Service failing to start

[3noch]

I'm trying to run both the simple and official examples, but getting the following error:

[SC] StartService FAILED 1053:

The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

I'm using GHC 7.8.3 on Windows 8.1 x64 with the following cabal config:

  Extra-Libraries: Advapi32
  Extra-Lib-Dirs: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Kits\\8.1\\Lib\\winv6.3\\um\\x64"

Any ideas?

[mikesteele81]

It's been awhile since I tried running those examples. I'll get back to you
after going through the process.

Are you running the 32-bit version of GHC?

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Elliot Cameron notifications@github.com
wrote:

I'm trying to run both the simple and official examples, but getting the
following error:

[SC] StartService FAILED 1053:

The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

I'm using GHC 7.8.3 on Windows 8.1 x64 with the following cabal config:

Extra-Libraries: Advapi32
Extra-Lib-Dirs: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x64"

Any ideas?

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[3noch]

I'm not precisely sure if GHC is 64-bit or not. But I would guess it is since I downloaded it from the "ghc-7.8.3-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.bz2" link. Thanks for the lightning fast reply!

[3noch]

I just re-read your question. I would guess that GHC is 64-bit on my machine.

[mikesteele81]

The 64-bit version of GHC will not work because I make assumptions about pointer sizes in the marshaling code. I should have noted that in the cabal file's description. Sorry for any frustration you've had.

[3noch]

Ah ok. I'll try it with the 32-bit version. How hard would that be to fix?

[mikesteele81]

Supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of GHC would require that I either sprinkle the code with CPP directives or use a marshalling helper such as c2hs or hsc2hs.

My preference would be to use c2hs, but as far as I know the current official release does not support marshaling function pointers in Windows. The c2hs developers have accepted a patch for this, but I don't think that has made it into an official release. Win32-services needs to pass function pointers around behind the scenes, so using c2hs is not an option at this time.

At the time I first published Win32-services there was no 64-bit version of GHC for Windows. This is probably why I don't mention lack of 64-bit support in the description.

[3noch]

That makes sense. Unfortunately, it looks like it can't find Advapi32 on my 64-bit machine?

C:\Code\dns-server>cabal install Win32-services --extra-lib-dirs="C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x86"
Resolving dependencies...
Notice: installing into a sandbox located at C:\Code\dns-server\.cabal-sandbox
Configuring Win32-services-0.2.4...
Failed to install Win32-services-0.2.4
Build log ( C:\Code\dns-server\.cabal-sandbox\logs\Win32-services-0.2.4.log ):
Configuring Win32-services-0.2.4...
setup-Simple-Cabal-1.18.1.3-i386-windows-ghc-7.8.3.exe: Missing dependency on
a foreign library:
* Missing C library: Advapi32
This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that
provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is
already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags
--extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is.
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
Win32-services-0.2.4 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1

[mikesteele81]

Your extra-lib-dirs argument may require double backslash characters.

[mikesteele81]

If that doesn't work, then I really should double check whether the examples still build on my computer.

[3noch]

That didn't seem to work. :( Thanks for your help!

[mikesteele81]

I get the same error as you when trying to use the --extra-lib-dirs command-line argument to cabal-install. Unpacking Win32-services, and then editing the .cabal file as shown on the hackage page allows me to install the package.

Does that help get past your error?

[3noch]

Ok. That makes sense. That would likely do the trick.

P.S. Does Cabal have a bug then?

[mikesteele81]

This issue has been quiet, so here's a quick update. GHC 7.10.1 and c2hs 0.25.1 were both released last week, so I may have time to release a new version in the near future with 32-bit and 64-bit compatibility.

[3noch]

Excellent! I would gladly like to start writing/porting our services in Haskell.

[drchaos]

Seems like I have the same trouble. @mikesteele81 , do you have plans to fix this issue at the nearest time?

[mikesteele81]

32-bit GHC is sufficient for what I use Win32-services for. Because of this, making the necessary changes to support both 32-bit and 64-bit GHC has been given lower priority than other tasks.

I would like to see 64-bit GHC supported, and would be fine with just about any solution at this point. The issue will have to remain open for now.