[Linux] Compiling CVS in Ubuntu Edgy

arbrandes · March 20th, 2007

Having trouble compiling VBA from CVS on a fully updated Ubuntu Edgy 6.10:

Code:

Making all in i386
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/emulation/VisualBoyAdvance/src/i386'
/usr/bin/nasm -f elf -o 2xSaImmx.o 2xSaImmx.asm
2xSaImmx.asm:86: error: parser: instruction expected
2xSaImmx.asm:794: error: symbol `NEWSYM' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:794: error: parser: instruction expected
2xSaImmx.asm:817: error: symbol `.Loop' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:1194: error: symbol `.SKIP_GUESS' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:1321: error: symbol `.SKIP_PROCESS' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:1374: error: symbol `NEWSYM' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:1374: error: parser: instruction expected
2xSaImmx.asm:1398: error: symbol `.Loop' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:1863: error: symbol `.SKIP_GUESS' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:1934: error: symbol `.SKIP_PROCESS' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:1964: error: symbol `NEWSYM' redefined
2xSaImmx.asm:1964: error: parser: instruction expected
make[2]: *** [2xSaImmx.o] Error 1

Any ideas? As far as I can tell all build dependencies are satisfied. However, I know next to nothing about asm.

Also, is CVS being updated with Spacy's changes?

Thank you,
Adolfo

MNK · March 29th, 2007

It's been a long time, since I posted here for the last time, but that's not the point.
To the point, then. I've been playing with compiling CVS sources for the last few days (about 18 hours). I must say that the build system annoys me quite a bit. Tried to upgrade it to latest autotools (automake 1.10, autoconf 1.61), wasn't very easy, but again, not that hard either. I wonder why the hell configure.in checks for zutil.h, if the only installed zlib headers are zlib.h and zconf.h. Edited it for a bit and it seems to compile/work with those two instead, after very little changes.
But I'm rambling again. Anyway, after looking at a few pages, the fact that author of 2xSaI was using zsnes sources, when he was optimizing it. Must warn you, I know almost nothing about assembler, too. In zsnes sources there's a macro

Code:

%imacro newsym 1
  GLOBAL %1
  %1:
%endmacro

I changed it to:

Code:

%imacro NEWSYM 1
  GLOBAL %1
  %1:
%endmacro

then put it right above first %ifdef/%endif using NEWSYM in 2xSaImmx.asm and everything seems to work now.

arbrandes · March 29th, 2007

Well, I'll be damned! Thanks a lot, MNK! Will test as soon as I get a chance.

MNK · March 30th, 2007

After reading a bit more, namely nasm man page, I learned that actually I haven't changed that macro, after all. %imacro defines a case-insensitive macro, so both code blocks above are in fact the same.

March 29th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
MNK Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Poland Posts: 48	It's been a long time, since I posted here for the last time, but that's not the point. To the point, then. I've been playing with compiling CVS sources for the last few days (about 18 hours). I must say that the build system annoys me quite a bit. Tried to upgrade it to latest autotools (automake 1.10, autoconf 1.61), wasn't very easy, but again, not that hard either. I wonder why the hell configure.in checks for zutil.h, if the only installed zlib headers are zlib.h and zconf.h. Edited it for a bit and it seems to compile/work with those two instead, after very little changes. But I'm rambling again. Anyway, after looking at a few pages, the fact that author of 2xSaI was using zsnes sources, when he was optimizing it. Must warn you, I know almost nothing about assembler, too. In zsnes sources there's a macro Code: %imacro newsym 1 GLOBAL %1 %1: %endmacro I changed it to: Code: %imacro NEWSYM 1 GLOBAL %1 %1: %endmacro then put it right above first %ifdef/%endif using NEWSYM in 2xSaImmx.asm and everything seems to work now. Last edited by MNK; March 29th, 2007 at 13:57.

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March 29th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
arbrandes Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brazil Posts: 4	Well, I'll be damned! Thanks a lot, MNK! Will test as soon as I get a chance.

March 30th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
MNK Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Poland Posts: 48	After reading a bit more, namely nasm man page, I learned that actually I haven't changed that macro, after all. %imacro defines a case-insensitive macro, so both code blocks above are in fact the same.