Using clang++ for code analysis in an Autotools project in Eclipse - eclipse

I am using Eclipse 4.2 on Mac OS 10.8, with the command line tools (Xcode 4.6.3) installed. The clang compiler supports C++11 by means of using the following flags: -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++.
I have an Autotools-managed project in Eclipse. Real compilation works as expected after overriding CXX and CXXFLAFGS environment variables when configure is called. However, the static code analysis in Eclipse continues to use GCC (the version installed with Xcode is GCC 4.2), so there is no support for C++11, and lots of lines display errors that are not real ones, making static code analysis almost useless.
Using homebrew I also installed GCC 4.7, but I have not succeeded to make Eclipse use that version (or clang++) for performing static code analysis.
Is it possible, when using an Autotools-managed project, to make Eclipse use a different compiler for the static code analysis? Where should I specify that?

After installing Xcode 5, and following the directions in this question, I managed to solve the problem (I cannot test anymore whether this applies to Xcode 4.6 too).
The solution is to go to Project properties -> C/C++ General -> Preprocessor Include Paths, Macros etc. -> Providers -> CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings, and in Command to get compiler specs: append -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++.
After doing that change, the line should look like:
${COMMAND} -E -P -v -dD ${INPUTS} -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++

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Building Swift on CentOS

I am building Swift compiler from source on CentOS 6, and am running into a library issue. After fighting with the build script for a while I have got where running ./utils/build-script eventually gives:
+ /home/src/cmake-3.4.1-Linux-x86_64/bin/cmake --build /home/src/swift/build/Ninja-DebugAssert/cmark-linux-x86_64 -- all
ninja: no work to do.
llvm: using standard linker
+ cd /home/src/swift/build/Ninja-DebugAssert/llvm-linux-x86_64
+ /home/src/cmake-3.4.1-Linux-x86_64/bin/cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:PATH=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:PATH=clang++ '-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS= ' '-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS= ' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Debug -DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS:BOOL=TRUE -DLLVM_TOOL_SWIFT_BUILD:BOOL=NO '-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86;ARM;AArch64' -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS:BOOL=TRUE -LLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS:BOOL=TRUE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -DINTERNAL_INSTALL_PREFIX=local /home/src/swift/llvm
CMake Error at cmake/modules/CheckAtomic.cmake:36 (message):
Host compiler appears to require libatomic, but cannot find it.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
cmake/config-ix.cmake:296 (include)
CMakeLists.txt:403 (include)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/src/swift/build/Ninja-DebugAssert/llvm-linux-x86_64/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/src/swift/build/Ninja-DebugAssert/llvm-linux-x86_64/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
./utils/build-script: command terminated with a non-zero exit status 1, aborting
(gcc-4.8.2 was what I compiled llvm with)
libatomic is there:
$ locate libatomic
/opt/gcc-4.8.2/lib64/libatomic.a
/opt/gcc-4.8.2/lib64/libatomic.la
/opt/gcc-4.8.2/lib64/libatomic.so
/opt/gcc-4.8.2/lib64/libatomic.so.1
/opt/gcc-4.8.2/lib64/libatomic.so.1.0.0
I just don't know how to tell the build system where to look. I have tried the usual CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH (exporting on the command line - I am not sure if cmake works like the way LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBRARY_PATH work) but it can't seem to find it.
I also don't have root on the machine.
I had not tried building from source on CentOS 6 until I saw this question, but I have been able to build Swift 2.2 on CentOS 7.1 and Ubuntu 14.04, with partial success. A few things to think about:
You will need numerous dependencies required to build Swift, and unless
they happen to be already on the system, you will need root access to
install them.
Use -R flag with the build-script to create a release build.
Building in DebugAssert (the default) will require a lot of memory. In my case even 14 GB was not sufficient. A release build
can be done with about 6 GB.
As for your specific problem, it is related to Clang's dependency on GCC-related packages for headers and libraries. See, for example, Fedora 21 with clang, without gcc.
Even if you installed GCC 4.8.2 and adjusted the path to use gcc and g++ from 4.8.2, Clang may still be looking in the old GCC directories for headers and libraries. CMake first tries to compile a C++ test file that includes the header atomic, which does not exist in the old GCC. So, it then tries to link a C test program that uses the library libatomic, which again doesn't exist in the old GCC. You can see this by looking at llvm/cmake/modules/CheckAtomic.cmake mentioned by usr1234567. CMakeError.log and CMakeOutput.log can also provide valuable insight. BTW, when I was building Swift on CentOS 7.1, I didn't run into this problem because GCC 4.8.2 was used by Clang for headers and libraries and the atomic header was found, so the C++ file got compiled. However, had the libatomic check been done, it would have failed, because libatomic.so in the repository-provided 4.8.2 has INPUT ( <name of some non-existent file> ), so trying to link with libatomic errors out.
I'm sure there are various ways of dealing with this issue, but what solved the problem for me was setting the following environment variables, please adjust to your specific setup:
export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/gcc-4.8.2/include/c++/4.8.2:/opt/gcc-4.8.2/include/c++/4.8.2/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
export LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gcc-4.8.2/lib64:/opt/gcc-4.8.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.8.2
Also make sure that your 4.8.2 version of libstdc++.so is available to the dynamic linker at runtime. Since you don't have root, do
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gcc-4.8.2/lib64
If you had root, you could use ldconfig.
Before you start building Swift, you may want to try building, using Clang, a simple C program linking it with libatomic (the code doesn't actually have to use any symbols from the lib) and a simple C++ program that includes the <atomic> header. When compiling the C++ program, use the -std=c++11 compiler flag. If the C++ program compiles successfully, then it is not necessary for the libatomic linking test to be successful.
Interestingly, the CMakeOutput.log file still did not report finding GCC 4.8.2 as a candidate GCC installation, but the configuration/build worked well past the error.
Hopefully this helps. Please let us know if you run into something else.
CheckAtomic.cmake seems to be part of LLVM. I found a file at Github and it tries to find '__atomic_fetch_add_4' from libatomic
check_library_exists(atomic __atomic_fetch_add_4 "" HAVE_LIBATOMIC)
This fails for you. Check CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log to get more details why this test failed. Or try this line in a new project.

