[Insight-users] Error compiling ITK 4.4.1 using MinGW on WinXP

[Dan Mueller]

Hi all,

I am having trouble compiling ITK 4.41 using MinGW on Windows XP.

Here is the error I encountered:
[ 42%] Building CXX object
Modules/Core/Common/src/CMakeFiles/ITKCommon.dir/itkObjectFactoryBase.cxx.obj
[ 42%] Building CXX object
Modules/Core/Common/src/CMakeFiles/ITKCommon.dir/itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx.obj
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:
In static member function 'static void
itk::FloatingPointExceptions::Enable()':
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:432:14:
error: '_EM_DENORMAL' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:432:29:
error: '_EM_UNDERFLOW' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:432:45:
error: '_EM_INEXACT' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:432:58:
error: '_MCW_EM' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:432:65:
error: '_controlfp' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:
In static member function 'static void
itk::FloatingPointExceptions::Disable()':
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:440:14:
error: '_EM_INVALID' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:440:28:
error: '_EM_DENORMAL' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:440:43:
error: '_EM_ZERODIVIDE' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:440:60:
error: '_EM_OVERFLOW' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:441:14:
error: '_EM_UNDERFLOW' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:441:30:
error: '_EM_INEXACT' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:441:43:
error: '_MCW_EM' was not declared in this scope
C:\ITK\InsightToolkit-4.4.1\Modules\Core\Common\src\itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx:441:50:
error: '_controlfp' was not declared in this scope
mingw32-make.exe[2]: ***
[Modules/Core/Common/src/CMakeFiles/ITKCommon.dir/itkFloatingPointExceptions.cxx.obj]
Error 1
mingw32-make.exe[1]: ***
[Modules/Core/Common/src/CMakeFiles/ITKCommon.dir/all] Error 2
mingw32-make.exe: *** [all] Error 2

Here are the steps I followed:
1. Installed MinGW with MSYS, gcc 4.6.2 (MinGW/bin is in path)
2. Installed CMake 2.8.11.1
3. Downloaded and extracted ITK 4.4.1 zip file
4. Opened CMake GUI, set source and build directories
5. Configure
6. Selected "MinGW Makefiles" generator
7. Set BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF, BUILD_TESTING=OFF, CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
8. Configure
9. Generate
10. Opened normal Windows command prompt (not MSYS)
11. Changed directory to Build directory
12. Ran the command: mingw32-make.exe
13. Compilation proceeded well until 42%, then error above
CMakeCache.txt is available here (144KB):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20309490/CMakeCache.txt

I would have expected the above procedure to work. However I note the
Wiki (http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/Configuring_and_Building/MinGW) says
"specify MSYS Makefiles (NOT MinGW Makefiles) as the generator". Could
this be the reason? Why does MinGW Makefiles generator not work?

Any help appreciated!

Cheers, Dan