318864 - Build fails on Windows AMD64 with MKS tools

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 225859

(NSPR :: NSPR, defect)

Description

[Julien Pierre]

nsinstall -D ../../nsprpub/WINNT5.2_64_DBG.OBJ
cd ../../nsprpub/WINNT5.2_64_DBG.OBJ ; \
 sh ../configure \
--enable-64bit \
--with-dist-prefix='C:/NSS/tip/mozilla/security/nss/../../dist/WINNT5.2_64_DBG.O
BJ' \
--with-dist-includedir='C:/NSS/tip/mozilla/security/nss/../../dist/WINNT5.2_64_D
BG.OBJ/include'
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... mkdir: directory "/tmp/cg2740-17029": The system ca
nnot find the path specified.
mkdir: directory "/tmp/cg-2740": The system cannot find the path specified.
config.guess: cannot create a temporary directory in /tmp
configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one
gmake: *** [../../nsprpub/WINNT5.2_64_DBG.OBJ/config.status] Error 1


If I create C:\TMP, I also get this info page :

This script, last modified 2005-10-13, has failed to recognize
the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
download the most up to date version of the config scripts from

  http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/config/config/config.guess
and
  http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/config/config/config.sub

If the version you run (../build/autoconf/config.guess) is already up to date, p
lease
send the following data and any information you think might be
pertinent to <[e-mail]> in order to provide the needed
information to handle your system.

config.guess timestamp = 2005-10-13

uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 5
uname -s = Windows_NT
uname -v = 02

/usr/bin/uname -p =
/bin/uname -X     =

hostinfo               =
/bin/universe          =
/usr/bin/arch -k       =
/bin/arch              =
/usr/bin/oslevel       =
/usr/convex/getsysinfo =

UNAME_MACHINE = x86_64
UNAME_RELEASE = 5
UNAME_SYSTEM  = Windows_NT
UNAME_VERSION = 02

Comment 1

[Julien Pierre]

Note that the 64-bit build on the same machine succeeds with cygwin . The 32-bit build succeeds with both MKS and cygwin .

Comment 2

[Wan-Teh Chang]

Julien: it seems that you need to modify NSPR's config.guess,
imitating the code here:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/nspr/source/nsprpub/build/autoconf/config.guess#791

to recognize "x86_64:Windows_NT:*".

Comment 3

[Julien Pierre]

Wan-Teh,

I don't think the NSPR configure script should depend on the value of uname -m being x86_64 . Removing that dependency would be a better fix. No versions of uname.exe for Windows are returning this value anyway.

IMO, if NSPR detects an x86 processor, and the --enable-64-bit option is passed in, then that should be sufficient to determine that the target is x86_64 / AMD64 . This would be consistent with other multi-bitness architectures which allow producing a 64-bit build only by setting the --enable-64-bit option, without having two different values for uname -m  .

Comment 4

[Julien Pierre]

I didn't realize the NSPR support for Windows AMD64 wasn't final yet. Since bug 225859 is still open, I'm marking this as a dupe of that bug. I will convey my comments about configure in it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 225859 ***