[Xapian-discuss] Building 0.9.10 with MSVC++ 2005 Express Edition

[Michael Sanders]

I'm attempting to build 0.9.10 with MSVC++ 2005 Express Edition (i.e. 
the version available for free download from Microsoft), using the build 
files and instructions supplied by Charlie Hull at 
http://www.lemurconsulting.com/Products/Xapian/Overview.shtml

Rather than mail Charlie directly, I thought it might be useful for 
others if I shared my experiences on the list (especially as I think my 
first issue was down to an omission in the xapian-core distribution).

I've run in to three issues:

1) I initially got the error:

NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 
'".\msvc_posix_wrapper.cc"'

It appears that the following files (maybe more?) are missing from the 
'xapian-core-0.9.10.tar.gz' file:

xapian-core-0.9.10/common/msvc_posix_wrapper.cc
xapian-core-0.9.10/common/msvc_posix_wrapper.h

I obtained these missing files from SVN 
(/tags/0.9.10/xapian-core/common), which fixed that problem.


2) The next error I got was:

Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.762 
for 80x86

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

cl    /I.. /I..\include /I..\common /W3 /EHsc /O2 /MD /c /D "NDEBUG"  /D 
"WIN32" /D "__WIN32__" /D "_WINDOWS"  /D "HAVE_VSNPRINTF" /D 
"HAVE_STRDUP" /D "_USE_32BIT_TIME_T"  /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE  /I 
"..\.." /I "..\..\include" /I"..\..\common" /I"..\..\languages" 
/Fo".\\" "flint_table.cc"

flint_table.cc
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\backends\flint\flint_io.h(27) : 
fatal err
or C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or directory

The 'unistd.h' header file is supplied in 
'xapian-core-0.9.10\include\xapian'. I therefore amended the 
'config.mak' file to add that directory to the include search path, 
which fixed that problem.


3) Unfortunately I haven't come up with a way around the third error:

cl    /I.. /I..\include /I..\include\xapian /I..\common /W3 /EHsc /O2 
/MD /c /D "NDEBUG"  /D "WIN32" /D "__WIN32__" /D "_WINDOWS"  /D 
"HAVE_VSNPRINTF" /D "HAVE_STRDUP" /D "_USE_32BIT_TIME_T" 
/D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE  /I"..\languages"  /Fo".\\" /Tp ".\omdocument.cc"

omdocument.cc
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
C2027: use of undefined type 'Xapian::Document::Internal'
         ..\include\xapian\document.h(40) : see declaration of 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'it'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(34) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(35) : error 
C2027: use of undefined type 'Xapian::Document::Internal'
         ..\include\xapian\document.h(40) : see declaration of 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(35) : error 
C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'it_end'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(35) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(35) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2510: 'document_terms' : left of '::' must be a class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2027: use of undefined type 'Xapian::Document::Internal'
         ..\include\xapian\document.h(40) : see declaration of 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support 
default-int
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '&'
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2065: 'it_' : undeclared identifier
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2065: 'it_end_' : undeclared identifier
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(40) : error 
C2065: 'size_' : undeclared identifier
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(44) : error 
C2614: 'MapTermList' : illegal member initialization: 'it_end' is not a 
base or member
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(44) : error 
C2614: 'MapTermList' : illegal member initialization: 'it' is not a base 
or member
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(65) : error 
C2065: 'it' : undeclared identifier
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(65) : error 
C2227: left of '->first' must point to class/struct/union/generic type
         type is ''unknown-type''
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(72) : error 
C2227: left of '->second' must point to class/struct/union/generic type
         type is ''unknown-type''
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(72) : error 
C2228: left of '.wdf' must have class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(82) : error 
C2227: left of '->second' must point to class/struct/union/generic type
         type is ''unknown-type''
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(82) : error 
C2228: left of '.positions' must have class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(86) : error 
C2227: left of '->second' must point to class/struct/union/generic type
         type is ''unknown-type''
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(86) : error 
C2228: left of '.positions' must have class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(86) : error 
C2228: left of '.size' must have class/struct/union
c:\downloads\xapian\xapian-core-0.9.10\api\maptermlist.h(102) : error 
C2065: 'it_end' : undeclared identifier
.\omdocument.cc(43) : error C2512: 'Xapian::Document::Internal' : no 
appropriate default constructor available
.\omdocument.cc(51) : error C2027: use of undefined type 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
         ..\include\xapian/document.h(40) : see declaration of 
'Xapian::Document::Internal'
...etc.


Any help gratefully received...

Thanks,
Michael