I had an error when I use the plugin-maven of launch4j to convert jar into exe.
This error : net.sf.launch4j.ExecException: Exec failed (1).
When I see the log, i see this error : ...windres.exe: preprocessing failed.
So, I've downloaded Launch4J bundle and i've used the windres with the same command (with verbose) :
bin\windres.exe --preprocessor type -J rc -v -O coff -F pe-i386 test\rc test\out
I wrote a rc file with the minimal configuration (test\rc).
Result :
Using popen to read preprocessor output bin\windres.exe: preprocessing failed.
Same error.
I used Windows 10 to run this command. But when I use windows 7...no error the output was created.
May be the GNU windres had a problem with the preprocessor type inside windows 10 ?
Any idea ?
thx.
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I was trying to build zlib with CMake 3.9.0, output set to MinGW Makefiles, and noticed upon trying to call mingw32-make in the output dir that there was a weird error message which very much looks like a quoting error to me.
D:\zlib-1.2-11> mingw32-make
[ 2%] Generating zlib1rc.obj
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-7.1.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev0\mingw64\bin\windres.exe: preprocessing failed.
CMakeFiles\zlib.dir\build.make:60: recipe for target 'zlib1rc.obj' failed
mingw32-make[2]: *** [zlib1rc.obj] Error 1
CMakeFiles\Makefile2:103: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/zlib.dir/all' failed
mingw32-make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/zlib.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:139: recipe for target 'all' failed
mingw32-make: *** [all] Error 2
What could be the cause of this error and how can I fix it? If it were only zlib, I could scrape the net for pre-built binaries, but this has happened with some other builds, too.
This appears to be a bug in MinGW's version of windres.exe, although I'm also going to heap some blame onto CMake for it's appalling method of invoking windres, which is what is causing this to fail.
The Problem
CMake understands that Windows Resource .rc files are a thing, and that they are compiled with the Windows Resource Compiler (aka windres.exe), which it wraps in the default variable CMAKE_RC_COMPILER.
The problem is, that rather than just invoking windres like a normal person, CMake thinks it's being clever by invoking it like so...
cmd.exe /C "cd /D C:\Users\username\zlib-1.2.11\build && "C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-7.2.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev0\mingw64\bin\windres.exe" -D GCC_WINDRES -I C:/Users/username/zlib-1.2.11 -I C:/Users/username/zlib-1.2.11/build -o C:/Users/username/zlib-1.2.11/build/zlib1rc.obj -i C:/Users/username/zlib-1.2.11/win32/zlib1.rc"
Evidently it doesn't understand the notion of the current working directory, or the system path variable (which it used to find windres in the first place). If we were to simplify the command, it would look like this...
windres -D GCC_WINDRES -I.. -I. -ozlib1rc.obj -i ../win32/zlib1.rc
Those two commands carry the exact same meaning, except the second one actually works.
The Solution
We have to step in and stop CMake from trying to be clever.
cmake .. -DCMAKE_RC_COMPILER=windres
I have MSVC 2017 installed, and CMake assumes that I want to use that by default, despite none of its environment variables being set and it not being in the path (in normal usage, one must invoke the vcvars64.bat file before using MSVC, this behaviour predates CMake). So I have to use -G "MinGW Makefiles", except that I also have sh.exe in my path (because Git), and that just blows CMake's mind, so I need the command...
cmake .. -G"MSYS Makefiles" -DCMAKE_RC_COMPILER=windres
The CMake file author should have quoted strings containing unknown filesystem paths, i.e. variables and the VERBATIM option also avoids headaches:
if(MINGW)
# This gets us DLL resource information when compiling on MinGW.
if(NOT CMAKE_RC_COMPILER)
set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER windres.exe)
endif()
add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib1rc.obj"
COMMAND "${CMAKE_RC_COMPILER}"
-D GCC_WINDRES
-I "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-I "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
-o "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib1rc.obj"
-i "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/win32/zlib1.rc"
VERBATIM)
set(ZLIB_DLL_SRCS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib1rc.obj")
endif(MINGW)
I am building my test.c using mingw5.4 using command:
/software/mingw5.4/bin//x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc test.cxx -o /home/user1/test.o
But I am getting following error:
c:/cygwin64_new/home/admin/software/mingw5.4/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.4.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
cannot open output file /home/user1/test.o: No such file or directory
If I use version mingw4.8.3 the same file is compiling fine.
