[R] Rcmd SHLIB

[Gabriel Lawson]

Thanks again for the help.  I went through readme.package a couple of times,
but I still get the error below.  It seems to be a little closer as I am no
longer seeing CreateProcess in the output.

Beneath the error, I have pasted my modified MkRules.  I think I am messing
up/missing one or more of the paths in it, but I filled in all those that
seemed obvious to me.  Anyone spot anything wrong?

gabe

C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\src\gnuwin32>make libR.a
dlltool -k --as as   --dllname R.dll --def R.exp --output-lib libR.a
make: *** [libR.a] Error 255

#-*- Makefile -*-

## This files contains tabs: make sure your editor leaves them unchanged.

## ===== configuration macros for building packages or R ===============

# Alternatives MINGW (mingw), CROSS (Linux)

BUILD=MINGW

HELP = YES

ifeq ($(strip $(BUILD)),CROSS)

WINHELP = NO

else

WINHELP = CHM # NO, CHM, BOTH

endif

## ============== configuration macros for building R ===================

LEA_MALLOC=YES

# Set to YES and specify the path if you want to use the ATLAS BLAS.

USE_ATLAS=NO

ATLAS_PATH=/R/ATLAS/lib/WinNT_PIIISSE1

# Where does 'HTML Help Workshop' live? (unused if compiled HTML help is

# not requested. Spaces allowed.)

HHWDIR=C:/Program Files/HTML Help Workshop

# Where does Tcl/Tk live? Spaces allowed.

#TCL_HOME = $(RHOME)/Tcl

TCL_HOME = C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw1081/Tcl

TCL_VERSION = 84

## ====== configuration macros for building installers ===========

# location where Inno Setup 4.x was installed

ISDIR=C:/packages/Inno4

## =================== cross-compilation settings =================

ifeq ($(strip $(BUILD)),CROSS)

# Next two might be i386-mingw32msvc- or i586- depending on the
cross-compiler.

#BINPREF=mingw32-

BINPREF=C:/MinGW/bin

# Set this to where the mingw32 include files are. It must be accurate.

#HEADER=/users/ripley/R/cross-tools/mingw32/include

HEADER=C:/MinGW/include

endif

# path (possibly full path) to same version of R on the host system

#R_EXE=R

R_EXE=C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw1081/bin/R.exe

## =============== end of user-customizable parts ===================

ifeq ($(strip $(BUILD)),MINGW)

BINPREF=

MINGW32CFLAG=

MINGW32LDFLAG=

FLIBS=-lg2c

AWK=gawk

## only safe for gcc >= 3.1

DEPARG=-MM

endif

ifeq ($(strip $(BUILD)),CROSS)

MINGW32CFLAG=-isystem $(HEADER)

MINGW32LDFLAG=

FLIBS=-lg2c

AWK=awk

## BDR's build of cross-compiler is 2.95.3

DEPARG=-M

endif

PERL=perl

RM=rm -f

SED=sed

ECHO=echo

CP=cp

MKDIR=mkdir

CAT=cat

CC=$(BINPREF)gcc $(MINGW32CFLAG)

CXX=$(BINPREF)g++ $(MINGW32CFLAG)

F77=$(BINPREF)g77

AS=$(BINPREF)as

DLL_LDMAIN=gcc

DLL=$(BINPREF)$(DLL_LDMAIN) $(MINGW32LDFLAG)

DLLTOOL=$(BINPREF)dlltool -k --as $(AS)

LINKER=$(BINPREF)gcc $(MINGW32LDFLAG)

AR=$(BINPREF)ar

RANLIB=$(BINPREF)ranlib

NM=$(BINPREF)nm

CPP=$(CC) -E

RESCOMP=$(BINPREF)windres

.SUFFIXES: .c .cc .cpp .C .f .o .a .def .exp .dll .exe .d

.c.d:

@echo "making $@ from $<"

@$(CC) $(DEPARG) $(CFLAGS) $($*-CFLAGS) $< -o $@

.cc.d:

@echo "making $@ from $<"

@$(CXX) $(DEPARG) $(CXXFLAGS) $($*-CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@

.cpp.d:

@echo "making $@ from $<"

@$(CXX) $(DEPARG) $(CXXFLAGS) $($*-CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@

.C.d:

@echo "making $@ from $<"

@$(CXX) $(DEPARG) $(CXXFLAGS) $($*-CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@

.c.o:

$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $($*-CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

.f.o:

$(F77) $(FFLAGS) $($*-FFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

.cc.o:

$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $($*-CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

.cpp.o:

$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $($*-CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

.C.o:

$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $($*-CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

%.exe:

$(LINKER) $(LINKFLAGS) $($*-LINKFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $($*-LIBS) $(LIBS)

%.dll:

# @$(ECHO) ------- Building $@ from $^ --------

@$(ECHO) LIBRARY $* > $*.def

@$(ECHO) EXPORTS >> $*.def

@$(NM) $^ > Defs

@$(SED) -n '/^........ [BCDRT] _/s/^........ [BCDRT] _/ /p' Defs >> $*.def

@$(RM) Defs

$(DLL) --shared $(DLLFLAGS) $($*-DLLFLAGS) -o $@ $*.def $^ $($*-DLLLIBS)
$(DLLLIBS)

@$(RM) $*.def

lib%.a: %.def

@$(ECHO) -------- Building $@ from $^ --------

$(DLLTOOL) $(DLLTOOLFLAGS) $($*-DLLTOOLFLAGS) --dllname $*.dll --def
$*.def --output-lib lib$*.a

%.a:

# @$(ECHO) -------- Building $@ from $^ --------

$(AR) cr $@ $^

$(RANLIB) $@

%.o: %.rc

$(RESCOMP) $(RESFLAGS) $($*-RESFLAGS) -i $< -o $@

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Prof Brian Ripley" <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: "Gabriel Lawson" <gagongabe at earthlink.net>
Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [R] Rcmd SHLIB


> On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Gabriel Lawson wrote:
>
> > Thanks tons.  If you get a moment and feel like answering another
question:
> > Regarding the readme.packages file excerpt below:  How can I set the
R_HOME
> > path?  Is it always the R install directory?  Also, is creating libR.a
and
>
> It is where you installed R.
>
> > libRblas.a a neccessary step in creating ANY dll for use with R?
>
> No, but it is a necessary step to using the supplied tools and it is
> needed for many DLLs.
>
> > BEWARE: Don't expect this to work if the path to R_HOME contains spaces.
> >
> > It may work, but we don't recommend it.
> >
>
> -- 
> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
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>
>