MATLAB can't see my C compiler to mex svmlib

I have 64-bit Mac, OS X 10.8.5, and I have xcode installed. I can also verify gcc works from the command line. When I type mex -setup I get
The options files available for mex are:
1: /Applications/MATLAB_R2013a.app/bin/mexopts.sh :
Template Options file for building MEX-files
0: Exit with no changes
This is unhelpful. And when I type make, with all of the relevant libsvm files in my folder of choice, I get
make
xcodebuild: error: SDK "macosx10.7" cannot be located.
xcrun: error: unable to find utility "clang", not a developer tool or in PATH
mex: compile of ' "libsvmread.c"' failed.
If make.m fails, please check README about detailed instructions.
Is anyone able to help me with this?
The quickest thing is to edit the mexopts.sh file directly, using your favorite text editor (you may need to do this with "Administrator Privileges"). The file:
/Applications/MATLAB_R2013a.app/bin/mexopts.sh
defines a bunch of paths and flags for invoking the C/C++ compiler on your system. It tends not to keep up with revisions to the MacOS.
On my system, I had to make the following changes:
lines 258-260
CC='gcc'
SDKROOT='/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk'
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.6'
line 273
CXX=g++
There will be many references to "CC=" in the file; you're looking for the ones that follow the line
maci64)
But the correct values for your system depend on which gcc/g++ you have and where they are installed. As you can see, I have the MacOS 10.6 Developer tools installed under /Develop. You will need an install of the Developer tools (XCode) - see
How to use/install gcc on Mac OS X 10.8 / Xcode 4.4
In more recent versions of the XCode tools, the path might look more like:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.9.sdk
But compiling MEX code with more recent versions of XCode might cause other problems - I had issues with char16_t, see:
MEX compile error: unknown type name 'char16_t'