/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc test.cxx -o /home/user1/test.o
If anybody know reason of error in case of version mingw5.4 please let me know.
LOL. I've done that. There is a command called test on *nix systems. Some shells have it built in (for speed). Try running ./test or text.exe or call the executable something else.
I am trying to build installer using InstallShield's commandline tool IsCmdBld.exe. It builds something, but when I try to open it, it returns following error.
I have used
"C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2015\System\IsCmdBld.exe" -p "D:\Installation_Builds\MyInstallations\MyInstaller.ism" -r "Compressed EN Build" -c COMP -a "CompEN"
as a command. Seems very straight forward. In fact if I do not insert -c COMP and generate uncompressed installer, it has no problem. However, the size of installer over all becomes 23GB so it is not acceptable.
I do see ISDEV : fatal error 0: followed by nothing else. I googled a bit and found http://flexerasoftware.force.com/ka1G0000000TljoIAC but I cannot seem to understand why this is occuring when I can perfectly build it without the use of commandline tool.
Any inputs would be appreciated. Thank you.
EDIT : after adding -v to the building command, little bit more detailed error showed up.
1627: Error saving the changes to [XX.msi]
I do not know why it is erroring on saving the change.
make sure your .msi is not readonly.
the best way we found for using the isCmdBld is with this cmdline :
ISCmdBld.exe -p "%ProjectName%" -a "%Configuration%" -r "%ReleaseName%" -x -o "%MergeModulePath%" -prqpath "%PRQPath%"
you'll have to make sure the %Configuration% and %ReleaseName% are the exact same as those in the ism (case Sensitive) (Media|release).
I have installed the cds library with command ./build.sh -b 64 -z '-std=c++0x' -l '-L /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' --with-boost /usr/include/boost --amd64-use-128bit at build folder.
After I tried to compile the example init.cpp of src folder, I typed this in terminal: g++ init.cpp -o init, and terminal showed: fatal error: cds/init.h: No such file or directory.
What should I do for compilation command in this case?
Thanks.
For general troubleshooting in cases like this, i would recommend finding where on the system the file got installed (if your build.sh actually installed the file). You would be able to find the missing header file using
find / -path '*/cds/init.h' 2>/dev/null
Then you need to supply two parameters to g++:
First one gets the compiler to know about the include files from the install directory
-I path_to_folder_one_step_above_cds_folder
Second one gets the linker to know about the librarys location. If the library file is called libcds.so, you can find it by running
find / -name libcds.so 2>/dev/null
So for linking, you supply the flag
-L path_to_folder_one_step_above_libcds.so
In your case you might not need the -L flag, since most of your library supposedly is header only.
UPDATE: the build.sh script is printing out important information at the top, starting with "Building with the following options:". The important bits will be "Compile options:" and "Link options:". Those should be enough to solve your specific option.
UPDATE2: build.sh also exports some flags which might include more options. You can print them out directly after running build.sh by running
echo LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
echo CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
echo CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
you are likely to need to pass all these options to g++ when compiling and linking against that library. LDFLAGS are specific to the linker only. Both the other ones are needed for compiling c++ files.
i am using ubuntu 10.10
i am trying to compile simple helloworld file using
gcc -c option
the output file is created but it does not have execute permission
if i dont use -c option the output file has execute permission ..
Please help
The command gcc -c generates a non-executable object file. If you want the output to be executable, do not use the -c option.
I am not sure what you hoped -c was for, but it is exactly for not generating an executable, and your GCC is working as designed.
From the man gcc:
-c Compile or assemble the source files, but do not link. The linking
stage simply is not done. The ultimate output is in the form of an
object file for each source file.
It is not executable. It needs to undergo linking process to become an execution file.