[foreign] Instructions for using libraries on Windows

[Jorn Vernee]

Good catch.

Here is the updated webrev: 
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jvernee/panama/webrevs/instructions/webrev.01/

I've also added specific command lines for building/running on Windows 
(I was using intellij before).

Jorn

Maurizio Cimadamore schreef op 2019-01-17 19:14:
> The changes you made look good - only nit, in the Windows notes you
> mention "Visual Studios" (note the plural) a few times - I'd replace
> with the singular form.
> 
> The rest is good
> 
> Maurizio
> 
> On 17/01/2019 17:27, Jorn Vernee wrote:
>> I got the .html generation working with the help of Erik from 
>> build-dev, so I think I can manage myself.
>> 
>> Want me to sent an RFR with an actual webrev as well?
>> 
>> Jorn
>> 
>> Maurizio Cimadamore schreef op 2019-01-17 18:20:
>>> Let us know if you need help with pushing this
>>> 
>>> Thanks for trying this out on Windows!
>>> 
>>> Maurizio
>>> 
>>> On 17/01/2019 16:48, Jorn Vernee wrote:
>>>>> The `make update-build-doc` does not work on windows [1], so I ask
>>>>> that you generate the .html dos for me instead.
>>>> 
>>>> Apologies. It seems to be a configuration problem on my end, and not 
>>>> necessarily a problem with Windows.
>>>> 
>>>> Jorn
>>>> 
>>>> Jorn Vernee schreef op 2019-01-17 17:36:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have updated panama_foreign.md with instructions for jextracting 
>>>>> and
>>>>> running OpenGL and Python. I have also tried other Windows 
>>>>> applicable
>>>>> libraries, here were the issues:
>>>>> 
>>>>> LAPACK & BLAS: require libgfortran-3 as a dependency, which I 
>>>>> couldn't
>>>>> find a binary distro for so quickly. (MINGW has a package for it, 
>>>>> but
>>>>> only libgfortran-4)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tensorflow: is crashing jextract with a stack overflow error.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ```
>>>>>     Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
>>>>>         at
>>>>> jdk.internal.clang/jdk.internal.clang.StructType.<init>(StructType.java:37) 
>>>>>         at
>>>>> jdk.internal.clang/jdk.internal.clang.StructType.<init>(StructType.java:32) 
>>>>>         at 
>>>>> jdk.internal.clang/jdk.internal.clang.Type.<init>(Type.java:30)
>>>>>         at
>>>>> jdk.internal.clang/jdk.internal.clang.Type.canonicalType(Native
>>>>> Method)
>>>>>         at
>>>>> jdk.jextract/com.sun.tools.jextract.TypeDictionary.getInternal(TypeDictionary.java:134) 
>>>>>         at
>>>>> jdk.jextract/com.sun.tools.jextract.TypeDictionary.getInternal(TypeDictionary.java:134) 
>>>>>         at
>>>>> jdk.jextract/com.sun.tools.jextract.TypeDictionary.getInternal(TypeDictionary.java:134) 
>>>>>         at
>>>>> jdk.jextract/com.sun.tools.jextract.TypeDictionary.getInternal(TypeDictionary.java:134) 
>>>>>         ...
>>>>> ```
>>>>> 
>>>>> FWIW, you made a note about needing to pass `-C -c -C c++` to 
>>>>> jextract
>>>>> so it doesn't interpret some methods as varargs. I've tried without
>>>>> those flags and am observing the same vararg problem, but in that 
>>>>> case
>>>>> extraction does succeed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The other libraries libproc, readline, and unistd don't seem
>>>>> applicable to Windows. I will be on the lookout for Windows 
>>>>> specific
>>>>> examples that could be interesting.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The `make update-build-doc` does not work on windows [1], so I ask
>>>>> that you generate the .html dos for me instead.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here is the updated panama_foreign.md:
>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jvernee/panama/panama_foreign.md
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jorn
>>>>> 
>>>>> [1] : 
>>>>> https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2019-January/024666.html