RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Unable to compile 0.10.4 on Windows

["Kerrison, Adam" <Adam_Kerrison@xxxxxxx>]

The vcpkg is 0.9.6 as far as I could tell, which doesn't support/work with openssl 3.x ... unless I've missed something

-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas Schneider <asn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: 20 March 2023 18:40
To: libssh@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Jakub Jelen <jjelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Unable to compile 0.10.4 on Windows

On Monday, 20 March 2023 17:50:50 CET Jakub Jelen wrote:
> On 3/20/23 15:50, Kerrison, Adam wrote:
> > I’ve been trying to build 0.10.4 on Windows using VS 2015 Update 3
> > (community) as we are moving things to OpenSSL 3.x
> > 
> > Here is what I am running (from a VS developer prompt):
> > 
> > cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" C:\srclibssh-0.10.4 
> > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\builds  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Releasee
> > -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1  -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=C:\pkgs\openssl-3.0.8
> > -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\pkgs\zlib-1.2.11\include
> > -DZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG=C:\pkgs\zlib-1.2.11\lib\zlibwapi.lib
> > -DZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE=C:\pkgs\zlib-1.2.11\lib\zlibwapi.lib
> > -DCMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS_INIT=1 -DWITH_SERVER=ON -DWITH_GSSAPI=ON
> > 
> > And I get:
> > 
> > -- The C compiler identification is unknown
> > 
> > -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
> > 
> > -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - failed
> > 
> > -- Check for working C compiler: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft 
> > Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe
> > 
> > -- Check for working C compiler: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft 
> > Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe - broken
> > 
> > CMake Error at C:/Program
> > 
> > Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.26/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:67
(message):
> >    The C compiler
> >  
> >      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> > 
> > 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe"
> > 
> >    is not able to compile a simple test program.
> >  
> >    It fails with the following output:
> >  
> >      Change Dir: C:/builds/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-ix1aqv
> >  
> >      Run Build Command(s):C:/Program Files
> > 
> > (x86)/MSBuild/14.0/bin/MSBuild.exe cmTC_7d48c.vcxproj 
> > /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64 /p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0 
> > /v:n && Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 14.0.25420.1
> > 
> >      Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
> >  
> >      Build started 20/03/2023 14:36:06.
> >  
> >      Project
> > 
> > "C:\builds\CMakeFiles\CMakeScratch\TryCompile-ix1aqv\cmTC_7d48c.vcxproj"
> > on node 1 (default targets).
> > 
> >      PrepareForBuild:
> >  
> >        Creating directory "cmTC_7d48c.dir\Debug\".
> >  
> >        Creating directory
> > 
> > "C:\builds\CMakeFiles\CMakeScratch\TryCompile-ix1aqv\Debug\".
> > 
> >        Creating directory "cmTC_7d48c.dir\Debug\cmTC_7d48c.tlog\".
> >  
> >      InitializeBuildStatus:
> >  
> >        Creating "cmTC_7d48c.dir\Debug\cmTC_7d48c.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild"
> > 
> > because "AlwaysCreate" was specified.
> > 
> >      ClCompile:
> >  
> >        C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> > 
> > 14.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64\CL.exe /c /W1 /WX- /O2 /D _MBCS /D 
> > "CMAKE_INTDIR=\"Debug\"" /Gm- /MD /GS /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t 
> > /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Fo"cmTC_7d48c.dir\Debug\\"
> > /Fd"cmTC_7d48c.dir\Debug\vc140.pdb" /Gd /TC /errorReport:queue 
> > "C:\builds\CMakeFiles\CMakeScratch\TryCompile-ix1aqv\testCCompiler.c"
> > 
> >      TRACKER : error TRK0002: Failed to execute command: 
> > ""C:\Program
> > 
> > Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64\CL.exe"
> > @C:\Users\adam\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpb254535fb3324f56bea10ac7806c08c6.rsp"
> > . The operation completed successfully.
> > [C:\builds\CMakeFiles\CMakeScratch\TryCompile-ix1aqv\cmTC_7d48c.vcxp
> > roj]
> > 
> > Its failed but the operation completed successfully!? I found the C 
> > code its trying to compile and I can compile that manually without issue.
> > 
> > I don’t know enough about cmake to debug this – can anyone give me 
> > some pointers?
> > 
> > I realize this is an old compiler but it was already installed so I 
> > was trying to use it for some tests … I can upgrade but I would like 
> > to avoid that if there is a simpler solution
> 
> Hi,
> I am not a windows developer so I do not have much experience with 
> building with VS. The version 14 is not one of the latest so before 
> debugging further, I would try with some newer compiler. We are now 
> running a CI with VS 15 and it works just ok:
> 
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gitlab.com/libssh/libssh-mirror/-/
> jobs/3963003368__;!!PEZBYkTc!fC4oRBHqbIqfkIatJW4okmCmy1WV3Cs5dxcgHa1Bz
> 3L6r4kbWrjaJuQVLhk_-o14jWhRAB9PsDJRREi1$
> 
> You can check how the libssh is built in the ci also in our gitlab 
> configuration to make sure all dependencies are installed on your side:
> 
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gitlab.com/libssh/libssh-mirror/-/
> blob/master/.gitlab-ci.yml*L459__;Iw!!PEZBYkTc!fC4oRBHqbIqfkIatJW4okmC
> my1WV3Cs5dxcgHa1Bz3L6r4kbWrjaJuQVLhk_-o14jWhRAB9PsCLI01Gy$

You can just use vcpkg ...

vcpkg install libssh


	Andreas

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