Re: Compiling LuaFileSystem on Windows 10

[Russell Haley <russ.haley@...>]

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 9:13 AM, Gisle Vanem <gvanem@yahoo.no> wrote:
> Russell Haley wrote:
>
>> link -dll -def:lfs.def -out:lfs.dll C:/Program Files
>> (x86)/PUC-Lua/5.3.4/x86/lua53.dll src/lfs.obj
>> Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.12.25831.0
>
> Should perhaps be some "" around that long lua53.dll file-name.
>
>> C:\Users\russh\Git\luafilesystem>cl /nologo /MD /O2 -c -Fosrc/lfs.obj
>> -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3.4\include" src\lfs.c
>> lfs.c
>>
>> C:\Users\russh\Git\luafilesystem>link -dll -def:lfs.def -out:lfs.dll
>> "C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3.4\x86\lua53.lib" src/lfs.obj
>
> That's what I mean.
>
>>   Creating library lfs.lib and object lfs.exp
>> lfs.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _lua_gettop
>
> Since lua53.lib is an import-library for lua53.dll, add
> a '-DLUA_BUILD_AS_DLL' to your 'cl' cmd-line.
>
> --
> --gv
>

Hi guys, thanks for all your help. I got my installer working
correclty and Luarocks now picks up the installation directory
auto-magically and finds the lua53.lib file.


Cheers,
Russ

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LuaRocks 3.0.x installer.


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== Checking system... ==
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Admin privileges available for installing
Looking for Lua interpreter
    checking C:\Python36\Scripts
    checking C:\Python36
    checking C:\Windows\system32
    checking C:\Windows
    checking C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
    checking C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
    checking C:\Program Files\PuTTY
    checking C:\Program Files\dotnet
    checking C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn
    checking C:\ProgramData\chocolatey
    checking C:\Program Files\Git\cmd
    checking C:\Program Files\CMake
    checking C:\Program Files (x86)\LuaRocks
    checking C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3
       Found lua.exe, testing it...
Interpreter found, now looking for link libraries...
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lua5.3.lib
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lua53.lib
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lua5.3.dll
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lua53.dll
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\liblua.dll.a
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lib\lua5.3.lib
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lib\lua53.lib
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lib\lua5.3.dll
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lib\lua53.dll
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\lib\liblua.dll.a
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\bin\lua5.3.lib
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\bin\lua53.lib
       Found lua53.lib
Link library found, now looking for headers...
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\include\lua\5.3\lua.h
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\include\lua53\lua.h
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\include\lua5.3\lua.h
    checking for C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\include\lua.h
       Found lua.h
Headers found, checking runtime to use...
    C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\bin\lua.exe uses
VCRUNTIME140.DLL as runtime
Runtime check completed.
Looking for Microsoft toolchain matching runtime VCRUNTIME140 and
architecture x86
    checking: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\Setup\VC
    checking: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VCExpress\14.0\Setup\VS
    Cannot auto-detect Windows SDK version from VCRUNTIME140

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== System check results ==
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Will configure LuaRocks with the following paths:
LuaRocks        : C:\Program Files (x86)\LuaRocks
Config file     : C:\Program Files (x86)\LuaRocks\config-5.3.lua
Rocktree        : c:\program files (x86)\puc-lua\5.3\

Lua interpreter : C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\bin\lua.exe
    binaries    : C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\bin
    libraries   : C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\bin
    includes    : C:\Program Files (x86)\PUC-Lua\5.3\include
    architecture: x86
    binary link : lua53.lib with runtime VCRUNTIME140.dll

Compiler        : Microsoft (make sure it is in your path before using LuaRocks)

Press <ENTER> to start installing, or press <CTRL>+<C> to abort. Use
install /? for installation options.


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