[Haskell-cafe] network-2.3.0.10 compiled for ghc 7.4.1 windows

Holger Reinhardt hreinhardt at gmail.com
Mon Feb 13 18:58:06 CET 2012


Did as requested and everything seems to work fine. Test suite also passes:

         Test Cases  Total
 Passed  10          10
 Failed  0           0
 Total   10          10
Test suite simple: PASS



2012/2/13 Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com>

> I've merged and pushed the changes to the "stable" branch on GitHub. If
> someone could verify that it works fine on Windows, I'll make another
> release.
>
> In addition to running whatever program you're interested in, also run:
>
> cabal clean
> autoreconf
> cabal configure --enable-tests
> cabal build
> cabal test
>
> All tests should pass.
>
> -- Johan
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I will merge this as soon as I get back from vacation.
>> On Feb 8, 2012 8:54 AM, "Holger Reinhardt" <hreinhardt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Having discussed the issue privately with Alberto, I've found another
>>> bug and updated my pull request [1]. Using that code it should be possible
>>> to build the network library on Windows using MSys on GHC 7.4.1.
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/haskell/network/pull/25
>>>
>>> 2012/2/8 Alberto G. Corona <agocorona at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> yes i did it,.
>>>>
>>>> the error is as follows:
>>>>
>>>> shop.exe: NetworkSocket.hsc:(948,3)-(1007,23): Non-exhaustive patterns
>>>> in case
>>>>
>>>> I will download network form hackage and will do it form the beginning.
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2012/2/8 Holger Reinhardt <hreinhardt at gmail.com>:
>>>> > Did you run "cabal clean" before rebuilding with Git Bash? And can
>>>> you post
>>>> > the exact runtime error you get?
>>>> >
>>>> > 2012/2/8 Alberto G. Corona <agocorona at gmail.com>
>>>> >
>>>> >> I switched to Git bash and the runtime error produced by the library
>>>> >> is the same.
>>>> >> This error may be produced because  the configuration it does not
>>>> >> detect the netwiorkin related includes such is socket.h. This does
>>>> not
>>>> >> exist neither in the ghc installation neither in GIT/Mingw
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 2012/2/7 Holger Reinhardt <hreinhardt at gmail.com>:
>>>> >> > I just use the version of MSys that is included with Git [1]. This
>>>> puts
>>>> >> > a
>>>> >> > "Git bash" icon on your desktop which you can then use to build the
>>>> >> > network
>>>> >> > library.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > [1] http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > 2012/2/7 Alberto G. Corona <agocorona at gmail.com>
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Nothing bur a long history of failures. The problem is the
>>>> >> >> configuration and versioning of MinGW and MSys. This  is a
>>>> nighmare.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> 2012/2/7 Holger Reinhardt <hreinhardt at gmail.com>:
>>>> >> >> > Oh you are using Cygwin. I'm using MSys so this is why I cannot
>>>> >> >> > reproduce
>>>> >> >> > your problem. Is there anything preventing you from using MSys?
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > 2012/2/7 Alberto G. Corona <agocorona at gmail.com>
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> The "problem" this time is in "Configure" :
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> case "$host" in
>>>> >> >> >> *-mingw32)
>>>> >> >> >>        EXTRA_SRCS="cbits/initWinSock.c, cbits/winSockErr.c,
>>>> >> >> >> cbits/asyncAccept.c"
>>>> >> >> >>        EXTRA_LIBS=ws2_32
>>>> >> >> >>        CALLCONV=stdcall ;;
>>>> >> >> >> *-solaris2*)
>>>> >> >> >>        EXTRA_SRCS="cbits/ancilData.c"
>>>> >> >> >>        EXTRA_LIBS="nsl, socket"
>>>> >> >> >>        CALLCONV=ccall ;;
>>>> >> >> >> *)
>>>> >> >> >>        EXTRA_SRCS="cbits/ancilData.c"
>>>> >> >> >>        EXTRA_LIBS=
>>>> >> >> >>        CALLCONV=ccall ;;
>>>> >> >> >> esac
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> Since I´m cross-compiling with cygwin, the variable Host does
>>>> not
>>>> >> >> >> contain ¨*-muingw32"  but "i686-pc-cygwin"
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> changing the case , the library incorporates the lost C coded
>>>> files.
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> Now the library links fine win imported, but there is a runtime
>>>> >> >> >> error:
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> NetworkSocket.hsc:(948,3)-(1007,23): Non-exhaustive patterns
>>>> in case
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> maybe it is due to some other preprocessor directive mismatch
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> 2012/2/7 Holger Reinhardt <hreinhardt at gmail.com>:
>>>> >> >> >> > Did you also change the files in the /cbits/ folder? Because
>>>> they
>>>> >> >> >> > also
>>>> >> >> >> > check
>>>> >> >> >> > for HAVE_WINSOCK_H.
>>>> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> > 2012/2/7 Alberto G. Corona <agocorona at gmail.com>
>>>> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> The code is evolving and none of the versions match
>>>> exactily with
>>>> >> >> >> >> the
>>>> >> >> >> >> patch, but substituting HAVE_WINSOCK by HAVE WINSOCK2 in
>>>> these
>>>> >> >> >> >> files
>>>> >> >> >> >> solves the compilation problem at least in the network
>>>> 2.3.0.10
>>>> >> >> >> >> version from hackage.
>>>> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> However it produces the same undefined references when this
>>>> >> >> >> >> library
>>>> >> >> >> >> is
>>>> >> >> >> >> imported in my application. It seems that some object code
>>>> is not
>>>> >> >> >> >> included in the final library.  I verified that at least
>>>> some of
>>>> >> >> >> >> these
>>>> >> >> >> >> undefined references correspond with  C code in the source,
>>>> but
>>>> >> >> >> >> somehow this is not included in the object library....
>>>> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> 2012/2/7 Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com>:
>>>> >> >> >> >> > Note that there are two branches on github, master and
>>>> stable.
>>>> >> >> >> >> > You
>>>> >> >> >> >> > want
>>>> >> >> >> >> > the
>>>> >> >> >> >> > latter.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> > On Feb 7, 2012 8:23 AM, "Alberto G. Corona"
>>>> >> >> >> >> > <agocorona at gmail.com>
>>>> >> >> >> >> > wrote:
>>>> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> This is quite different.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> I don´t know how but I was looking at some other older
>>>> patch
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> around
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> the same issue and I supposed that it was the one
>>>> refered by
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> Yohan
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> Tibell.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> I´ll try your patch.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks!.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> 2012/2/7 Holger Reinhardt <hreinhardt at gmail.com>:
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi,
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > (I submitted the patch that Johan linked to)
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > Network/Socket/Internal.hsc has the following code:
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > #if defined(WITH_WINSOCK) || defined(cygwin32_HOST_OS)
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > type CSaFamily = (#type unsigned short)
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > #elif defined(darwin_HOST_OS)
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > type CSaFamily = (#type u_char)
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > #else
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > type CSaFamily = (#type sa_family_t)
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > #endif
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > You have patched this part to always use 'unsigned
>>>> short'.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > But
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > the
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > real
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > issue is that WITH_WINSOCK is not defined, even though
>>>> it
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > should
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > be. The
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > reason for this lies in include/HsNet.h:
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > #if defined(HAVE_WINSOCK_H) &&
>>>> !defined(cygwin32_HOST_OS)
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > # define WITH_WINSOCK  1
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > #endif
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > The problem here is that it checks for HAVE_WINSOCK_H,
>>>> but
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > the
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > configure
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > script never defines this variable. Instead it
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > defines HAVE_WINSOCK2_H.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > It
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > seems that the network library used Winsock1 in the
>>>> past and
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > in
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > the
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > transition to Winsock2 someone forgot to change a few
>>>> of the
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > #ifdefs.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > My patch just changes all occurences of HAVE_WINSOCK_H
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > to HAVE_WINSOCK2_H.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > You might want to try that and report back if it works
>>>> for
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > you.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > 2012/2/7 Alberto G. Corona <agocorona at gmail.com>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Johan,
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> The patch is not for the current version of network
>>>> and the
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> code
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> is
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> quite different. Basically it is necesary to  define
>>>> this
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> variable
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> as
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> "unsigned short" that is the thing intended in the
>>>> patch.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> however
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> I
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> put it by brute force, without regard of the
>>>> prerpocessor
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> directives.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> With this change the code compiles well with:
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> http://neilmitchell.blogspot.com/2010/12/installing-haskell-network-library-on.html
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> However my compiled library lack the methods defined
>>>> as
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> foreign.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> I´ll
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> keep trying.
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2012/2/6 Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com>:
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi,
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Someone recently contributed a fix that should make
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > network
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > build
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > with
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > 7.4: https://github.com/haskell/network/pull/25
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Can you see if that works for you? I haven't yet
>>>> had time
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > to
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > merge
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > and
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > release that fix (I'm on vacation.)
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- Johan
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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