[Mapserver-users] MapServer Windows external symbol problem

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Sorry for the earlier message. I just saw this e-mail. I guess there is 
no issue anymore.


Howard Butler wrote:

> Ed,
> 
> Under CVS MapServer, regex.obj is no longer available as a target.  
> Also, I was only building the regex.obj from GNU's regex and none of the 
> test harness.  I later found a link to a message from Assefa that said 
> he uses PHP's regex.  I rolled PHP into the mix and my regex problem 
> went away.
> 
> Howard
> 
> At 02:49 PM 6/21/2004, Ed McNierney wrote:
> 
>> Howard -
>>
>> Add the target name "regex.obj" to the nmake command line - the errors
>> come from trying to build the test applications, which you don't need.
>>
>> If you click on the first entry found by the Google search you emailed
>> below, you'll find me saying the same thing <g>.
>>
>>         - Ed
>>
>> Ed McNierney
>> President and Chief Mapmaker
>> TopoZone.com
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu
>> [mailto:mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Howard
>> Butler
>> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 3:17 PM
>> To: assefa at dmsolutions.ca
>> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>> Subject: [Mapserver-users] MapServer Windows external symbol problem
>>
>> Assefa,
>>
>> I am trying to compile Windows MapServer, but I am having trouble
>> getting regex to behave when it comes time to link.  Apparently, many
>> others have had trouble as well
>> <http://www.google.com/search?q=regex.obj+:+error+LNK2001:+unresolved+ex
>> ternal+symbol+_printchar&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&start=10&sa=N&filte
>> r=0>.
>>
>> Here is the link error:
>> regex.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _printchar
>>
>> I have tried every permutation of putting that symbol in the header,
>> making sure it is extern'ed properly (in both the C file and the
>> header), but I am having no luck.  I grepped through my VC++ include
>> files and my cygwin include files for that function prototype
>> (printchar), but I cannot find it anywhere.
>>
>> If you have any ideas of other things I might try, I'd greatly
>> appreciate it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Howard
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Howard Butler
>> Department of Statistics
>> Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology Iowa State University
>> 212 Snedecor Hall
>> Ames, IA 50011
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> http://hobu.biz
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mapserver-users mailing list
>> Mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>> http://lists.gis.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
> 
> 
> 


-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------
Assefa Yewondwossen
Software Analyst

Email: assefa at dmsolutions.ca
http://www.dmsolutions.ca/

Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14)
Fax:   (613) 565-0925
----------------------------------------------------------------