Opened 8 years ago

Last modified 7 years ago

#125 new defect

Macros fix: wlib doesn't like double backslashes as a path entries separator

Reported by: valerius Owned by:
Priority: minor Milestone: 0.2.0
Component: kBuild Version: noversion
Keywords: OpenWatcom wlib "OS/2", vbox, virtualbox, kbuild Cc:

Description

When compiling VBox (PC BIOS and VGA BIOS) for OS/2 host, a Watcom librarian is used. The error is the following:

  C       VBoxPcBios32 - {C}/src/VBox/Devices/PC/BIOS/pci32.c
  AR      VBoxPcBios32
Error! Cannot find file 'N:\\src\\vbox\\out\\os2.x86\\release\\obj\\VBoxPcBios32\\pci32.obj'
kmk: *** [N:/src/vbox/out/os2.x86/release/obj/VBoxPcBios32/VBoxPcBios32.lib] Error 8
The failing command:
@F:/usr/bin/kmk_redirect.exe -E 'BEGINLIBPATH=f:/dev/watcom/binp/dll;N:\src\vbox\out\os2.x86\release\bin' -E 'LIBPATHSTRICT=T' -E 'PATH=f:/dev/watcom/binp;f:/dev/watcom/binw;N:\src\vbox\out\os2.x86\release\bin;N:\src\vbox\tools\os2.x86\bin;f:\usr\bin;N:\usr\bin;f:\dev\SIBYL\BIN;f:\NETSCAPE\PROGRAM;d:\sys\drv\sses\bin;d:\MPTN\BIN;d:\IBMCOM;f:\os2tk45\som\common;f:\os2tk45\som\bin;f:\os2tk45\bin;f:\odin\system32;f:\odin\system;d:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;d:\MUGLIB;d:\IBMGSK40\BIN;d:\IBMGSK\BIN;d:\TCPIP\BIN;d:\OS2;d:\OS2\SYSTEM;d:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;d:\OS2\INSTALL;d:\;d:\OS2\MDOS;d:\OS2\APPS;f:\usr\local\bin;f:\usr\sbin;f:\usr\bin;t:\bin;t:\emx\bin;t:\usr\X11R6\bin;t:\XFree86\bin;t:\usr\bin;t:\usr\local\bin;t:\usr\local\qt\bin;t:\opt\kde\bin;:\MMOS2;d:\TOOLS\WATCHCAT;f:\ap\sys\TOOLS\GTU40;f:\sys\ap\bin;d:\sys\bin;d:\bin;d:\sys\ifs\cdwfs;f:\usr\lib\Python27;f:\usr\lib\python26;f:\dn;f:\emx\usr\bin;f:\xwarpzilla\bin;f:\sys\ap\MAUL;f:\sys\ap\hpp;d:\sys\util\os2trace;d:\sys\util\PPWiz;d:\sys\ifs\ndfs;f:\sane\bin;F:\JAVA13\JRE\BIN;F:\JAVA11\ICATJAVA\BIN;F:\JAVA11\BIN;D:\CBASED;d:\sys\drv\amouse;f:\pmx\bin;;' -E 'WATCOM=f:/dev/watcom' -E 'EDPATH=f:/dev/watcom/EDDAT' -E 'LIB=' -E 'INCLUDE=' -- f:/dev/watcom/binp/wlib.exe -q          N:\\src\\vbox\\out\\os2.x86\\release\\obj\\VBoxPcBios32\\VBoxPcBios32.lib @N:/src/vbox/out/os2.x86/release/obj/VBoxPcBios32/VBoxPcBios32.rsp

The cause is that the double '\' is used in .rsp and a command line for wlib.exe:

VBoxPcBios32.rsp:
+"N:\\src\\vbox\\out\\os2.x86\\release\\obj\\VBoxPcBios32\\pci32.obj"
kmk --version
kmk - kBuild version 0.1.9998 (r2687)

[n:\src\vbox\out\os2.x86\release\bin]rpm -q kbuild
kbuild-0.1.9998.6-1.i386

-- This is the last kBuild RPM OS/2 port

The fix is to change TOOL_OPENWATCOM_FIX_SLASHES to TOOL_OPENWATCOM_FIX_SLASHES_SQ (the patch is attached).

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kbuild-OPENWATCOM.kmk.diff (657 bytes) - added by valerius 8 years ago.

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Change History (3)

Changed 8 years ago by valerius

Attachment: kbuild-OPENWATCOM.kmk.diff added

comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by dmik

Note that the same problem exists in OPENWATCOM-16.kmk and also needs to be fixed, just in case.

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