Eclipse, Macos 10.8 and C++11

I'm trying to use C++11 but eclipse is having some trouble with it. I've used macports to get gcc48, and I've followed various guides for getting eclipse to use the new compiler, including this, this,
and I've also changed the compiler command from the eclipse standard to the g++-mp-4.8 as explained here
I am trying to build the following program:
#include <iostream>
#include<memory>
using namespace std;
int main() {
std::unique_ptr<double> ptr(new double);
*ptr = 11.345;
cout << (*ptr) << endl;
return 0;
}
The terminal will compile this fine,
make all
Building file: ../src/C++11.cpp
Invoking: Cross G++ Compiler
/opt/local/bin/g++ -I/opt/local/bin -I/opt/local/include -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++0x -MMD -MP -MF"src/C++11.d" -MT"src/C++11.d" -o "src/C++11.o" "../src/C++11.cpp"
Finished building: ../src/C++11.cpp
Building target: C++11
Invoking: Cross G++ Linker
g++ -o "C++11" ./src/C++11.o
Finished building target: C++11
and the program runs just as expected. However, in eclipse, I still get the error message Symbol 'unique_ptr' could not be resolved.
I would like to continue using eclipse as more than just a project manager and makefile builder, so any help on this would be appreciated!
Rather than using g++, one can use clang++. I used the answers Error when compiling some simple c++ code, clang 3.1 can't see unique_ptr? and How to compile a C++0x code on Eclipse CDT on mac? as guides to come up with the following steps:
change the compiler in the Project->Properties->C/C++ Build -> Settings -> Gcc C++ Compiler -> Command (change g++ to clang++).
in Project->Properties->C/C++ Build -> Settings -> Gcc C++ Compiler -> Miscellaneous, append -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ to the flags.
do the same as one for the linker under C/C++ Build -> Settings -> Gcc C++ Linker -> Command
in Properties->C/C++ Build -> Settings -> Gcc C++ Linker -> Miscellaneous, add -stdlib=libc++ to the Linker flags.
in Properties->C/C++ General -> Preprocessor Include Paths, Macros,etc -> Providers -> CDT GCC Builtin Compiler Settings, turn off the Share option, and append -std=c++11 to the Command to get compiler specs.
The compilation works perfectly and the program runs well. That eclipse doesn't recognize the smart pointer appears to be a bug: see Turn off eclipse errors (that arent really errors)

"No source available for.." using Nsight Eclipse Edition RC1 on OSX 10.8.1

I'm trying to use CUDA 5 RC1 on OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.1. When debugging from Nsight Eclipse Edition I get the error:
No source available for main()
I've verified that nvcc is set to use -g and -G to emit device and host debug symbols and that -O0 is set to disable optimizations.
Any ideas what the issue is or some other diagnostics I can carry out?
The issue, for me at least, turned out to be that the architecture needed to be set to x64.
To do this, right click on your project and hit Properties.
Then go to Build --> Settings --> Tool Settings.
Under NVCC Compiler --> Code Generation, set Architecture to x64.
Under NVCC Linker --> Miscellaneous set Architecture to x64.
Finally, clean the project and rebuild.

Is there a third-party builder besides LLVM and LLVM-GCC?

I wish to build a lib (written in C language) with a thrid-party builder(not LLVM or GCC), and use it in my Xcode project. The lib itself can indeed be compiled with LLVM or GCC, but my manager wants to know whether it can be compiled by other compilers because he want to get a best performance.
PS: I used the ARM compiler (armcc 5.01 Build 94, in ARM DS-5 IDE) and also Keil uVision 4.54 on my machine. The compilers work well on compiling but their generation cannot be used as a lib for Xcode, for the formating of their compiled object are not correct, and I cannot figure out how to compile and run this binary on iOS.