[perl #44855] Re: Current win32 linking issues: Summary

2007-08-22 Thread Mark Glines
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:16:12 +0200 Ron Blaschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry mentioned yesterday that there shouldn't be any failures for a > release, which makes sense as it would only upset users. Maybe there > should be a ticket for the failures then? I have created ticket #44855 for thi

Re: Current win32 linking issues: Summary

2007-08-22 Thread Mark Glines
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:16:12 +0200 Ron Blaschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Don't know if its a problem if they fail. I don't have a problem > >> with failures as they tell me there's something that needs > >> attention. > > > True. Well, these issues do need attention, so maybe they *should

Re: Current win32 linking issues: Summary

2007-08-22 Thread Jerome Quelin
On 07/08/22 11:16 +0200, Ron Blaschke wrote: > Jerry mentioned yesterday that there shouldn't be any failures for a > release, which makes sense as it would only upset users. Maybe there > should be a ticket for the failures then? Or an environment variable > like PARROT_PORTER which makes all te

Re: Current win32 linking issues: Summary

2007-08-22 Thread Ron Blaschke
Mark Glines wrote: > On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:08:05 +0200 > Ron Blaschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> The win32 skippage will need to be removed again, once the PMCNULL >>> symbol is exported correctly from libparrot.dll. >> Not adding the skip on the other t/src tests will cause them to >> fail

Re: Current win32 linking issues: Summary

2007-08-21 Thread Mark Glines
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:08:05 +0200 Ron Blaschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The win32 skippage will need to be removed again, once the PMCNULL > > symbol is exported correctly from libparrot.dll. > > Not adding the skip on the other t/src tests will cause them to > fail. I think it would be b

Re: Current win32 linking issues: Summary

2007-08-21 Thread Ron Blaschke
Hi Mark, Mark Glines wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:37:05 -0700 > Mark Glines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Jerry added a workaround in r20641, declaring a local variable >> PMCNULL within the test code, to get it to pass. Unfortunately, this >> workaround causes Darwin to fail with the message

Re: Current win32 linking issues: Summary

2007-08-20 Thread Mark Glines
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:37:05 -0700 Mark Glines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry added a workaround in r20641, declaring a local variable > PMCNULL within the test code, to get it to pass. Unfortunately, this > workaround causes Darwin to fail with the message "ld: multiple > definitions of symbo

Current win32 linking issues: Summary

2007-08-20 Thread Mark Glines
The parrot needs help, hopefully before tomorrow's release. There are two issues with linking against libparrot.dll on win32: 1. It refuses to export the "_PMCNULL" symbol (the PMCNULL global variable defined at the top of src/pmc.c), and thus, embedders cannot use the PMC_IS_NULL macro. This c