hpx: HPX 1.9.0 does not compile with GCC on Windows

Expected Behavior

HPX 1.9.0 should compile with GCC 12.2.0

Actual Behavior

HPX 1.9.0 CMake Configure step succeeds (log file: https://pastebin.com/6SHy5Fvm)
HPX 1.9.0 compilation fails (log file: https://pastebin.com/cTfM06VC)

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

Set up Boost 1.78.0 1. Download Boost 1.78.0 https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.78.0/source/boost_1_78_0.7z 2. Unpack Boost 1.78.0 to c:/dev/cpplibs/boost_1_78_0 3. Run bootstrap.bat with gcc argument 4. Build Boost 1.78.0

.\b2.exe link=static,shared variant=release,debug architecture=x86 address-model=64 threading=multi --build-type=complete install

Set up HWLOC 2.8.0 1. Download HWLOC 2.8.0 binaries https://download.open-mpi.org/release/hwloc/v2.8/hwloc-win64-build-2.8.0.zip 2. Unpack HWLOC 2.8.0 to c:/dev/cpplibs/hwloc-win64-build-2.8.0
Set up HPX 1.9.0 in c:/dev/cpplibs/hpx directory

git clone https://github.com/STEllAR-GROUP/hpx.git

cd hpx

git checkout v1.9.0

cmake -S "c:/dev/cpplibs/hpx" -B "c:/dev/cpplibs/hpx_build" -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="c:/dev/cpplibs/hpx_bin" -DBOOST_ROOT="c:/Boost" -DHWLOC_ROOT="c:/dev/cpplibs/hwloc-win64-build-2.8.0" -DHPX_WITH_CXX_STANDARD=20 -DHPX_WITH_STATIC_LINKING=ON -DHPX_WITH_MALLOC=system -DHPX_WITH_FETCH_ASIO=ON -DHPX_WITH_PKGCONFIG=OFF -DHPX_DATASTRUCTURES_WITH_ADAPT_STD_TUPLE=ON -DHPX_DATASTRUCTURES_WITH_ADAPT_STD_VARIANT=ON -DHPX_WITH_DATAPAR=OFF -DHPX_WITH_DATAPAR_BACKEND=NONE -DHPX_WITH_DATAPAR_VC_NO_LIBRARY=ON

cmake --build "c:/dev/cpplibs/hpx_build" --target install --config Release -j16

The compilation of HPX 1.9.0 project fails at this last stage.

Specifications

HPX Version: 1.9.0
BOOST Version: 1.78.0
HWLOC Version: 2.8.0
Platform (compiler, OS): GCC 12.2.0, Windows 11 Pro 22H2

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created a year ago
Comments: 26 (14 by maintainers)

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After I fetched the latest commit, the CMake configuration stage fails with the following message:

--   Configuring libhpx modules:
CMake Error at cmake/HPX_Message.cmake:51 (message):
  ERROR: Dynamic hpx_main is not supported on Windows.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  wrap/CMakeLists.txt:73 (hpx_error)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

vhandziuk on May 20, 2023

@vhandziuk would you mind trying to configure HPX with -DHPX_WITH_MODULES_AS_STATIC_LIBRARIES=Off added to the cmake command line? Let’s see if that changes anything.

@hkaiser I have tried that, unfortunately, the error looks the same (please see https://pastebin.com/PBnGd7pq)

I believe this is a different error, now it mostly complains about missing symbols from libatomic. Looks like progress, after all.

To verify, could you please also add -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=-latomic to your cmake configuration command line?

Sure, here is the link to error output: https://pastebin.com/ZBDdxB56

vhandziuk on May 20, 2023

@vhandziuk would you mind trying to configure HPX with -DHPX_WITH_MODULES_AS_STATIC_LIBRARIES=Off added to the cmake command line? Let’s see if that changes anything.

@hkaiser I have tried that, unfortunately, the error looks the same (please see https://pastebin.com/PBnGd7pq)

I believe this is a different error, now it mostly complains about missing symbols from libatomic. Looks like progress, after all.

hkaiser on May 20, 2023

@hkaiser Yes, it’s getting better! Here is the output for the next error. The output is too large to paste here. Here is the link: https://pastebin.com/GEfrdgdj

Uhh, I don’t know what’s causing these linker errors. I will have to set up a system that uses gcc on Windows. Could you give me pointers to how to install it? Is there some documentation I can follow?

Sure. I installed CMake and GCC using the chocolatey package manager

Install chocolatey (https://chocolatey.org/install) It’s important to restart shell or cmd after the installation is completed
Install GCC for Windows / MinGW (using PowerShell or cmd, Admin)

choco install mingw -y

Install CMake (using PowerShell or cmd, Admin)

choco install cmake -y

Add MinGW and CMake paths to Windows environment Path variable (Start -> Edit the system environment variables -> Environment variables -> Path -> Edit) - add C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\mingw\tools\install\mingw64\bin - add C:\Program Files\CMake\bin - restart shell or cmd
Install ninja (using PowerShell or cmd, Admin)

choco install ninja -y

Set up Boost and HWLOC as described in the issue
Build hpx with command line arguments as described in the issue

vhandziuk on May 20, 2023

I don’t know if I can help with this issue as I am not an expert in platform-specific C++ build configurations and this is my first experience with the HPX project. If I can provide you with more information or logs that might be helpful to you, just let me know.

P.S.: HPX 1.9.0 builds with no issues on Ubuntu 22.04, GCC 11.3.0

vhandziuk on May 18, 2023