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reply Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> writes:
Does anyone know how to build DMD from source?

I am using gdc on Mac OS X and I am finding that it does not support all the
bizarre syntax features I am throwing at it, probably because it is based on
version 1 of the D language.  I'd like to try out DMD, and luckily source code
comes in the archives on the download page
(http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html).  Unfortunately, there is no build
script to make the compiler, and just trying to run g++ on all the .c files in
the source directory is no good.
May 04 2008
next sibling parent reply "Anders Bergh" <anders1 gmail.com> writes:
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> wrote:

 Does anyone know how to build DMD from source?

  I am using gdc on Mac OS X and I am finding that it does not support all the
bizarre syntax features I am throwing at it, probably because it is based on
version 1 of the D language.  I'd like to try out DMD, and luckily source code
comes in the archives on the download page
(http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html).  Unfortunately, there is no build
script to make the compiler, and just trying to run g++ on all the .c files in
the source directory is no good.



You can't compile dmd because it's not 100% open source, only the
frontend is. If you download the latest gdc code using svn then you
can do something like this to enable D 2 support:

./gcc/d/setup-gcc --enable-d-language=2 (or so, I don't remember)

Anders
May 04 2008
next sibling parent =?UTF-8?B?QW5kZXJzIEYgQmrDtnJrbHVuZA==?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Anders Bergh wrote:

 On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> wrote:

 Does anyone know how to build DMD from source?

  I am using gdc on Mac OS X and I am finding that it does not support all the
bizarre syntax features I am throwing at it, probably because it is based on
version 1 of the D language.  I'd like to try out DMD, and luckily source code
comes in the archives on the download page
(http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html).  Unfortunately, there is no build
script to make the compiler, and just trying to run g++ on all the .c files in
the source directory is no good.



 You can't compile dmd because it's not 100% open source, only the
 frontend is. 



Another reason is that DMD isn't portable, so even if you managed
to build it - it would generate code for Windows or x86 "linux".


 If you download the latest gdc code using svn then you
 can do something like this to enable D 2 support:
 
 ./gcc/d/setup-gcc --enable-d-language=2 (or so, I don't remember)



./gcc/d/setup-gcc.sh --d-language-version=2 (see INSTALL doc)
http://dgcc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dgcc/trunk/d/INSTALL

--anders
May 05 2008
prev sibling parent reply Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> writes:
== Quote from Anders Bergh (anders1 gmail.com)'s article


 You can't compile dmd because it's not 100% open source, only the
 frontend is. If you download the latest gdc code using svn then you
 can do something like this to enable D 2 support:
 ./gcc/d/setup-gcc --enable-d-language=2 (or so, I don't remember)



Sweet!  That's exactly what I want.
I've heard some rumors about using gcc's backends for other platforms to use D
on embedded systems.
That's exactly why I'm interested in D.  What would need to be done to make a
cross-compiler for <insert
favorite gcc backend here>?
May 06 2008
parent reply Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> writes:
I followed the instructions in the INSTALL file on the repository, downloading
the newest 4.1 release of
GCC, which happened to be 4.1.2.  I ran the setup script, and then ran gcc's
configure script, then ran
make.  The following link command causes make to fail:

