node-gyp build not working on Windows

[steveworkman]

Hi guys,

Before I start, yes, I've read GH-71 GH-69 GH-67 GH-66 and I'm still having problems.

I took the latest build from git (npm is on version 0.5.0 which fails with a make command as reported here in GH-71) and tried to build it with node-gyp.

I ran:
node-gyp configure && node-gyp build bindings.gyp

I got this:

$ node-gyp configure && node-gyp build binding.gyp
info it worked if it ends with ok
spawn python [ 'c:\\Users\\lonsw18\\.node-gyp\\0.6.15\\tools\\gyp_addon',
  'binding.gyp',
  '-Ic:\\Users\\lonsw18\\node.bcrypt.js\\build\\config.gypi',
  '-f',
  'msvs',
  '-G',
  'msvs_version=2010' ]
info done ok
info it worked if it ends with ok
spawn C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe [ 'build/binding
.sln',
  'binding.gyp',
  '/clp:Verbosity=minimal',
  '/nologo',
  '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=Win32' ]
MSBUILD : error MSB1008: Only one project can be specified.
Switch: binding.gyp

For switch syntax, type "MSBuild /help"
ERR! Error: `C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe` failed w
ith exit code: 1
    at ChildProcess.onExit (c:\Users\lonsw18\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\no
de-gyp\lib\build.js:209:23)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17)
    at maybeExit (child_process.js:360:16)
    at Process.onexit (child_process.js:396:5)
ERR! not ok

I'm running node 0.6.15 and node-gyp@0.4.1 (latest as of April 24 2012). Any ideas?

Thanks,
Steve

[TooTallNate]

The binding.gyp filename is implicit; you don't need to specify it. Instead do this:

$ node-gyp configure && node-gyp build

I'm assuming you'll run into other problems during the build on Windows though currently.

[TooTallNate]

Actually on second look it might actually work.

The problem is that it seems something went wrong during the npm publish, because the "install" script is still set for some reason (there should be none):

$ npm show bcrypt scripts.install
make build

@ncb000gt @shtylman One of you should maybe try republishing?

[TooTallNate]

More on-topic: here's what the current build status on Windows XP was for me (done by cloning the repo and running node-gyp manually): https://gist.github.com/b8a497371f47e59d506e

[steveworkman]

Using the commands without binding.gyp I get exactly the same error messages as you do. Also, if I go into Visual Studio and create the project manually I get the same errors as I do with node-gyp. I'm using Win7 x64 with Visual Studio 2010 and Python 2.7.3

Any ideas?

[TooTallNate]

@steveworkman The source code will need to be updated to play nice with the Windows compiler (i.e. go through and fix the errors that the compiler is reporting). It's stricter about some things...

[steveworkman]

@TooTallNate there's hardly 116 lines of code in there! Is it missing something? A dll for openssl maybe?

I don't know C++, but maybe I can help somehow?

[TooTallNate]

I think the first error is because u_int32_t is not defined.

[steveworkman]

I've got a few stackoverflow helpers: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5163835/what-is-u-int32-t

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5657825/whats-the-equivalent-of-int32-t-in-visual-c

[ncb000gt]

I've actually started looking into this and got an environment, that I think can work, up and running last night so over the next few days I'll be drinking heavily and trying to get this to work in windows... now where'd I put that bottle...?

[benjaminfisher]

I attempted to install via npm and that didn't work (see comments on #71).

Running Windows7 64bit with mingw32 and Python v. 3.1

---

info it worked if it ends with ok
spawn python [ 'c:\Users\Benjamin.node-gyp\0.6.15\tools\gyp_addon',
'binding.gyp',
'-Ic:\Users\Benjamin\node.bcrypt.js\build\config.gypi',
'-f',
'msvs',
'-G',
'msvs_version=2010' ]
File "c:\Users\Benjamin.node-gyp\0.6.15\tools\gyp_addon", line 40
print 'Error running GYP'
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
ERR! Error: gyp_addon failed with exit code: 1
at ChildProcess.onCpExit (c:\Users\Benjamin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules
\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:226:16)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17)
at maybeExit (child_process.js:360:16)
at Process.onexit (child_process.js:396:5)
ERR! not ok

[TooTallNate]

@benjaminfisher You need Python 2.7. gyp does not support Python 3.

[benjaminfisher]

sigh
I was so excited when Node.js finally cleaned up that Python 2.7 dependence.
Maybe I'll just have to wait on using Calipso.

Thanx.

[TooTallNate]

@benjaminfisher You can install multiple Python versions side-by-side. node-gyp will detect the proper version.

[ncb000gt]

I wanted to update. I haven't forgotten about this, I'm just far less motivated to complete it... ;D

I might be able to wrangle some time soon to get the compile errors worked out. I took care of most of them, but IIRC there were a couple issues regarding ssl when I last left it.

I'll throw this all in a new branch for testing once I get it "working".

[ncb000gt]

@TooTallNate Question for you. I've been using bits from GH-67 (@weareu)'s pull request. And, it compiles but wont link. I've been trying to find where openssl built to so that I can link correctly. This doesn't appear to be working. I've thrown the binding.gyp up in a gist at https://gist.github.com/2689293

Do you have any idea as to what could be wrong here. I suspect it is obvious but I'm in no way familiar with gyp or windows building. I know that on my system the openssl.lib file does not exist, but I added it out of desperation. ;D node.lib does exist but was insufficient when trying to link.

Anyway, thoughts?

edit

I should note that my questions are around getting the openssl.lib file to build or at least be accessible. I'm not sure where the lib goes to since it is used in node proper...