SCons + Windows for Radiance 4.0?

Macumber_Daniel · April 13, 2010, 4:15pm

Hello, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could compile Radiance 3.9 with only minor modifications using the SCons scripts and both MSVC and MinGW on Windows. However, the latest release of Radiance 4.0 is giving me a lot more trouble. There is a typo in 'build_utils/find_libs.py' where 'v = env.FindFile('Verdana.fnt', './lib')' should be 'v = env.FindFile('Veerdana.fnt', './lib')'; this leads me to believe that the SCons scripts weren't even tested for this release, is that right? Getting past the minor issues there seem to be some deeper problems for Windows (use of timegm function is where I stopped this function is not in the standard <time.h>). So my question is, is anyone planning on trying to get Radiance 4.0 compiling using SCons on Windows (either MSVC or MinGW) without requiring cygwin?

Thanks a lot,
Dan

Thomas_Bleicher3 · April 13, 2010, 4:45pm

Hi Daniel.

I believe the update of the scons scripts for 3.9 is largely due to
Francesco's efforts with mingw. I tried to compile 4.0 a few weeks ago
and search the list for mails about compiling on Windows. Most of
Francesco's comments where already in place.

I didn't get too far with my own efforts although I was surprised that
most of the core apps did compile fine. I had to change a few bits
here and there and modify the includes. I also came across the time_gm
(?) issue and replace it with a function that is part of time.h on
Windows. I think it's only used to produce a time stamp and at that
moment I just wanted to see if I could get the stuff to work at all.

In the end I gave up when it came to rtcontrib and all the definitions
from ray.h where suddenly not available any more. I couldn't find what
was wrong with my limited knowledge of C and because it was just
curiosity that made me do it in the first place I gave up.

I hope someone who is actually using Windows will pick it up soon.

Regards,
Thomas

···

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Macumber, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could compile Radiance 3.9
with only minor modifications using the SCons scripts and both MSVC and
MinGW on Windows. However, the latest release of Radiance 4.0 is giving me
a lot more trouble. There is a typo in ‘build_utils/find_libs.py’ where ‘v
= env.FindFile('Verdana.fnt', './lib')’ should be ‘v =
env.FindFile('Veerdana.fnt', './lib')’; this leads me to believe that the
SCons scripts weren’t even tested for this release, is that right? Getting
past the minor issues there seem to be some deeper problems for Windows (use
of timegm function is where I stopped this function is not in the standard
<time.h>). So my question is, is anyone planning on trying to get Radiance
4.0 compiling using SCons on Windows (either MSVC or MinGW) without
requiring cygwin?

Thanks a lot,
Dan

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Pally_Sandher · April 26, 2010, 1:27pm

I'm also interested in getting Radiance v4.0 to compile on Windows. Ran
into the same problems as Daniel Macumber.

v3.9 builds fine but the install command fails:

C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray>C:\Python26\Scripts\scons install
scons: Reading SConscript files ...

scons: warning: The env.SourceSignatures() method is deprecated;
convert your build to use the env.Decider() method instead.
File "C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray\SConstruct", line 7, in <module>
Detected platform "win32" (nt).
Reading configuration "platform\mingw.cfg"

scons: warning: The Options class is deprecated; use the Variables class
instead
.
File "C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray\SConstruct", line 10, in set_opts
Checking for C library GL... (cached) no
meta
cv
gen
ot

scons: warning: Two different environments were specified for target
bbox.o,
but they appear to have the same action: $CC -o $TARGET -c
$CFLAGS CCFLAGS _CCCOMCOM $SOURCES
File "C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray\src\ot\SConscript", line 18, in <module>