c++   -g -O2  -DIN_GCC   -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wmissing-prototypes -
pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wold-style-definition
-Wmissing-format-attribute
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.././gcc -I../.././gcc/. -I../.././gcc/../include
-I./../intl -
I../.././gcc/../libcpp/include     -I. -I. -I../.././gcc -I../.././gcc/.
-I../.././gcc/../include -I./../intl -
I../.././gcc/../libcpp/include  -I../.././gcc/d -I../.././gcc/d/dmd -Id
-D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_DH=1 -
DD_NO_TRAMPOLINES=1 -DELFOBJ=1 -DLIBPHOBOS=\"-lgphobos\" -DLIBPHOBOS_PROFILE=\"-
lgphobos\" -DD_GCC_VER=41 -Wno-missing-braces -fmessage-length=0  -o cc1d \
		d/id.gen.o d/impcnvtab.gen.o attribs.o cppdefault.o stub-objc.o prefix.o
darwin-c.o
d/access.dmd.o d/array.dmd.o d/attrib.dmd.o d/cast.dmd.o d/class.dmd.o
d/cond.dmd.o
d/constfold.dmd.o d/dchar.dmd.o d/declaration.dmd.o d/delegatize.dmd.o
d/doc.dmd.o
d/dsymbol.dmd.o d/dump.dmd.o d/entity.dmd.o d/enum.dmd.o d/expression.dmd.o
d/func.dmd.o
d/gnuc.dmd.o d/hdrgen.dmd.o d/html.dmd.o d/identifier.dmd.o d/import.dmd.o
d/init.dmd.o
d/inline.dmd.o d/interpret.dmd.o d/lexer.dmd.o d/lstring.dmd.o d/macro.dmd.o
d/mangle.dmd.o
d/mars.dmd.o d/mem.dmd.o d/mtype.dmd.o d/module.dmd.o d/opover.dmd.o
d/optimize.dmd.o
d/parse.dmd.o d/root.dmd.o d/scope.dmd.o d/statement.dmd.o d/staticassert.dmd.o
d/stringtable.dmd.o d/struct.dmd.o d/template.dmd.o d/todt.dmd.o d/toobj.dmd.o
d/typinf.dmd.o
d/unialpha.dmd.o d/utf.dmd.o d/version.dmd.o d/d-lang.glue.o d/d-decls.glue.o
d/d-codegen.glue.o
d/d-objfile.glue.o d/d-irstate.glue.o d/d-glue.glue.o d/d-convert.glue.o
d/d-todt.glue.o d/d-gcc-
real.glue.o d/d-gt.cglue.o d/d-builtins.cglue.o d/d-misc.cglue.o
d/d-builtins2.glue.o d/symbol.glue.o
d/asmstmt.glue.o d/dt.glue.o  d/d-c-stubs.cglue.o main.o  libbackend.a
../libcpp/libcpp.a
../libcpp/libcpp.a ./../intl/libintl.a -liconv  ../libiberty/libiberty.a
Undefined symbols:
  "AggregateDeclaration::buildDtor(Scope*)", referenced from:
      ClassDeclaration::semantic(Scope*)      in class.dmd.o
ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [cc1d] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any ideas?

I compiling on Mac OS X 10.5.2.
May 06 2008
parent reply =?UTF-8?B?QW5kZXJzIEYgQmrDtnJrbHVuZA==?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Leo Singer wrote:


 Undefined symbols:



       ClassDeclaration::semantic(Scope*)      in class.dmd.o
 ld: symbol(s) not found
 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
 make[2]: *** [cc1d] Error 1
 make[1]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
 make: *** [all] Error 2
 
 Any ideas?
 
 I compiling on Mac OS X 10.5.2.



Your GCC versions and setup seems OK, it seems like symbols
from "clone.c" are missing in the library creation though ?

Which version of GDC and which language was this ? trunk/D2 ?
Maybe you need to add d/clone.dmd.o to D_DMD_OBJS, or wait...

--anders
May 07 2008
next sibling parent reply Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> writes:
== Quote from Anders F Björklund (afb algonet.se)'s article

 Leo Singer wrote:

 Undefined symbols:



       ClassDeclaration::semantic(Scope*)      in class.dmd.o
 ld: symbol(s) not found
 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
 make[2]: *** [cc1d] Error 1
 make[1]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
 make: *** [all] Error 2

 Any ideas?

 I compiling on Mac OS X 10.5.2.



 from "clone.c" are missing in the library creation though ?
 Which version of GDC and which language was this ? trunk/D2 ?
 Maybe you need to add d/clone.dmd.o to D_DMD_OBJS, or wait...
 --anders



I used the trunk:
svn co http://dgcc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dgcc/trunk/d
May 07 2008
next sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?B?QW5kZXJzIEYgQmrDtnJrbHVuZA==?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Leo Singer wrote:


 Which version of GDC and which language was this ? trunk/D2 ?
 Maybe you need to add d/clone.dmd.o to D_DMD_OBJS, or wait...



 I used the trunk:
 svn co http://dgcc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dgcc/trunk/d



You probably need to step down a few revisions from the
bleeding edge, e.g. Ubuntu uses r197 and gdcmac uses r199.

It'll be fixed eventually, but trunk is *not* guaranteed
to always build. Unfortunately gdc 0.25 has been delayed...


