Povray-3.7.0.RC6 successfully compiled on MacBook Pro MAC OS X 10.7.5

In the following document, I give all the modification I've done to make POVRAY
to compile.

The modifications should be included in the configuration process. But I don't


First, let give all the important technical data about my system.

Then I explain the changes I've made to the code.

You **will** be able to download the modified code on:

http://beurive.com/data/povray.zip

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I compile using the GNU environment, installed via MacPorts.

POVRAY version: povray-3.7.0.RC6

$ machine
  i486

$ sw_vers
  ProductName:    Mac OS X
  ProductVersion: 10.7.5
  BuildVersion:   11G63

$ gcc -v
  ...
  Target: i686-apple-darwin11
  ....
  Thread model: posix
  gcc version 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)

$ port list boost pth jpeg libpng tiff zlib
  boost          @1.52.0         devel/boost
  pth            @2.0.7          devel/pth
  jpeg           @8d             graphics/jpeg
  libpng         @1.5.13         graphics/libpng
  tiff           @3.9.7          graphics/tiff
  zlib           @1.2.7          archivers/zlib

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Configure

../configure COMPILED_BY="tes### [at] testcom" \
            CXX=g++ \
            CXXCPP="g++ -E" \
            LDFLAGS='-L/opt/local/lib -lboost_system-mt' \
            CXXFLAGS="-DMACOS10_7_5"

Note: see "Problem 2" for "CXXFLAGS".

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Problem 1:

"uint" is not defined.

You need to include <sys/types.h>.

I added it in the file "./vfe/unix/syspovconfig.h".

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Problem 2:

"lseek64" is not defined in file "./source/base/image/image.cpp".

I added a dirty macro in "./vfe/unix/syspovconfig.h".

#ifdef MACOS10_7_5
#define POV_LSEEK(a,b,c) lseek(a,b,c)
#else
#define POV_LSEEK(a,b,c) lseek64(a,b,c)
#endif

Then I replaced "lseek64" by "POV_LSEEK" in file
"./source/base/image/image.cpp".

Note : You need to add a CXXFLAGS to the command "configure".

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Problem 3:

Thread-local storage not supported for this target.

You need to comment 4 macros in the file ./vfe/unix/syspovconfig.h.

// #define DECLARE_THREAD_LOCAL_PTR(ptrType, ptrName)                __thread
ptrType *ptrName
// #define IMPLEMENT_THREAD_LOCAL_PTR(ptrType, ptrName, ignore)      __thread
ptrType *ptrName
// #define GET_THREAD_LOCAL_PTR(ptrName)                             (ptrName)
// #define SET_THREAD_LOCAL_PTR(ptrName, ptrValue)                   (ptrName =
ptrValue)

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Problem 4:

"boost::TIME_UTC" is not defined.

You need to replace it by "boost::TIME_UTC_" in :
  o ./source/backend/scene/view.cpp.
  o ./vfe/vfesession.cpp
  o ./vfe/vfepovms.cpp

I have added the following code into "./vfe/unix/syspovconfig.h":

#include "boost/version.hpp"

#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105000
#define POV_BOOST_UTIME boost::TIME_UTC_
#else
#define POV_BOOST_UTIME boost::TIME_UTC
#endif

Then replace "boost::TIME_UTC" by "POV_BOOST_UTIME" everyhere.



Best regards,

Denis

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Hello,

While compiling Povray-3.7.0.RC6 on MacBook Pro MAC OS X 10.7.5, I have problem
with "uint". I add to include <sys/types.h>.

In order to increase the portability, I suggest to replace every occurrence of
"uint" by "unsigned int".

Unlike "uint", "unsigned int" is always defined. Therefore, I suggest to replace
every occurrence of "uint" by "unsigned int".

There are only  3 lines to modify, distributed in 2 files.
  -  ./vfe/unix/vfeplatform.h (2 lines).
  -  ./vfe/vfesession.h (1 line).

It is a small modification, bu I think it worth it.

Note: find . -type f -name "*.h" -exec grep -H 'uint' {} \;

Best regards,

Denis

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