scons: warning: Two different environments were specified for target
o_face.o,
        but they appear to have the same action: $CC -o $TARGET -c
$CFLAGS CCFLAGS _CCCOMCOM $SOURCES
File "C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray\src\ot\SConscript", line 18, in <module>
rt
px
hd
util
cal
scons: done reading SConscript files.
scons: Building targets ...
Install file: "bin\3ds2mgf.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\3ds2mgf.exe"
Install file: "bin\arch2rad.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\arch2rad.exe"
Install file: "bin\bgraph.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\bgraph.exe"
Install file: "bin\cnt.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\cnt.exe"
Install file: "bin\cv.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\cv.exe"
Install file: "bin\dgraph.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\dgraph.exe"
Install file: "bin\ev.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ev.exe"
Install file: "bin\findglare.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\findglare.exe"
Install file: "bin\gcomp.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\gcomp.exe"
Install file: "bin\genbeads.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genbeads.exe"
Install file: "bin\genblinds.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genblinds.exe"
Install file: "bin\genbox.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genbox.exe"
Install file: "bin\genbranch.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genbranch.exe"
Install file: "bin\gencatenary.exe" as
"C:\radiance3.9\bin\gencatenary.exe"
Install file: "bin\genclock.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genclock.exe"
Install file: "bin\genmarble.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genmarble.exe"
Install file: "bin\genprism.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genprism.exe"
Install file: "bin\genrev.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genrev.exe"
Install file: "bin\gensky.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\gensky.exe"
Install file: "bin\gensurf.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\gensurf.exe"
Install file: "bin\genworm.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\genworm.exe"
Install file: "bin\getbbox.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\getbbox.exe"
Install file: "bin\getinfo.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\getinfo.exe"
Install file: "bin\glarendx.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\glarendx.exe"
Install file: "bin\histo.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\histo.exe"
Install file: "bin\icalc.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\icalc.exe"
Install file: "bin\ies2rad.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ies2rad.exe"
Install file: "bin\igraph.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\igraph.exe"
Install file: "bin\lampcolor.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\lampcolor.exe"
Install file: "bin\lookamb.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\lookamb.exe"
Install file: "bin\macbethcal.exe" as
"C:\radiance3.9\bin\macbethcal.exe"
Install file: "bin\meta2bmp.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\meta2bmp.exe"
Install file: "bin\meta2tga.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\meta2tga.exe"
Install file: "bin\mgf2inv.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\mgf2inv.exe"
Install file: "bin\mgf2rad.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\mgf2rad.exe"
Install file: "bin\mgfilt.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\mgfilt.exe"
Install file: "bin\mksource.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\mksource.exe"
Install file: "bin\neaten.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\neaten.exe"
Install file: "bin\nff2rad.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\nff2rad.exe"
Install file: "bin\obj2mesh.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\obj2mesh.exe"
Install file: "bin\obj2rad.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\obj2rad.exe"
Install file: "bin\oconv.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\oconv.exe"
Install file: "bin\pcomb.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pcomb.exe"
Install file: "bin\pcompos.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pcompos.exe"
Install file: "bin\pcond.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pcond.exe"
Install file: "bin\pcwarp.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pcwarp.exe"
Install file: "bin\pexpand.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pexpand.exe"
Install file: "bin\pextrem.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pextrem.exe"
Install file: "bin\pfilt.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pfilt.exe"
Install file: "bin\pflip.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pflip.exe"
Install file: "bin\pinterp.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pinterp.exe"
Install file: "bin\plot4.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\plot4.exe"
Install file: "bin\plotin.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\plotin.exe"
Install file: "bin\protate.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\protate.exe"
Install file: "bin\psign.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\psign.exe"
Install file: "bin\psmeta.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\psmeta.exe"
Install file: "bin\psort.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\psort.exe"
Install file: "bin\pvalue.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\pvalue.exe"
Install file: "bin\rad.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rad.exe"
Install file: "bin\rad2mgf.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rad2mgf.exe"
Install file: "bin\ranimate.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ranimate.exe"
Install file: "bin\ranimove.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ranimove.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_bmp.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_bmp.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_gif.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_gif.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_hexbit.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_hexbit.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_pict.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_pict.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_ppm.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_ppm.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_ps.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_ps.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_rgbe.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_rgbe.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_t16.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_t16.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_t8.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_t8.exe"
Install file: "bin\ra_xyze.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ra_xyze.exe"
Install file: "bin\rcalc.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rcalc.exe"
Install file: "bin\replmarks.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\replmarks.exe"
Install file: "bin\rlam.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rlam.exe"
Install file: "bin\rpict.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rpict.exe"
Install file: "bin\rpiece.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rpiece.exe"
Install file: "bin\rsensor.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rsensor.exe"
Install file: "bin\rtcontrib.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rtcontrib.exe"
Install file: "bin\rtrace.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\rtrace.exe"
Install file: "bin\tabfunc.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\tabfunc.exe"
Install file: "bin\tmesh2rad.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\tmesh2rad.exe"
Install file: "bin\total.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\total.exe"
Install file: "bin\ttyimage.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\ttyimage.exe"
Install file: "bin\vwrays.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\vwrays.exe"
Install file: "bin\vwright.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\vwright.exe"
Install file: "bin\xform.exe" as "C:\radiance3.9\bin\xform.exe"
Install file: "lib\adobe.cal" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\adobe.cal"
Install file: "lib\alberta.pic" as
"C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\alberta.pic"
Install file: "lib\ball.cal" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\ball.cal"
Install file: "lib\bowl.pic" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\bowl.pic"
Install file: "lib\bowl.rad" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\bowl.rad"
Install file: "lib\bowl.rtm" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\bowl.rtm"
Install file: "lib\brick.cal" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\brick.cal"
Install file: "lib\brick.pic" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\brick.pic"
Install file: "lib\brickweave.cal" as
"C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\brickweave.cal"
Install file: "lib\brickweave.pic" as
"C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\brickweave.pic"
Install file: "lib\cabin.pic" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\cabin.pic"
Install file: "lib\carpet.cal" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\carpet.cal"
Install file: "lib\climit.cal" as "C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\climit.cal"
Install file: "src\gen\clockface.hex" as
"C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\clockface.hex"
scons: *** [C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\clockface.hex] AssertionError :
Installing source ['src\\gen\\clockface.hex', 'lib\\clockface.hex'] into
target ['C:\\radiance3.9\\share\\lib\\clockface.hex']: target and source
lists must have same length.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.2.0\SCons\Action.py", line
961, in execute
    result = self.execfunction(target=target, source=rsources, env=env)
  File
"C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.2.0\SCons\Tool\install.py", line
79, in installFunc
    "Installing source %s into target s: target and source lists must have same length\."(map(str, source), map(str, target))
AssertionError: Installing source ['src\\gen\\clockface.hex',
'lib\\clockface.hex'] into target
['C:\\radiance3.9\\share\\lib\\clockface.hex']: target and source lists
must have same length.
scons: building terminated because of errors.

