Hi,

I'm running linux debian x86_64, it may matter.

The current version of dmd in git master segfault every single time it is ran with an old version of druntime. This is already an issue that the compiler segfault instead of providing any usefull error message (or at least a stack trace, which I can't get even with gdb for unknown reasons).

But worse : even with playing with the command line, I'm unable to get the right version of druntime used.

This means that I'm reduced to either fuck up my whole system by replacing druntime by the git one, or modify global config file to achieve similar results.

This means stop any meaning full work *IN* D when I work *ON* D. This is very problematic, and likely to stop me to work *ON* right now.

Is it possible to use a given druntime with some command line when calling dmd ? If it is, HOW ? If it isn't, I highly encourage this to be planned ASAP.

On 5/8/2012 1:05 PM, deadalnix wrote:
> I'm running linux debian x86_64, it may matter.
>
> The current version of dmd in git master segfault every single time it is ran
> with an old version of druntime. This is already an issue that the compiler
> segfault instead of providing any usefull error message (or at least a stack
> trace, which I can't get even with gdb for unknown reasons).
>
> But worse : even with playing with the command line, I'm unable to get the right
> version of druntime used.
>
> This means that I'm reduced to either fuck up my whole system by replacing
> druntime by the git one, or modify global config file to achieve similar results.
>
> This means stop any meaning full work *IN* D when I work *ON* D. This is very
> problematic, and likely to stop me to work *ON* right now.
>
> Is it possible to use a given druntime with some command line when calling dmd ?
> If it is, HOW ? If it isn't, I highly encourage this to be planned ASAP.

This is a result of fixing the ABI for structs on Linux 64. You'll have to recompile druntime with the new dmd. A recompile of druntime/phobos should be sufficient.

Le 08/05/2012 22:36, Walter Bright a écrit :
> This is a result of fixing the ABI for structs on Linux 64. You'll have
> to recompile druntime with the new dmd. A recompile of druntime/phobos
> should be sufficient.

Good news that is fixed !

I already did compile druntime and phobos with he new dmd, but I'm failing to use them without f***ing up my system.

Can't I specify druntime and phobos using argument in command line ?

On Tue, 8 May 2012, deadalnix wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running linux debian x86_64, it may matter.
> 
> The current version of dmd in git master segfault every single time it is ran with an old version of druntime. This is already an issue that the compiler segfault instead of providing any usefull error message (or at least a stack trace, which I can't get even with gdb for unknown reasons).
> 
> But worse : even with playing with the command line, I'm unable to get the right version of druntime used.
> 
> This means that I'm reduced to either fuck up my whole system by replacing druntime by the git one, or modify global config file to achieve similar results.
> 
> This means stop any meaning full work *IN* D when I work *ON* D. This is very problematic, and likely to stop me to work *ON* right now.
> 
> Is it possible to use a given druntime with some command line when calling dmd ? If it is, HOW ? If it isn't, I highly encourage this to be planned ASAP.

You can use -defaultlib=libname to tell it where to find the libphobos2.a (which will contain the runtime if you built with the standard make files).

However, the way I recommend is to drop a dmd.conf (or sc.ini on windows) file in the same directory as the built dmd executable that points to the right directories for your newly built druntime and phobos.

On 2012-05-08 22:55, deadalnix wrote:
> Le 08/05/2012 22:36, Walter Bright a écrit :
>> This is a result of fixing the ABI for structs on Linux 64. You'll have
>> to recompile druntime with the new dmd. A recompile of druntime/phobos
>> should be sufficient.
>
> Good news that is fixed !
>
> I already did compile druntime and phobos with he new dmd, but I'm
> failing to use them without f***ing up my system.
>
> Can't I specify druntime and phobos using argument in command line ?

Use can use DVM to compile DMD. It will set up a correctly working dmd.conf/sc.ini file.

https://bitbucket.org/doob/dvm

Example of folder structure:

dlang
  |- dmd
  |- druntiem
  |- phobos

In the dlang folder, run:

$ dvm compile .

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On Wed, 09 May 2012 10:03:42 +0200, Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com> wrote:
>  Use can use DVM to compile DMD. It will set up a correctly working dmd.conf/sc.ini file.
>  https://bitbucket.org/doob/dvm
>  Example of folder structure:
>  dlang
>   |- dmd
>   |- druntiem
>   |- phobos
>  In the dlang folder, run:
>  $ dvm compile .


Another possibility is to add you own "trunk" in dvm/bin,env and compilers, and build dmd yourself when you need to.

On 5/9/12, Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com> wrote:
> Use can use DVM to compile DMD.

Is this feature available for Windows too?

Le 09/05/2012 02:23, Brad Roberts a écrit :
> However, the way I recommend is to drop a dmd.conf (or sc.ini on windows)
> file in the same directory as the built dmd executable that points to the
> right directories for your newly built druntime and phobos.

I did that and it work great ! Thank you.

(thank to other people too :D).

BTW, wouldn't be a good idea to make dmd.conf's parameter less important than command line one ?

On 2012-05-09 18:21, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 5/9/12, Jacob Carlborg<doob@me.com>  wrote:
>> Use can use DVM to compile DMD.
>
> Is this feature available for Windows too?

Yes.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg