[C2hs] Problems with c2hs, including `__attribute__' symbol in _mingw.h

[Vivian McPhail]

1) darcs repo error:

Also happens with --partial.

3) Thanks for the link, I'll follow it up. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manuel M T Chakravarty [mailto:chak at cse.unsw.edu.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 October 2006 9:32 a.m.
> To: Vivian McPhail
> Cc: c2hs at haskell.org
> Subject: Re: [C2hs] Problems with c2hs, including 
> `__attribute__' symbol in _mingw.h
> 
> Hi Vivian,
> 
> > running GHC 6.5.20060831, mingw
> >  
> > 1) darcs repo error:
> > Patch 107 can't be applied.  Some problem with case-sensitivity.
> > Issue234 of darcs is a bugs report on case-sensitivity, and 
> Heffalump 
> > on #darcs is examining this problem.
> >  
> > Heffalump has created a repo that fixes this problem:
> > http://urchin.earth.li/darcs/ganesh/c2hs
> 
> Does that also happen if you get the repo with --partial?  If 
> yes, maybe we can get around it by adding another, more 
> recent, checkpoint.
>  
> > 2) ./Setup.hs install error:
> >  
> > $ ./Setup.hs install
> > Installing: C:\Apps\MSYS\1.0\local\Haskell\c2hs-0.14.6
> > \ghc-6.5.20060831 & C:\Apps\MSYS\1.0\local\Haskell\bin 
> c2hs-0.14.6...
> > '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable 
> > program or batch file.
> > 
> > Some problem with backslashes and windows.
> >  
> > I got around this problem by installing by hand.
> 
> Yes, I am sorry, this is a known problem on windows, which is 
> on the list of things to be fixed.
> 
> > 3) syntax error
> >  
> > $ c2hs --cppopts=-I/c/Apps/MATLAB704/extern/include
> > --include=c:/Apps/MATLAB704/extern/include matrix.h MxMatrix.chs
> > c2hs.exe: Generic fatal error.
> >  
> > 
> C:/Apps/MSYS/1.0/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.2/../../../.
> ./include/float.h:125: (column 8) [FATAL] 
> >   >>> Syntax error!
> >   The symbol `__attribute__' does not fit here.
> 
> __attribute__ is a not very well documented extension of gcc. 
>  c2hs can handle many cases of __attribute__, but 
> unfortunately some don't work yet.  However, there is a work 
> around.  Please see the following message from the list archive:
> 
>   http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/c2hs/2006-May/000577.html
> 
> Manuel
> 
> 
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