Problems building QtGStreamer release build on Windows

[Chris Boucher]

Hi Andoni,

Thanks!

QtGStreamer is built using cmake, which I'm far from an expert in, so
I'm not sure how best to use the GStreamer SDK property sheet with it.
However, I modified the top level CMakeLists.txt as follows:

--- CMakeLists.txt (revision 18879)
+++ CMakeLists.txt (working copy)
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra
-Wformat-security -Wundef -Wpointer-arith -fno-common")
 endif ()

+if (MSVC)
+    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "/OPT:NOREF")
+endif()
+
 set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX} CACHE
STRING "Destination directory for libraries")
 set(INCLUDES_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/QtGStreamer)

and the release DLLs now contain complete import sections. /OPT:NOREF
is the default in debug builds, which explains why it worked there.

I have to say, I find the CRT fix a little odd and possibly
impracticable since I have other libraries I need to link against
(including Qt), but that's not relevant to this thread.

Thanks again,
Chris.

On 14 December 2012 10:27, Andoni Morales <ylatuya at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Visual Studio, make sure that you use the property sheets included
> in the GStreamer SDK as explained in "Remove the dependency with the
> Visual Studio runtime" here:
>  include the property sheets:
> http://docs.gstreamer.com/display/GstSDK/Installing+on+Windows
>
> Apart from linking to the same CRT used by the DLL's built with
> GStreamer, it will also set the the linker option
> OptimizeReferences=False, which will fix your issue in the Release
> build:
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer-sdk/cerbero/tree/data/vs/msvc/common.props#n15
>
> I will update the bug report.
>
> 2012/12/14 Ola Røer Thorsen <ola at silentwings.no>:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> I'm having the exact same problems as you, using visual studio 2010. I
>> reported this on the bugtracker too, btw.
>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686272 but it seems we're the
>> unlucky ones.
>>
>> If you figure it out, please let me know :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ola
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/12/13 Chris Boucher <chris at thebouchers.com>
>>>
>>> Hi Dinesh,
>>>
>>> Thanks for confirming that your import tables are correct.
>>>
>>> I'm going to try VS2010...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>> On 13 December 2012 16:07, Dinesh Kumar <dineshkpadmanaban at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi Chris,
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for correcting me.
>>> >
>>> > I have just now checked my QtGlib.dll. I have my import table correct.
>>> >
>>> > My last suggestion is
>>> >
>>> > Clean the existing build.
>>> > - cmake -G "Visual Studio 8 2005" <other stuffs>
>>> >   - cmake --build . --target install --config Release.
>>> >
>>> > Regards
>>> > Dinesh P
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Chris Boucher <chris at thebouchers.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi Dinesh,
>>> >>
>>> >> The QtGStreamer release build isn't producing the gstreamer dlls, but
>>> >> it is linking to them.
>>> >>
>>> >> The QtGStreamer dlls are linked against the gstreamer ones, which
>>> >> results in QtGStreamer dlls having an import section listing the
>>> >> gstreamer dlls and functions required.
>>> >>
>>> >> If you run "dumpbin /imports QtGlib.dll" (for example) you should see
>>> >> sections for libgobject-2.0-0.dll and libglib-2.0-0.dll.
>>> >>
>>> >> In my debug build these sections also list the functions required. In
>>> >> my release build, the sections exist, but there are no functions
>>> >> listed.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >> Chris.
>>> >>
>>> >> On 13 December 2012 15:04, Dinesh Kumar <dineshkpadmanaban at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > You  mean the relase build is producing dlls with empty import tables
>>> >> > for
>>> >> > gstreamer dlls or QtGstreamer dlls?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I am still wondering, why the QtGstreamer release build is producing
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > gstreamer dlls?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Regards
>>> >> > Dinesh P
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Chris Boucher
>>> >> > <chris at thebouchers.com>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> gstreamer dlls.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
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