HDirect -- current distribution

[Elke Kasimir]

Hi!

This is a bug report and remarks concerning the

hdirect-current.tar.gz  (hdirect 0.16)

distribution that I downloaded last week.

When i tried to install HDirect under Linux (Suse 6.x distribution) 
i had the following problems when trying to make the libs

* I needed libs for both ghc4.06  and hugs "version November 1999".

For this, i had to create two lib-directories and use the --for_hugs or -g
flags resp.

* When trying to make the lib for hugs, i got some errors from make, they are
listed below. I finally could make AddrBits.dll and PointerPrim.dll, but not the
other dll's.

* The .dll files needed be renamed to .so in a linux environment.

* The HDirect.hs had an error (listed below).

I want to offer to test future makefiles/distributions for linux if
there is a problem to test the distribution in that environment.


Errors when trying to make libs for hugs:
=========================================

1. make FOR_HUGS=YES all

PointerSrc.c:38: windows.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
make: *** [PointerSrcCom.dll_o] Error 1

2. make FOR_HUGS=YES dlls

PointerSrc.c:38: windows.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
make: *** [PointerSrcCom.dll_o] Error 1

3. make FOR_HUGS=YES AddrBits.dll

(did it)

4. make FOR_HUGS=YES AutoPrim.dll

make: *** No rule to make target `AutoPrim.dll_o', needed by `AutoPrim.dll'. 
Stop

5. make FOR_HUGS=YES ComPrim.dll 

make: *** No rule to make target `ComPrim.dll_o', needed by `ComPrim.dll'. 
Stop.

6.make FOR_HUGS=YES PointerPrim.dll

gcc     -DCOM -c PointerSrc.c -o PointerSrcCom.dll_o
PointerSrc.c:38: windows.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
make: *** [PointerSrcCom.dll_o] Error 1

7. FIXED: removed -DCOM from CC-call in rule for PointerSrcCom.dll_o, then

(did it)

8.  make FOR_HUGS=YES SafeArray.dll

make: *** No rule to make target `SafeArray.dll_o', needed by `SafeArray.dll'. 
Stop

7. make FOR_HUGS=YES StdTypes.dll 

make: *** No rule to make target `StdTypes.dll_o', needed by `StdTypes.dll'. 
Stop.
make FOR_HUGS=YES WideString.dll
gcc     -c WideString.c -o WideString.dll_o
gcc     -c WideStringSrc.c -o WideStringSrc.dll_o
In file included from WideStringSrc.c:29:
comPrim.h:13: parse error before `IID'
comPrim.h:13: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
comPrim.h:28: parse error before `IID_NULL'
comPrim.h:28: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
comPrim.h:29: parse error before `IID_IUnknown'
comPrim.h:29: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
comPrim.h:30: parse error before `IID_IClassFactory'
comPrim.h:30: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
comPrim.h:35: parse error before `HRESULT'
comPrim.h:35: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
comPrim.h:40: parse error before `*'
comPrim.h:40: `ULONG' declared as function returning a function
comPrim.h:40: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
... (etc.)

WideStringSrc.c: In function `wideToString':
WideStringSrc.c:92: parse error before `0x80004005L'
WideStringSrc.c:124: parse error before `0x00000000L'
make: *** [WideStringSrc.dll_o] Error 1


Errors when trying to use .hs-files with hugs:
==============================================


ERROR "/usr/local/share/hdirect-0.16/lib/hugs/HDirect.lhs": Entity "addrToInt"
imported from module "Addr" already defined in m
odule "AddrBits"
FIX: adding "hiding (addrToInt)" to import AddrBits 


Best,
Elke.

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