'
> > instead of 'make' in the instructions I sent out.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Chris
> >
>
>
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