(address . guix-patches@gnu.org)(name . Carl Dong)(address . contact@carldong.me)
20220201182202.2300335-1-contact@carldong.me
The newly introduced --enable-compressed-debug-section=all configure
flag in the base binutils package makes the mingw-w64 build system
unusable. For example:
$ guix build --target=x86_64-w64-mingw32 hello
and
$ guix build mingw-w64-x86_64-winpthreads
Will fail to build with an error:
"x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld: final link failed: bad value"
Turning off this flag seems to fix the problem, but perhaps it'd also be
worthwhile to investigate the root cause.
* gnu/packages/cross-base.scm (cross-binutils): When building for mingw
targets, append "--enable-compressed-debug-section=no" to configure
flags.
---
gnu/packages/cross-base.scm | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Toggle diff (24 lines)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
index 78cbf871ac..529144d127 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
@@ -101,7 +101,16 @@ (define* (cross-binutils target #:optional (binutils binutils))
"ath9k-htc-firmware-binutils.patch")))
((target-mingw? target)
(package-with-extra-patches
- binutils
+ (package-with-extra-configure-variable
+ ;; mingw binutils does not work correctly when configured
+ ;; with `--enable-compressed-debug-sections`. An error
+ ;; like the following will occur whenever you try to link:
+ ;;
+ ;; x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld: final link failed: bad value
+ ;;
+ ;; TODO: This seems like a deeper problem that warrants
+ ;; deeper investigation.
+ binutils "--enable-compressed-debug-sections" "no")
(search-patches "binutils-mingw-w64-timestamp.patch"
"binutils-mingw-w64-deterministic.patch")))
(else binutils))
--
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