Re: [Caml-list] Ocamlmakefile and Lablgtk

[Johann Spies <jhspies@adept.co.za>]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 06:59:39PM +0100, Markus Mottl wrote:
> > gtkInit.cmx as in 
> 
> I assume the problem is that you haven't specified where to find
> libraries. Note that INCDIRS is only for interface files (.cmi), whereas
> LIBDIRS is necessary if there are libraries in the directory against
> which you want to link. Therefore, add this line:
> 
>   LIBDIRS=+lablgtk

Thanks for the suggestion.  I have added this line, but it makes
no difference:
js-23:25:58-~/ocaml/lablgtk$make nc
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/js/ocaml/lablgtk'
ocamlopt -c  -labels -w s  -I +lablgtk   calc.ml
ocamlopt   -I +lablgtk      -ccopt -L+lablgtk  lablgtk.cmxa
unix.cmxa gtkInit.cmxa     -o calc \
                        calc.cmx
Cannot find file gtkInit.cmxa
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^   
The problem is that it should use gtkInit.cmx.  There is no
gtkInit.cmxa (at least in thei Debian distribution). 

After your message I went back and read the documentation on the
compiler again.  I then tried to put
/usr/lib/ocaml/lablgtk/gtkInit.cmx on the SOURCES line and it
worked in some cases, but I suspect it is not the correct way to
do it.  I did not previously understand the difference between
.cmx and .cmxa files.  It becomes clearer now.

However the problem is not solved yet.

The following Makefile compiles (make nc) without complaints:


OCAMLMAKEFILE=/usr/share/ocaml-tools/OcamlMakefile
SOURCES=testgtk.ml /usr/lib/ocam/lablgtk/gtkInit.cmx
RESULT=testgtk
LIBS=lablgtk 
INCDIRS=+lablgtk
LIBDIRS=+lablgtk
OCAMLFLAGS=-labels -w s
include $(OCAMLMAKEFILE)

As I understand it, it should be the equivalent of 

ocamlopt.opt -w s -I +lablgtk -labels -o testgtk\
 lablgtk.cmxa gtkInit.cmx testgtk.ml

 But the latter produces a binary which runs without a problem
 and the first (make nc) produces a binary of a different size
 with a lot of error messages.

Johann.
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