[Yhc] YHC Install Error...

[Neil Mitchell]

Hi Alexis,

> I tried the commands below, and the first two executed fine...after that
> when I run scons it doesn't find the C compiler. Where can I specify this?
> Originally it ran with the cl.exe compiler that comes with visual c++ but
> somehow has stopped. Not sure why. Below is an output...
>
> C:\yhc>scons
> scons: Reading SConscript files ...
> Building version 0.7.0-20070505002602-custom.
> Checking for architecture... (cached) Windows implies x86
> Checking for operating system... (cached) win32
> Checking for Subversion binary... (cached) Not found
> Error. 'svn' not found in PATH. Will use ctypes snapshot.
> Checking for GHC binary... (cached) "ghc"
> Checking for GHC version 6.4.1 or later... (cached) Found version 6.6.1.
> Checking for Python version 2.3 or later... (cached) Found version 2.5.1
> final (0).
> Checking for Scons binary... (cached) "scons"
> Checking for Darcs binary... (cached) "darcs"
> Checking for Darcs version... (cached) Found version 1.0.7 (release).
> Checking for Haddock binary... (cached) Not found
> Error. Haddock not found, you won't be able to build the documentation.
> Checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... (cached) no
> Checking size of char... (cached) no
> Checking size of short... (cached) no
> Checking size of int... (cached) no
> Checking size of long... (cached) no
> Checking size of long long... (cached) no
> Checking size of float... (cached) no
> Checking size of double... (cached) no
> Checking size of void*... (cached) no
> Failed to check types sizes/endianness. You do have a working C compiler
> don't you?
> If so then please contact the Yhc developers for help.
>
> //Me testing the c compiler...
>
> C:\yhc>cl
> Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Standard Compiler Version 12.00.8168 for 80x86
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1998. All rights reserved.
>
> usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]
>
> C:\yhc>

Weird! My usual issue is that you can start either a standard command
prompt, or a Visual Studio command prompt - only the latter will be
able to compile Yhi.

Thanks

Neil