[swift-corelibs-dev] [XCTest] Cannot build using XCode

[Madhu Samuel]

Hi Brian Croom,

Thanks for the quick response. I deleted the entire build directory now.
Initiated a new build. Fingers crossed...

Will update the status as soon as the build finishes.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Brian Croom <brian.s.croom at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hmm, have you tried deleting your `build/swift-macosx-x86_64/` directory?
> I wonder if cached CMake values could cause that issue.
>
> (By the way, I can confirm that getting the build going for the first time
> is the most challenging! I hope we can get things going for you soon.)
>
> 2016-06-20 22:22 GMT-04:00 Madhu Samuel <madhusamuel at gmail.com>:
>
>> So after spending almost a week trying to build swift and core libraries
>> (mainly xctest) during the end of May un-successfully, I made up my mind to
>> give another attempt today.
>>
>> I checkout the latest code from swift repo. Since the xctest
>> documentation says, "Confirm you're able to build the Swift project using
>> utils/build-script -R", that's where I started.
>>
>> Unfortunately, build-script -R gives the below error.
>>
>> <unknown>:0: error: Swift does not support the SDK 'MacOSX10.11.sdk'
>>
>>
>> My active developer directory is
>> '/Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer'.
>> The toolchain is 'Xode 8.0'
>>
>> The build is taken in Mac OSX El Capitan 10.11.4
>>
>> Let me know whether I miss anything? I assume getting the build working
>> for the first time is the hardest, but there I am!
>>
>> Any help is appreciated!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Madhu
>>
>> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Madhu Samuel <madhusamuel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Wow, that was a quick response. Thanks Brian Gesiak and Brian Croom.
>>>
>>> My first quick attempt using build-toolchain script to build my own tool
>>> chain failed. Anyway I will give it another try and let you know the status.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:52 AM, Brian Croom <brian.s.croom at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's right, breaking changes have been made to Swift since the latest
>>>> toolchain snapshot was released, and Corelibs Foundation has been updated
>>>> accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> Until the next snapshot, an alternative to building your own toolchain
>>>> would be to check out an older commit of Foundation which still builds with
>>>> the compiler in the snapshot toolchain, since XCTest doesn't depend on
>>>> any of the more recent Foundation changes. I've had success using this
>>>> commit:
>>>> https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation/commit/04d4f92870652160388f1c69de3fd7bb0656860c
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> söndag 29 maj 2016 skrev Brian Gesiak via swift-corelibs-dev <
>>>> swift-corelibs-dev at swift.org>:
>>>>
>>>>> Madhu,
>>>>>
>>>>> Oy, my bad -- I only just noticed you put the toolchain version at the
>>>>> bottom of your original email.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's possible the May 9th toolchain is already too old to build
>>>>> XCTest. I'll double-check myself. In the meantime, you may want to try
>>>>> building your own toolchain and using that.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Brian Gesiak
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 7:23 AM -0700, "Brian Gesiak" <
>>>>> modocache at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Madhu,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the report!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The main difference between the build scripts (which use xcodebuild)
>>>>>> and using Xcode itself is the version of Swift that is used. The build
>>>>>> scripts build a Swift 3.0 compiler, then use that to build XCTest. When
>>>>>> using Xcode directly, you need to select a recent Swift toolchain yourself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which Swift toolchain are you using to compile XCTest in Xcode?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our tests only make sure apple/swift master works. If the latest
>>>>>> Swift toolchain from http://swift.org doesn't work, you may have to
>>>>>> built your own toolchain. You can do so using the `utils/build-toolchain`
>>>>>> script in the Swift repository.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once you figure out your Swift toolchain version, let us know! You
>>>>>> should be able to find out in the preferences pane in Xcode.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Brian Gesiak
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 1:24 AM -0700, "Madhu Samuel via
>>>>>> swift-corelibs-dev" <swift-corelibs-dev at swift.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am new to this forum.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to build the xctest project. I followed the instructions
>>>>>>> at https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-xctest
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am able to successfully build via the build scripts. But, if I
>>>>>>> build XCTest using xcode using the SwiftXCTest scheme I am getting a few
>>>>>>> errors.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. swift-corelibs-foundation/Foundation/NSXMLDTDNode.swift:242:64:
>>>>>>> error: cannot convert value of type 'UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>' (aka
>>>>>>> 'UnsafeMutablePointer<()>') to expected argument type 'OpaquePointer'
>>>>>>>             let unmanaged =
>>>>>>> Unmanaged<NSXMLDTDNode>.fromOpaque(privateData)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. swift-corelibs-foundation/Foundation/NSTimer.swift:14:47: error:
>>>>>>> cannot convert value of type 'UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>' (aka
>>>>>>> 'UnsafeMutablePointer<()>') to expected argument type 'OpaquePointer'
>>>>>>>     let t =
>>>>>>> Unmanaged<NSTimer>.fromOpaque(info!).takeUnretainedValue()
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My dev environment,
>>>>>>> OS: Mac OSX El Capitan 10.11.4 (15E65).
>>>>>>> Xcode Version: Version 7.3.1 (7D1014)
>>>>>>> XCode Toolchain: Swift Development Snapshot 2016-05-09 (a)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Madhu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>
>>
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