[sword-devel] SWORD 1.7.0 final stretch

Tue Jul 9 07:46:52 MST 2013

On 9 July 2013 15:03, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
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> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 6:33 AM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
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>> On 9 July 2013 03:55, Jonathan Morgan <jonmmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Greg,
>> >
>> > Python bindings were packaged by Ubuntu, and I believe 1.6.2 (current
>> > latest) is still available for Ubuntu.
>> >
>>
>> And subsequently dropped, due to failure to compile with gcc-4.7:
>>
>> sword (1.6.2+dfsg-4) unstable; urgency=low
>>
>>   [ Matthias Klose ]
>>   * Fix build failure in installed header file with GCC 4.7.
>>     Addresses: #667387.
>>
>>   [ Dmitrijs Ledkovs ]
>>   * Remove python-sword swig bindings. Loads of build-time warnings (4.6)
>>     and errors (4.7) and the resulting module was reported not to
>>     work. Should be readded if/when it can be build with gcc 4.7 without
>>     errors. (Closes: #667387)
>>
>>  -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox at debian.org>  Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:39:11 +0100
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>
> I'd appreciate if you can give them another go. I spent quite some time in
> the latter part of last year cleaning them up. On Fedora with gcc 4.7 now I
> only get a single warning about unused code when I build them. If you're
> still seeing errors and warnings, then I'd like to know what your settings
> are and what your errors are.
>
> I'm keen to have the Swig bindings in a place where they can be included in
> distros, so if you're still seeing problems, I'd like to work with you and
> any other packagers to get them resolved.
>

At the time it was failing, with just simple gcc-4.7 -O2.
Please note that debian & ubuntu is up at gcc-4.8 by default now.
I haven't tried bindings in a while. (not since then)

perl bindings never compiled for me on debian, as of yet. So no clue
about those.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.

> --Greg
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>> > Jon
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> So I was trying to solve both the "Perl won't install" and the "Python
>> >> installs to the wrong place" issues. I committed a fix to the Python
>> >> install
>> >> (it was previously only installing to /usr/local regardless of the
>> >> value of
>> >> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX) but this fix appears to have magically caused
>> >> Perl to
>> >> begin installing on my machine.
>> >>
>> >> Peter, can you try and do a new install from the latest versions of SVN
>> >> HEAD?
>> >>
>> >> Perl is still only installing to /usr/local regardless of where I set
>> >> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX, but I imagine that fix is low priority at the
>> >> moment
>> >> as the bindings are not presently packaged by any distributions I am
>> >> aware
>> >> of.
>> >>
>> >> I would invite distribution maintainers to begin packaging the Python
>> >> and
>> >> Perl bindings starting with 1.7.0. I have done lots to clean them up,
>> >> suppress warnings, and resolve build failures. Packaging the Python
>> >> bindings
>> >> would permit packaging of BPBible as well, and also help with keeping
>> >> the
>> >> various build options I've created for the bindings clean and tested.
>> >>
>> >> --Greg
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> sword-tools/modules/crossreferences/xreffix.pl without arguments will
>> >>> test loading Perl Sword bindings
>> >>>
>> >>> and in Python:
>> >>>
>> >>> Simply run from commandline Python and do "import Sword" and see it
>> >>> fail:
>> >>>
>> >>> >>> import Sword
>> >>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> >>>   File "Sword.py", line 26, in <module>
>> >>>     _Sword = swig_import_helper()
>> >>>   File "Sword.py", line 18, in swig_import_helper
>> >>>     import _Sword
>> >>> ImportError: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/_Sword.so:
>> >>> undefined
>> >>> symbol: u_strFromUTF8_48
>> >>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 07. Juli 2013 um 19:06 Uhr
>> >>> Von: "Greg Hellings" <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
>> >>> An: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum"
>> >>> <sword-devel at crosswire.org>
>> >>> Betreff: Re: [sword-devel] SWORD 1.7.0 final stretch
>> >>>
>> >>> There should be a sample of each in the swig directory tree somewhere.
>> >>> I
>> >>> can check in an hour our so, when I get home.
>> >>>
>> >>> - Greg
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jul 7, 2013 11:42 AM, "Troy A. Griffitts" <scribe at crosswire.org>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> OK guys,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I have just updated the autotools stuff and the README files to build
>> >>>> the swig bindings for both Perl and Python.  Anyone know how to use
>> >>>> SWORD
>> >>>> with Perl or Python and can let me know if it actually works?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Troy
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 07/06/2013 03:04 PM, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sat, 2013-07-06 at 04:00 +0200, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Peter, still wondering if we have a problem we need to fix for you.
>> >>>> Do
>> >>>> our Perl and Python bindings work for other people with a similar
>> >>>> configuration as you?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I have not heard from anyone that the Perl bindings are working nor
>> >>>> have
>> >>>> I heard from anyone with any clever ideas why they are not working.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> From a module making point of view the bindings are a must. But I do
>> >>>> not
>> >>>> care if they are working in in 1.7 or in a subsequent iteration as
>> >>>> long
>> >>>> as it is soon enough again.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Peter
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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