Apache :: httpd2.4.4 compilation issue with vs2010

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

Hi,
I am having an issue compiling httpd2.4.4 with vs 2010.
i have unzipped httpd2.4.4 project and copied the appropriate apr,apr-iconv and apr-util in the target path
once done that i have opened the command prompt and set the vc environment and sdk environment

then i had to convert the text formats since i'm compiling on windows using

lineends.pl

when i build the project it said the msdev is missing

so i imported apache.dsw on ide and after project conversion it is not building the error i'm facing is something like this

error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _apr_pool_destroy@4 referenced in function _main
6>ab.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _apr_pstrdup@8 referenced in function _main
6>ab.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _apr_base64_encode@12 referenced in function _main
8>ClCompile:
8> Generating Code...
6>ab.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _apr_base64_encode_len@4 referenced in function _main

only 11 projects are building remainin are failing
can someone please help me with this

Steffen

You have to start with whith building with gui/ide:

..\srclib\apr\build\lineends.pl
..\srclib\apr\build\cvtdsp.pl -2005

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

yes i have done that

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

i have also built apr and apr-util before conversion after conversion it is not working, it seemed to work on vs2006 after converting it to vs 2010 it is not building

glsmith

I have this problem with 2010 converting the vc6 workspace (dsw) & project (dsp) files directly. I've always just coverted in vc9 (2008) first, the convert those in vc10. It's a pain but has worked for me.

I can supply the vc9 .sln & .vcproj files if you need them.
https://www.apachehaus.net/misc/httpd-2.4.4-vc9proj-r2.zip

This might not be your problem but it sure sounds like it.

Edit: Updated link.

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

Hi ,
your solution seemed to work atleast it improved the successrate 107 projects got built few dependent projects failed anyway thanks i will look into what went wrong and keep the post alive

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

hi smith,
i cleaned the project and tried the conversion steps with lineends.pl and cvtdsp.pl successrate improved from 107 to 109 is there any other steps that i'm missing

glsmith

What failed?

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

i'm getting these errors in between

------ Build started: Project: ab, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
7>------ Build started: Project: htcacheclean, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
8>------ Build started: Project: htdbm, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
6>Build started 4/11/2013 1:51:31 PM.
8>Build started 4/11/2013 1:51:31 PM.
7>Build started 4/11/2013 1:51:31 PM.
8>InitializeBuildStatus:
8> Touching ".\Release\htdbm.unsuccessfulbuild".
6>InitializeBuildStatus:
6> Touching ".\Release\ab.unsuccessfulbuild".
7>InitializeBuildStatus:
7> Creating ".\Release\htcacheclean.unsuccessfulbuild" because "AlwaysCreate" was specified.
6>ClCompile:
8>ClCompile:
7>ClCompile:
7> htcacheclean.c
8> htdbm.c
6> ab.c
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(990,5): warning MSB8012: TargetPath(E:\cpp-projects\4.5.0\apache 2.4.4\NAF\httpd-2.4.4\srclib\apr\.\Release\libapr.dll) does not match the Linker's OutputFile property value (E:\cpp-projects\4.5.0\apache 2.4.4\NAF\httpd-2.4.4\srclib\apr\Release\libapr-1.dll). This may cause your project to build incorrectly. To correct this, please make sure that $(OutDir), $(TargetName) and $(TargetExt) property values match the value specified in %(Link.OutputFile).
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(992,5): warning MSB8012: TargetName(libapr) does not match the Linker's OutputFile property value (libapr-1). This may cause your project to build incorrectly. To correct this, please make sure that $(OutDir), $(TargetName) and $(TargetExt) property values match the value specified in %(Link.OutputFile).
1>Link:
1> Creating library Release\libapr-1.lib and object Release\libapr-1.exp
8> passwd_common.c
7>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\Win32\Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.Targets(153,5): error MSB6003: The specified task executable "CL.exe" could not be run. The process cannot access the file 'E:\cpp-projects\4.5.0\apache 2.4.4\NAF\httpd-2.4.4\support\Release\cl.read.1.tlog' because it is being used by another process.
7>
7>Build FAILED.

Steffen

Did you disabled parallel building ?
Otherwise the build will break, because the parallel builds used by default try to concurrently use some Visual Studio log files and err out (some of the independent projects are build in the same directories, e.g. support binaries).

In the Visual Studio Menus go to "Tools - Options". In the Popup choose "Projects and Solutions" and then "Build and Run". Set "maximum number of parallel project builds" to "1".

Steffen

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

yes actually that seemed to help a little bit more but still i'm getting issues .

her is the summary
os\win32\BaseAddr.ref : warning LNK4198: base key 'libhttpd.dll /opt:ref' not found - using default
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'pcred.lib'

Build FAILED.

i figured pcre libs need to be rebuilt by vs 2008 and then vs 2010

is that right

glsmith

You're running a debug build, they can be iffy.

PCRE needs to be built with 2010 but you use CMake, and it will generate VC10 build files directly ... no need to use vc 2008 first.

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

Thanks i followed the above steps and it worked i now have a successful build

sekhar484 · Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 20

Hi balaji,

I need to build apache 2.4.4 in vs 2010.when i try to open solution file in vs 2010 after unzipping downloaded source code getting cannot load projects.Can u please provide me the complete steps for building in vs2010 which you succeeded.

Thanks & Regards,
sekhar.

Steffen

As said above, you have to start with:

..\srclib\apr\build\lineends.pl
..\srclib\apr\build\cvtdsp.pl -2005

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

hi,
You need to first ensure that apr and apr-util build on their own
After that u need to first convert ur dsp's to VS2008 because there from vs2008 there is no msdev it is devenv sothe project as to be first converted to 2008 no need to be built in 2008 , then port your project into vs 2010 and perform the build
first execute apr's lineends.pl
then you can build no need for cvtdsp.pl-2005
the dsp conversions are also available in this same blog. if you browse a little higher

sekhar484 · Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 20

Thank you steffen and balaji for reply.

I actually followed below steps and i am getting error while building httpd-2.4.4 in vs2008. If any one faced this error and solved
can please tell what is the problem and am i missing any steps.

1. Downloaded httpd-2.4.4.tar.bz2 and extracted to httpd-2.4.4

2. I placed apr,aprutil,apriconv libraries and pcre binary in srclib folder

3. In Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat"

cd C:\path\to\httpd-2.4.4

perl srclib\apr\build\lineends.pl

perl srclib\apr\build\cvtdsp.pl -2005

4. After that i opened Apache.dsw in visual studio 2008 and when i build libhttpd project or installBin Project
i am getting errors like..

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6>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'Debug\buildmark.obj'
6>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\shekar.cheedella\Desktop\Apache 2.4.4 source\httpd-2.4.4-original\httpd-2.4.4\Release\BuildLog.htm"
6>libhttpd - 1 error(s), 8 warning(s)
========== Build: 5 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

hi,
u dont need to build in vs2008 u just need the converted dsp files once you have that load into vs2010 and reconvert after that only execute lineends.pl
and proceed with the build

sekhar484 · Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 20

Hi balaji,

I have done the same steps in vs2010 also and getting the same error.and if i removed project->properties->linker->input dependencies "Debug\buildmark.obj"
"Release\buildmark.obj" am getting following error which you also got and posted above:

1>------ Build started: Project: libhttpd, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Compiling buildmark
1>buildmark.c
1>Linking...
1>os\win32\BaseAddr.ref : warning LNK4198: base key 'libhttpd.dll /opt:ref' not found - using default
1> Creating library .\Release/libhttpd.lib and object .\Release/libhttpd.exp
1>mpm_winnt.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _ap_get_server_built@0 referenced in function _winnt_run
1>.\Release/libhttpd.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\shekar.cheedella\Desktop\Apache 2.4.4 source\httpd-2.4.4\Release\BuildLog.htm"
1>libhttpd - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 5 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Can you please tell me what is the problem am i missing any thing.

balaji@na · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Chennai,India

did you compile the 2008 converted src or did u directly convert it if so there will be conversion problems which result in similar errors

u r doing a IDE build once converted u can perform build from command line because ide build has linker issues

donot convert it directly do a step wise conversion

and omit the cvtdsp.pl-2005