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Posted to user@thrift.apache.org by Billy Charlton <sf...@gmail.com> on 2012/11/14 22:57:40 UTC
Trying to building Thrift 0.9.0 with MinGW64 on Windows
I've been struggling to build Thrift 0.9.0 on Windows 7 (64bit) using the
MinGW64 toolchain. I understand this is not a fully supported platform, but
since Windows is supported, 64bit is supported, and GNU compilers are
supported, I figured I would try to combine all three :-)
I have read every web page that Google reveals on building Thrift for
Windows, but this combination of platforms and compilers seems problematic.
So, here are a few questions, if anyone out there has some experience with
this:
1) Does it matter which version of GCC I use to build? I've tried 4.7 but
it doesn't work well with older versions of Boost; I'm currently using 4.5.
2) Is there a preferred version of the Boost threading library that works
best with Thrift? I've tried Boost 1.51, 1.40, 1.43... but no matter which
version I use, even if I can compile Boost itself I then get many errors
building Thrift.
3) Specific error messages during build point to problems with type
"pthread_t" not being found. If I configure Thrift with
"--enable-boostthreads" I thought it would not use that because of macros
which define USE_BOOST_THREAD. But apparently that's not getting defined?
I can provide more details on the error logs if someone wants to hear
about it.
If I can get this to compile successfully I will definitely document my
findings recipe-style so that others can benefit from this work.
Cheers,
Billy
Re: Trying to building Thrift 0.9.0 with MinGW64 on Windows (UNCLASSIFIED)
Posted by Billy Charlton <sf...@gmail.com>.
A-ha, I didn't realize the Windows 7.1 SDK had the 64-bit compilers in it.
I will definitely try that.
I've made enormous progress slogging through the MinGW64 build; it's so
close.. but not quite. There is some code in TSocketServer that calls
fcntl() and a couple other POSIX-only methods, which shouldn't be happening
on Windows. If I could figure that out I think it would be golden, but
using VS Express would be an easier path.
Thanks for the tip.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Juan Moreno
<jw...@gmail.com>wrote:
> If I were you, I would just use Visual Studio Express and compile it with
> that. If you need 64-bit then install the Windows 7.1 SDK and use that
> toolkit to build. I successfully managed to do this myself.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Knick, Scott E CTR USARMY RCERT-EUR (US) <
> scott.e.knick.ctr@mail.mil> wrote:
>
> > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> > Caveats: FOUO
> >
> > I can't answer all of your questions and can only contribute a small bit,
> > but for #2, be aware that I've successfully compiled Thrift against Boost
> > 1.48 and later. Not sure about the earlier variants though.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Billy Charlton [mailto:sfbilly@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:58 PM
> > To: user@thrift.apache.org
> > Subject: Trying to building Thrift 0.9.0 with MinGW64 on Windows
> >
> > I've been struggling to build Thrift 0.9.0 on Windows 7 (64bit) using the
> > MinGW64 toolchain. I understand this is not a fully supported platform,
> > but since Windows is supported, 64bit is supported, and GNU compilers are
> > supported, I figured I would try to combine all three :-)
> >
> > I have read every web page that Google reveals on building Thrift for
> > Windows, but this combination of platforms and compilers seems
> problematic.
> > So, here are a few questions, if anyone out there has some experience
> with
> > this:
> >
> > 1) Does it matter which version of GCC I use to build? I've tried 4.7
> but
> > it doesn't work well with older versions of Boost; I'm currently using
> 4.5.
> >
> > 2) Is there a preferred version of the Boost threading library that works
> > best with Thrift? I've tried Boost 1.51, 1.40, 1.43... but no matter
> which
> > version I use, even if I can compile Boost itself I then get many errors
> > building Thrift.
> >
> > 3) Specific error messages during build point to problems with type
> > "pthread_t" not being found. If I configure Thrift with
> > "--enable-boostthreads" I thought it would not use that because of macros
> > which define USE_BOOST_THREAD. But apparently that's not getting
> defined?
> > I can provide more details on the error logs if someone wants to hear
> > about it.