But it is getting very off-topic, so suggest you continue
any problems with building GDC trunk in the D.gnu newsgroup ?

BTW; If you want try out DMD on your Mac you can use either
Wine and the Windows version or by running* a Linux distro ?

--anders


* by e.g. booting a LiveCD or using a virtualization solution
May 07 2008
parent Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> writes:
Anders F Björklund Wrote:


 But it is getting very off-topic, so suggest you continue
 any problems with building GDC trunk in the D.gnu newsgroup ?



I'm moving this thread to that forum.
May 07 2008
prev sibling parent Fawzi Mohamed <fmohamed mac.com> writes:
On 2008-05-07 09:41:22 +0200, Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> said:


 == Quote from Anders F Björklund (afb algonet.se)'s article

 Leo Singer wrote:

 Undefined symbols:



 ClassDeclaration::semantic(Scope*)      in class.dmd.o
 ld: symbol(s) not found
 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
 make[2]: *** [cc1d] Error 1
 make[1]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
 make: *** [all] Error 2
 
 Any ideas?
 
 I compiling on Mac OS X 10.5.2.



 from "clone.c" are missing in the library creation though ?
 Which version of GDC and which language was this ? trunk/D2 ?
 Maybe you need to add d/clone.dmd.o to D_DMD_OBJS, or wait...
 --anders



 I used the trunk:
 svn co http://dgcc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dgcc/trunk/d



I have successfully compiled gdc on leopard using revision 209.
I had just to change "--strip-underscores" to "--strip-underscore" in 
"gcc-4.1.2/libstdc++-v3/scripts/make_exports.pl" to enable c++.

I have described the procedure by updating
http://www.dsource.org/projects/tango/wiki/GdcInstallation
just pay attention to the comments like ("on mac do this" :)

It might be that the latest trunk has other problems, in that case 
revert to 209...

ciao
Fawzi
May 07 2008
prev sibling parent Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> writes:
== Quote from Anders F Björklund (afb algonet.se)'s article

 Your GCC versions and setup seems OK, it seems like symbols
 from "clone.c" are missing in the library creation though ?
 Which version of GDC and which language was this ? trunk/D2 ?
 Maybe you need to add d/clone.dmd.o to D_DMD_OBJS, or wait...



Uh-oh!
The build did not generate any files named 'clone.dmd.o'.

$ find . -name 'clone.*'
./gcc/d/dmd/.svn/text-base/clone.c.svn-base
./gcc/d/dmd/clone.c
./gcc/d/dmd2/.svn/text-base/clone.c.svn-base
./gcc/d/dmd2/clone.c
May 07 2008
prev sibling next sibling parent "Anders Bergh" <anders1 gmail.com> writes:
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> wrote:

  Sweet!  That's exactly what I want.
  I've heard some rumors about using gcc's backends for other platforms to use
D on embedded systems.
  That's exactly why I'm interested in D.  What would need to be done to make a
cross-compiler for <insert
  favorite gcc backend here>?



Same as with any other gcc frontend, I don't know the details 100% but
I did have a gdc cross compiler for an ARM target. But you need to
port the runtime library too for any useful apps to run.

Anders
May 06 2008
prev sibling parent "Anders Bergh" <anders1 gmail.com> writes:
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Leo Singer <aronnax umd.edu> wrote:

 I followed the instructions in the INSTALL file on the repository, downloading
the newest 4.1 release of
  GCC, which happened to be 4.1.2.  I ran the setup script, and then ran gcc's
configure script, then ran
  make.  The following link command causes make to fail:

 [snip]
  Undefined symbols:
   "AggregateDeclaration::buildDtor(Scope*)", referenced from:
       ClassDeclaration::semantic(Scope*)      in class.dmd.o
  ld: symbol(s) not found
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  make[2]: *** [cc1d] Error 1
  make[1]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
  make: *** [all] Error 2

  Any ideas?

  I compiling on Mac OS X 10.5.2.



Not really, but, you should try fetching the Apple-modified gcc from
http://developer.apple.com/opensource (I think that's the right URL).
Anyway, Anders F Bjorklund knows way more about this stuff than me
(apple stuff).

Anders
May 07 2008