Having never even heard of Scons until I started trying to build
Radiance I've no idea where to start at trying to fix this. I'm assuming
the problem is because there are 2 arguments in the source & only one in
the target but the Sconscript files are far from readable never mind
finding the actual one where the problem lies.

If it helps I'm building on Windows XP 64-bit using Scons 1.2.0, Python
2.6.4 & MinGW 5.1.6. Any help will be most appreciated.

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-----Original Message-----
Thomas Bleicher tbleicher at googlemail.com
Tue Apr 13 09:45:58 PDT 2010
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------

Hi Daniel.

I believe the update of the scons scripts for 3.9 is largely due to
Francesco's efforts with mingw. I tried to compile 4.0 a few weeks ago
and search the list for mails about compiling on Windows. Most of
Francesco's comments where already in place.

I didn't get too far with my own efforts although I was surprised that
most of the core apps did compile fine. I had to change a few bits
here and there and modify the includes. I also came across the time_gm
(?) issue and replace it with a function that is part of time.h on
Windows. I think it's only used to produce a time stamp and at that
moment I just wanted to see if I could get the stuff to work at all.

In the end I gave up when it came to rtcontrib and all the definitions
from ray.h where suddenly not available any more. I couldn't find what
was wrong with my limited knowledge of C and because it was just
curiosity that made me do it in the first place I gave up.

I hope someone who is actually using Windows will pick it up soon.

Regards,
Thomas

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Macumber, Daniel <Daniel.Macumber at nrel.gov> wrote:

Hello, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could compile

Radiance 3.9

with only minor modifications using the SCons scripts and both MSVC

and

MinGW on Windows. However, the latest release of Radiance 4.0 is

giving me

a lot more trouble. There is a typo in 'build_utils/find_libs.py'

where 'v

= env.FindFile('Verdana.fnt', './lib')' should be 'v =
env.FindFile('Veerdana.fnt', './lib')'; this leads me to believe that

the

SCons scripts weren't even tested for this release, is that right?

