cannot run recent 0.92.x branch on Windows XP (_time32 error)

[Alvin Penner]

- downloaded file inkscape-0.92.2_2017-11-10_47e1a9a-x86.7z (32 bit)
- on Windows XP I get the attached popup error message:

(I have an earlier version of 0.92.x branch compiled on Aug 23, which runs correctly)

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

Hi Alvin, this is the same issue we already discussed on the mailing list:
http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Confusing-windows-build-instructions-tp4981073p4981079.html

The fix [1] I linked on the mailing list was merged in the meantime and the updated gtk2 build is available from the MSYS2 repos since 10-Nov-2017, so if you're still having this issue you need to update your MSYS2 distribution.

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

Unfortunately it seems it already broke again, see attachment as produced by Inkscape 0.92.2 (1b946ed980, 2017-11-15) compiled with fully updated MSYS2 when run on Windows XP (32-bit).

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

I'll hijack this bug... Hope that's OK.

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

Seems to be an issue with some recent changes in mingw-w64.

As far as I understand this is already fixed but some libraries still need to be rebuilt, specifically:
  libexslt-0.dll
  libexslt-0.dll
  libfontconfig-1.dll
  libglibmm-2.4-1.dll
  libMagickCore-6.Q16HDRI-5.dll
  libpoppler-70.dll
  libxml2-2.dll

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

I rebuilt ImageMagick and updated the build accordingly:
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/commit/f09dc3409b5cdbdf4ee2c01633ada47706feccf2

I'll keep an eye on the other libraries, as soon as they're rebuilt upstream in MSYS2 XP compatibility should be restored (at least I hope so).

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

thanks for the update. I ran the file
inkscape-0.92.2_2017-11-22_f09dc34-x86.7z
on Windows XP, but unfortunately it crashed as before. Will keep an eye open for updates.

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

libxml2 and libxslt are updated and a available in the MSYS2 repo now:
https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/pull/3164
https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/pull/3165

Means we're down to three:
  libfontconfig-1.dll
  libglibmm-2.4-1.dll
  libpoppler-70.dll

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

possibly related problem. I was testing for
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1735451
to see if it was fixed. I installed inkscape-0.92.2_2017-11-30_608fa56-x86.7z
into C:\Windows\Temp and ran the command
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\inkscape>python

This gives me the popup error message (on Windows XP)

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

The "GetFileInformationByHandleEx" error is caused by
https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/commit/e8768dbff4ddafaf30a5e4954c850773291079b7

I think there's code to support older versions of Windows that do not provide this function but it seems to be broken/disabled for some reason (I asked about it upstream).

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

Fix for "GetFileInformationByHandleEx" error submitted upstream:
https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/pull/3187

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

thanks, the python/Tkinter commands for Bug 1735451 now run correctly on Windows XP, 32 bit, using the file: inkscape-0.92.2_2017-12-22_4c1f5bf-x86.7z

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

just writing to confirm that this bug still exists in
Inkscape 0.92.3pre0 (f5a6572, 2018-03-03)

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

@Alvin Shall we close this (provided that 0.92.3 properly on XP for you - it should)?

CI builds still do not work due to glibmm (which is still not rebuilt upstream) in case anybody wonders...

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

Inkscape 0.92.3pre0 does not run on Windows XP.

is 0.92.3 going to be different than this?

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

> is 0.92.3 going to be different than this?

Yes, as explained on the mailing list (see [1], maybe you missed those answers to your complaint?)

0.92.3 is already available, just not officially released yet.

[1] http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/RESEND-inkscape-0-92-3pre0-source-tarball-now-available-td4981581.html

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

I'm aware that 0.92.3 is available, I have already tested it, but it does not work

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

Then give more information or make sure to use the correct version.
- CI builds *won't* work
- the 32-bit version works fine for me on a 32-bit Windows XP VM

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

unfortunately I am not able to compile Inkscape 0.92.x, due to Bug 1727729:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1727729

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

Why'd you want to compile with devlibs now?

The version I uploaded to the website is compiled with MSYS2 and should be working perfectly fine on Windows XP - if you don't want to test it there's nothing I can do, though...

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

sorry, I have not been able to find the version you uploaded to the website, do you have a link to it?

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

https://inkscape.org/en/release/0.92.3/windows/

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

thanks, I found it at:
https://inkscape.org/en/release/0.92.3/windows/32-bit/
the file name that I used is inkscape-0.92.3-x86.7z
when I run it, it reports itself as:
Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)

this appears to work well on Windows XP.

thanks!

[LucaDC (lucadc)]

Just tested and works well on my XP too.

I only had to make a change in the first line of share\themes\MS-Windows\gtk-2.0\gtkrc from:
   gtk-icon-sizes = "gtk-menu=13,13:...
to:
   gtk-icon-sizes = "gtk-menu=14,14:...
because the four scaling/moving icons in the toolbar were too small. I didn't check if this is a problem only for the Windows classic theme I'm using.

Thank you.