> >
> > If I can get this to compile successfully I will definitely document my
> > findings recipe-style so that others can benefit from this work.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Billy
> >
> > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> > Caveats: FOUO
> >
> >
> >
>
Re: Trying to building Thrift 0.9.0 with MinGW64 on Windows (UNCLASSIFIED)
Posted by Juan Moreno <jw...@gmail.com>.
If I were you, I would just use Visual Studio Express and compile it with
that. If you need 64-bit then install the Windows 7.1 SDK and use that
toolkit to build. I successfully managed to do this myself.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Knick, Scott E CTR USARMY RCERT-EUR (US) <
scott.e.knick.ctr@mail.mil> wrote:
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: FOUO
>
> I can't answer all of your questions and can only contribute a small bit,
> but for #2, be aware that I've successfully compiled Thrift against Boost
> 1.48 and later. Not sure about the earlier variants though.
>
> Good luck!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy Charlton [mailto:sfbilly@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:58 PM
> To: user@thrift.apache.org
> Subject: Trying to building Thrift 0.9.0 with MinGW64 on Windows
>
> I've been struggling to build Thrift 0.9.0 on Windows 7 (64bit) using the
> MinGW64 toolchain. I understand this is not a fully supported platform,
> but since Windows is supported, 64bit is supported, and GNU compilers are
> supported, I figured I would try to combine all three :-)
>
> I have read every web page that Google reveals on building Thrift for
> Windows, but this combination of platforms and compilers seems problematic.
> So, here are a few questions, if anyone out there has some experience with
> this:
>
> 1) Does it matter which version of GCC I use to build? I've tried 4.7 but
> it doesn't work well with older versions of Boost; I'm currently using 4.5.
>
> 2) Is there a preferred version of the Boost threading library that works
> best with Thrift? I've tried Boost 1.51, 1.40, 1.43... but no matter which
> version I use, even if I can compile Boost itself I then get many errors
> building Thrift.
>
> 3) Specific error messages during build point to problems with type
> "pthread_t" not being found. If I configure Thrift with
> "--enable-boostthreads" I thought it would not use that because of macros
> which define USE_BOOST_THREAD. But apparently that's not getting defined?
> I can provide more details on the error logs if someone wants to hear
> about it.
>
> If I can get this to compile successfully I will definitely document my
> findings recipe-style so that others can benefit from this work.
>
> Cheers,
> Billy
>
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: FOUO
>
>
>
RE: Trying to building Thrift 0.9.0 with MinGW64 on Windows
(UNCLASSIFIED)
Posted by "Knick, Scott E CTR USARMY RCERT-EUR (US)" <sc...@mail.mil>.
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: FOUO
I can't answer all of your questions and can only contribute a small bit, but for #2, be aware that I've successfully compiled Thrift against Boost 1.48 and later. Not sure about the earlier variants though.
Good luck!
-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Charlton [mailto:sfbilly@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:58 PM
To: user@thrift.apache.org
Subject: Trying to building Thrift 0.9.0 with MinGW64 on Windows
I've been struggling to build Thrift 0.9.0 on Windows 7 (64bit) using the
MinGW64 toolchain. I understand this is not a fully supported platform, but since Windows is supported, 64bit is supported, and GNU compilers are supported, I figured I would try to combine all three :-)
I have read every web page that Google reveals on building Thrift for Windows, but this combination of platforms and compilers seems problematic.
So, here are a few questions, if anyone out there has some experience with
this:
1) Does it matter which version of GCC I use to build? I've tried 4.7 but it doesn't work well with older versions of Boost; I'm currently using 4.5.
2) Is there a preferred version of the Boost threading library that works best with Thrift? I've tried Boost 1.51, 1.40, 1.43... but no matter which version I use, even if I can compile Boost itself I then get many errors building Thrift.
3) Specific error messages during build point to problems with type "pthread_t" not being found. If I configure Thrift with "--enable-boostthreads" I thought it would not use that because of macros which define USE_BOOST_THREAD. But apparently that's not getting defined?
I can provide more details on the error logs if someone wants to hear about it.
If I can get this to compile successfully I will definitely document my findings recipe-style so that others can benefit from this work.
Cheers,
Billy
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: FOUO