Error build SciLexer.dll with boost

andrecool-68

This is a quote from a copy of the README file.

Go in scintilla\win32\ then run nmake -f BOOSTPATH=your_boost_root_path BOOSTREGEXLIBPATH=your_built_lib_path scintilla.mak. For example nmake BOOSTPATH=C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\ BOOSTREGEXLIBPATH=C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x64\ -f scintilla.mak

The created libboost_regex-vc141-mt-s-x64-1_70.lib library was copied to the directory C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x64\

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When I get to point 5 there is an error.

'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

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My installed system:

Oracle VM VirtualBox x64
windows 7 home premium x64
visual studio 2017

Please tell me what is my mistake.

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68

instead of using a standard cmd.exe, use the Visual Studio 2017 Developer Command Prompt.
I assume the error you get is about not finding the nmake tool.

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse
Now there is a new error:

LINK : fatal error LNK1104: can not open file "libboost_regex-vc141-mt-s-x
32-1_70.lib"
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\
Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX86\x86\link.EXE" : returned
code "0x450"
Stop.

I changed the command (deleted the line address-model=64)
C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\bjam.exe toolset=msvc link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static address-model=64 release stage

C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\bjam.exe toolset=msvc link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static release stage

There are currently two libraries.

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Then the file was collected (I understand that it is for x32)
C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\bin\SciLexer.dll

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There are more questions.
Authenticode check failed: signing certificate or hash is not recognized
How exactly to sign the certificate and how to build SciLexer.dll for x64

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68

Please keep in mind that I’m not really a C++ developer. I just have started investigating this language a few weeks ago. So treat my answers with skeptic.

Depending on your VS project you either build x86 or x64 binaries and depending on that configuration VS would grab the one or the other boost::regex library as long as
the libs can be found.

Concerning the “Authenticode check failed” issue,
as far as I understood, a npp debug build can be created without a signed scintilla dll but release builds are checking for signed dlls.
Source is this.

You either can change the code to isOK = true; or you create your own certificates.
But how creating a singend scintilla is done I haven’t investigated yet. Not sure I ever will.

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse
To build SciLexer.dll x64 I used x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017
I now have two files:
x32 SciLexer.dll ~ 1.22 mb
x64 SciLexer.dll ~ 1.73 mb

It remains to understand how to pee this “nasty” certificate)))

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68

Does this mean you haven’t used Visual Studio 2017 to build notepad++ at all?
Did you only build scintilla dll and copied it into an existing npp installation?

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse
Notepad ++ was compiled from the last project of the author. Build release gives certificate error.

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse The debug build works without a certificate error))

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68

Yes, great - that is expected

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse The author himself will add a signature to the next build project … did I understand you correctly?

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68

Yes, if you refer to the release build.
Debug builds will never have such a signature to allow code contributors to easily test there changes/modifications. That’s my understanding.

Edit: With release build I mean the binaries delivered by either the installation or a portable zip.

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68

My lunch break is over - I will follow up later today.

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse Discussio mater veritas est

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68 or better In vino veritas :-D

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68
I found this commit and it looks like that this is the area
where one would need to hack around to create its own key but as said, I don’t really know how this certificates stuff work, yet.

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse

Interesting things, there is a GPG public key
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/nppGpgPub.asc
But after building projects SciLexer.dll and notepad ++.exe

When starting notepad ++.exe an error appears
Authenticode check failed: signing certificate or hash is not recognized

Where is the truth hiding?

andrecool-68

Maybe I have some components missing in Visual Studio 2017?

{
	"version": "1.0",
	"components": [
		"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop",
		"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.cmake.project",
		"microsoft.visualstudio.componentgroup.nativedesktop.win81",
		"microsoft.visualstudio.componentgroup.nativedesktop.winxp",
		"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.atlmfc",
		"microsoft.visualstudio.component.windows10sdk.10586",
		"microsoft.visualstudio.component.vc.140"
	]
}

Ekopalypse

@andrecool-68

I don’t think that you are missing something regarding the certification process.
It is expected that you cannot build a release version and use it with a non-signed scintilla dll.
Only debug builds can be used in this manner unless you change the code in the release build.

The way it works, as far as I understand, is like this.

You build a release version of scintilla.
You sign the scintilla dll with your private key.
You put the public key, which is one result from signing the dll, into notepad++ and build the release version.
Now on startup, I assume, it won’t report that error.

The exact details on how to do it, I haven’t figured out yet.
There are still too many open questions for me about the whole PKI thinggy.

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse
I did not understand where to put this key before building the project.

andrecool-68

@Ekopalypse

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/README.md
In the README file, I cannot understand what exactly needs to be done with this public key.