Getting

past the minor issues there seem to be some deeper problems for

Windows (use

of timegm function is where I stopped this function is not in the

standard

<time.h>). So my question is, is anyone planning on trying to get

Radiance

4.0 compiling using SCons on Windows (either MSVC or MinGW) without
requiring cygwin?

Thanks a lot,
Dan

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R_Fritz · April 26, 2010, 1:47pm

The SCons community is at <http://www.scons.org/>

I'd take a look at this, but these days I don't have convenient access to a Windows system. Hmmm. Maybe...

Randolph

Georg_Mischler · April 26, 2010, 2:02pm

Pally Sandher wrote:

I'm also interested in getting Radiance v4.0 to compile on Windows. Ran
into the same problems as Daniel Macumber.

The main problem is that the scripts were written for an older
and slightly incompatible version of SCons, which results in the
deprecation warnings, and probably the error as well.
Windows vs. unix is not an issue here.

I just moved and DSL isn't conntected yet at my new place, so it
may take some time until I'm able to look into it. But then, SCons isn't quite as arcane as you seem to think, and
the tracebacks tell you *exactly* where to look...

-schorsch

···

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Pally_Sandher · April 26, 2010, 2:12pm

If you let me know which version of Scons is best to use I'd happily
track it down & install it as I'm doing all this building on a virtual
machine anyway.

I was following the How-To guide at
http://www.bozzograo.net/radiancewiki/doku.php?id=how_to_compile_radianc
e_using_the_mingw_tools_and_scons & had to figure out that Python 2.x is
required for Scons, not Python 3.x so picking the right version of Scons
too would be a great help. Looking at their repository in Sourceforge
there are 1.1, 1.0.1 & 1.0.0 available. Once I figure it out I'll update
the Wiki page.

Tried updating to Python 2.6.5 & Scons 1.3.0, still the same issues as
you'd expect. Going to try Scons 1.1.0 now & see how it goes.

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Georg
Mischler
Sent: 26 April 2010 15:02
To: code development
Subject: RE: [Radiance-dev] SCons + Windows for Radiance 4.0?

Pally Sandher wrote:

I'm also interested in getting Radiance v4.0 to compile on Windows.
Ran into the same problems as Daniel Macumber.

The main problem is that the scripts were written for an older and
slightly incompatible version of SCons, which results in the deprecation
warnings, and probably the error as well.
Windows vs. unix is not an issue here.

I just moved and DSL isn't conntected yet at my new place, so it may
take some time until I'm able to look into it.
But then, SCons isn't quite as arcane as you seem to think, and the
tracebacks tell you *exactly* where to look...

-schorsch

--
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+schorsch.com+ -- lighting design tools -- http://www.schorsch.com/

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Pally_Sandher · April 26, 2010, 3:36pm

Tried 1.1, 1.0.1 & 1.0 of Scons. None work & I bizarrely get more
deprecation warnings with 1.1 & older versions than I do with 1.2 or
1.3.

C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray>C:\Python26\Scripts\scons install
scons: Reading SConscript files ...
C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Platform\posix.py:38:
DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
import popen2
C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Tool\msvs.py:37:
DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
import md5

scons: warning: The env.SourceSignatures() method is deprecated;
convert your build to use the env.Decider() method instead.
File "C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray\SConstruct", line 7, in <module>
Detected platform "win32" (nt).
Reading configuration "platform\mingw.cfg"
Checking for C library GL... (cached) no
meta
cv
gen
ot

scons: warning: Two different environments were specified for target
bbox.o,
but they appear to have the same action: $CC -o $TARGET -c
$CFLAGS CCFLAGS _CCCOMCOM $SOURCES
File "C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray\src\ot\SConscript", line 18, in <module>

