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Bug 153308

Summary:	MinGW/DLL invalid .lib targets, build problem
Product:	cnd	Reporter:	Alexey Vladykin <alexey_vladykin>
Component:	Project	Assignee:	Alexey Vladykin <alexey_vladykin>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	CC:	sustaining
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	Windows Vista
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	Screenshot explaining the problem

Description Alexey Vladykin 2008-11-17 10:26:35 UTC

Reported by Jakub Zawierucha at users@cnd.netbeans.org:

Hello,
 
I have issue with dynamic library build. I use MinGW and NetBeans 6.5 RC2. Every time when my project is updated
NetBeans add new build targets for .lib files whitch are invalid and cause 'make' complains. Problem is illustrated by
screenshot. Did i something wrong with my project or this is a bug ?
 
C:\MinGW\MSYS\bin>make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006  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.
 
This program built for i686-pc-msys

Comment 1 Alexey Vladykin 2008-11-17 10:27:29 UTC

Created attachment 73820 [details]
Screenshot explaining the problem

Comment 2 Alexey Vladykin 2008-11-17 10:39:09 UTC

NetBeans adds those targets to tell 'make' to relink the DLL whenever one of the listed *.lib or *.a files change. It is
expected behavior.

However there seems to be a problem with how the absolute paths to *.lib files are written. The error message from
'make' suggests that it does not understand "C\:\MinGW\lib\boost_filesystem-mgw34-mt-1_37.lib" as path to existing file.
The path should be written in some other form.

Could you please, instead of deleting these rules in Makefile, change them a bit and see if 'make' understands them? The
options to try are:
- replace "C\:\MinGW\..." with "C:\MinGW\..." (with backslashes as path separators)
- replace "C\:\MinGW\..." with "C:/MinGW/..." (with forward slashes as path separators)

Comment 3 t3q 2008-11-17 11:16:15 UTC

I've tryed both options that you suggested and both are working for me. DLL is builed with success.

JZ

Comment 4 Thomas Preisler 2008-11-19 04:19:56 UTC

Any issues left?

Comment 5 Thomas Preisler 2008-11-19 04:22:00 UTC

seems fixed

Comment 6 Alexey Vladykin 2008-11-19 14:48:53 UTC

Thomas, issue is not fixed. I don't think that hand-editing the Makefile every time is a fix.
I can take care of this, as I already own somewhat related issue 150099.

Comment 7 Alexey Vladykin 2008-11-28 16:32:30 UTC

Fixed in http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/0b947aac9fa9
Paths are now converted to "/drive-letter/dir1/dir2/..." form.

Comment 8 Alexey Vladykin 2008-12-09 07:19:42 UTC

*** Issue 154878 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

Comment 9 Alexander Pepin 2008-12-15 16:16:18 UTC

verified in build 200812150201
Absolute paths are now converted to "/drive-letter/dir1/dir2/..." form.

Comment 10 Alexander Pepin 2009-01-13 15:18:52 UTC

It would be nice to have the fix in NB 6.5 patch

Comment 11 jinb 2009-01-14 18:59:27 UTC

Cumulative backport of fix of IZ 150099, 153308 in release65_fixes branch:
http://hg.netbeans.org/release65_fixes/rev/3870929f513a

Comment 12 Alexander Pepin 2009-01-19 17:45:01 UTC

verified in patch2