OSX 10.8.2 compiling issues

[spamwax]

I can compile from 'src' directory but not the top level
I'm getting errors, just trying to compile the master branch: error message

where do I get 'gdate' ?

[benblazak]

On Macports, the "gdate" program is part of the "coreutils" package - a package full of the GNU versions of stuff (since OS X by default comes with the BSD versions of stuff) - they prepend a "g" to the names of the programs by default in order not to mess up software that expects the BSD style commands.

[spamwax]

thanks, that part is fixed but the error related to parsing the layout from .map file is still there.

The map file that's been created doesn't have any string to match regex in line 185:

re.search(r'.progmem.data.(_kb_layout\S*)', line).group(1)

Also shouldn't the dots in the above line be escaped similar to the calling function in line 215:

re.search(r'^\s*\.progmem\.data.*layout', line):

[benblazak]

we're using different versions of avr-gcc... :) lol - the top-level build process is really fragile, it was never meant to be widely used... :/ . it's one of the things i'm planning to replace (or just do away with...) in the (very slowly coming) rewrite.

mine is version 4.7.2 - you can see my .map file if you download the .zip of one of my recentish builds here

Edit:
also, you're probably right about the regex - but the current version works on my system, and i wasn't planning to touch the code much on this branch anymore. if you really want to though, you can send a pull request for any changes you make - and if it doesn't hurt the readibility of anything, and it still works on my system, i'll accept it. but please keep in mind that the script will be removed in the rewrite.

[spamwax]

oh, 4.7.2 that's not fair given that the docs on the github sent me to an older version :)
I'm trying to avoid installing MacPorts since I'm already using Homebrew.

Why are you removing the script, I think it's cool and useful that every build generates its own layout in .svg.

[benblazak]

lol, sorry. looking around a bit, it's probably doubly unfair, since I didn't see any easy way to get 4.7.2 without macports, lol. grr... i can think of two other options:

• edit the offending parts of the script out entirely: IIRC, none of the information read from the .map file is used for generating the .svg (or really for anything, that I know of - it was meant to be used by someone else's UI, earlier on in the project)
• fix the regex so it works with the .map files generated by avr-gcc 4.6.2

The reason I think it needs to go is that it's kind of a brittle hack, which was fine for its purpose, but not so much fine to maintain... lol. But it's good to hear that somebody appreciates the .svg :) . I've been trying to think of different (better / less fragile) ways to do that once I get to rewriting that part. If I have time I'll keep the layout generation around.

[benblazak]

Just tested it - I think the following will fix the problem (at the cost of not having as much information in the ui-info file... which should be fine):

Go to the "build-scripts/gen-ui-info.py" file, and change the gen_derived and parse_mapfile functions to do nothing but return {}

def gen_derived(data):
    return {}

def parse_mapfile(map_file_path):
    return {}

[spamwax]

thanks,it's working now.
yea, I tried compiling 4.7 from source but couldn't proceed past the GNU binutils step!

[benblazak]

lol. glad it works! :)