scons: warning: Two different environments were specified for target
o_face.o,
        but they appear to have the same action: $CC -o $TARGET -c
$CFLAGS CCFLAGS _CCCOMCOM $SOURCES
File "C:\TEMP\rad3R9all\ray\src\ot\SConscript", line 18, in <module>
rt
px
hd
util
cal
scons: done reading SConscript files.
scons: Building targets ...
Install file: "src\gen\clockface.hex" as
"C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\clockface.hex"
scons: *** [C:\radiance3.9\share\lib\clockface.hex] Exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Taskmaster.py",
line 220, in execute
    self.targets[0].build()
  File
"C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Node\__init__.py", line
370, in build
    apply(self.get_executor(), (self,), kw)
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Executor.py",
line 145, in __call__
    return self.do_execute(target, kw)
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Executor.py",
line 131, in do_execute
    status = apply(act, (self.targets, self.get_sources(), env), kw)
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Action.py", line
467, in __call__
    stat = self.execute(target, source, env)
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Action.py", line
908, in execute
    result = self.execfunction(target=target, source=rsources, env=env)
  File
"C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\scons-1.1.0\SCons\Tool\install.py", line
79, in installFunc
    "Installing source %s into target s: target and source lists must have same length\."(map(str, source), map(str, target))
AssertionError: Installing source ['src\\gen\\clockface.hex',
'lib\\clockface.hex'] into target
['C:\\radiance3.9\\share\\lib\\clockface.hex']: target and source lists
must have same length.
scons: building terminated because of errors.

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pally
Sandher
Sent: 26 April 2010 15:12
To: code development
Subject: RE: [Radiance-dev] SCons + Windows for Radiance 4.0?

If you let me know which version of Scons is best to use I'd happily
track it down & install it as I'm doing all this building on a virtual
machine anyway.

I was following the How-To guide at
http://www.bozzograo.net/radiancewiki/doku.php?id=how_to_compile_radianc
e_using_the_mingw_tools_and_scons & had to figure out that Python 2.x is
required for Scons, not Python 3.x so picking the right version of Scons
too would be a great help. Looking at their repository in Sourceforge
there are 1.1, 1.0.1 & 1.0.0 available. Once I figure it out I'll update
the Wiki page.

Tried updating to Python 2.6.5 & Scons 1.3.0, still the same issues as
you'd expect. Going to try Scons 1.1.0 now & see how it goes.

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Subject: RE: [Radiance-dev] SCons + Windows for Radiance 4.0?

Pally Sandher wrote:

I'm also interested in getting Radiance v4.0 to compile on Windows.
Ran into the same problems as Daniel Macumber.

The main problem is that the scripts were written for an older and
slightly incompatible version of SCons, which results in the deprecation
warnings, and probably the error as well.
Windows vs. unix is not an issue here.

I just moved and DSL isn't conntected yet at my new place, so it may
take some time until I'm able to look into it.
But then, SCons isn't quite as arcane as you seem to think, and the
tracebacks tell you *exactly* where to look...

-schorsch

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Georg_Mischler · April 27, 2010, 7:57am

Pally Sandher wrote:

Tried 1.1, 1.0.1 & 1.0 of Scons. None work & I bizarrely get more
deprecation warnings with 1.1 & older versions than I do with 1.2 or
1.3.

You can ignore the warnings, they are harmless and will be
dealt with in time.

The real problem is a bug in my scripts, which collides with
some inconsistencies in the Radiance file tree. Looks like
I should have tested the installation code more thorougly,
but I just didn't expect it to suddenly cause trouble.

The problem is hat several files in the Radiance source tree
exist in identical duplicates. SCons tries to install both of
them onto the same target, for which it has no solution.
I don't currently have access to the most current distribution,
but in my source tree those are:

ray/lib/clockface.hex ray/src/gen/clockface.hex
ray/lib/surf.cal ray/src/gen/surf.cal
ray/lib/lamp.tab ray/src/cv/lamp.tab

Solution: The SConscript files in the the ray/src/gen and
ray/src/cv directories each have a variable assignment near
the bottom of the form:
LIBFILES=Split('a b c d')
Ignoring any syntactic variations, the problem files are part
of the 'a b c d' list. Just remove them one by one (leaving
some whitspace as seperator for the remaining entries) until
installation succeeds.

Obviously that is only a stop gap measure for now. The real
solution would be to eliminate the file duplication. As far
as I can tell, the makeall script currently installs each of
them twice, one copy overwriting the other.

-schorsch

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