Re: [Qemu-devel] 64-bit build of qemu-system-arm with mingw-w64 not functional

[Liviu Ionescu]

> On 08 Apr 2015, at 09:20, Stefan Weil <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> ... Here is my package list (from Debian Jessie):
> 
> ii  binutils-mingw-w64-i686 2.22-8+deb7u2+2+deb7u1        amd64        
> Cross-binutils for Win32 (x86) using MinGW-w64
> ii  binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 2.22-8+deb7u2+2+deb7u1        amd64        
> Cross-binutils for Win64 (x64) using MinGW-w64
> ii  g++-mingw-w64 4.6.3-14+8                    all          GNU C++ compiler 
> for MinGW-w64
> ii  g++-mingw-w64-i686 4.6.3-14+8                    amd64        GNU C++ 
> compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
> ii  g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 4.6.3-14+8                    amd64        GNU C++ 
> compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64
> ii  gcc-mingw-w64 4.6.3-14+8                    all          GNU C compiler 
> for MinGW-w64
> ii  gcc-mingw-w64-base 4.6.3-14+8                    amd64        GNU 
> Compiler Collection for MinGW-w64 (base package)
> ii  gcc-mingw-w64-i686 4.6.3-14+8                    amd64        GNU C 
> compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
> ii  gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 4.6.3-14+8                    amd64        GNU C 
> compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64
> ii  gdb-mingw-w64 7.4.1-1.1+5                   amd64        Cross-debugger 
> for Win32 and Win64 using MinGW-w64
> ii  gdb-mingw-w64-target 7.4.1-1.1+5                   all          
> Cross-debugger server for Win32 and Win64 using MinGW-w64
> ii  gtk-mingw-w64-x86-64 3.6.4-20131201-2              all          Converted 
> tgz package
> ii  gtk2.0-mingw-w64-i686 2.24.10-20120208-2            all          
> Converted tgz package
> ii  libfdt-mingw-w64-i686 1.4.0-2                       all          
> Converted tgz package
> ii  libfdt-mingw-w64-x86-64 1.4.0-2                       all          
> Converted tgz package
> ii  libpthreads-mingw-w64 2.9.1+dfsg-1                  all          POSIX 
> threads library for 32- and 64-bit Windows
> ii  mingw-w64 2.0.3-1                       all          Development 
> environment targetting 32- and 64-bit Windows
> ii  mingw-w64-i686-dev 2.0.3-1                       all          Development 
> files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
> ii  mingw-w64-tools 2.0.3-1                       amd64        Development 
> tools for 32- and 64-bit Windows
> ii  mingw-w64-x86-64-dev 2.0.3-1                       all          
> Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64


Hallo Stefan, 

I'm trying to reproduce your build environment, but I'm only partly successful.

I got a fresh Debian 8 (in a virtual environment, but this should not matter):

  docker run --interactive --tty --name "deb8x64_mingw-w64" debian:8 /bin/bash

then, as usually recommended, I updated and upgraded it:

  apt-get -y update
  apt-get -y upgrade
  apt-get -y install lsb-release

after this, I have a confirmation that I have the expected version:

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
Release:        8.0
Codename:       jessie

so far, so good.

then I took your list of packages and first installed the following mingw-w64 
packages:

# apt-get -y install \
binutils-mingw-w64-i686 \
binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 \
g++-mingw-w64 \
g++-mingw-w64-i686 \
g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 \
gcc-mingw-w64 \
gcc-mingw-w64-base \
gcc-mingw-w64-i686 \
gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 \
gdb-mingw-w64 \
gdb-mingw-w64-target \
mingw-w64 \
mingw-w64-i686-dev \
mingw-w64-tools \
mingw-w64-x86-64-dev \

the result is:

# dpkg -l | grep mingw
ii  binutils-mingw-w64-i686    2.25-5+5.2               amd64        
Cross-binutils for Win32 (x86) using MinGW-w64
ii  binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64  2.25-5+5.2               amd64        
Cross-binutils for Win64 (x64) using MinGW-w64
ii  g++-mingw-w64              4.9.1-19+14.3            all          GNU C++ 
compiler for MinGW-w64
ii  g++-mingw-w64-i686         4.9.1-19+14.3            amd64        GNU C++ 
compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
ii  g++-mingw-w64-x86-64       4.9.1-19+14.3            amd64        GNU C++ 
compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64
ii  gcc-mingw-w64              4.9.1-19+14.3            all          GNU C 
compiler for MinGW-w64
ii  gcc-mingw-w64-base         4.9.1-19+14.3            amd64        GNU 
Compiler Collection for MinGW-w64 (base package)
ii  gcc-mingw-w64-i686         4.9.1-19+14.3            amd64        GNU C 
compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
ii  gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64       4.9.1-19+14.3            amd64        GNU C 
compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64
ii  gdb-mingw-w64              7.6.2-1.1+9              amd64        
Cross-debugger for Win32 and Win64 using MinGW-w64
ii  gdb-mingw-w64-target       7.6.2-1.1+9              all          
Cross-debugger server for Win32 and Win64 using MinGW-w64
ii  gfortran-mingw-w64         4.9.1-19+14.3            all          GNU 
Fortran compiler for MinGW-w64
ii  gfortran-mingw-w64-i686    4.9.1-19+14.3            amd64        GNU 
Fortran compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
ii  gfortran-mingw-w64-x86-64  4.9.1-19+14.3            amd64        GNU 
Fortran compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64
ii  gnat-mingw-w64             4.9.1-3+14               all          GNU Ada 
compiler for MinGW-w64
ii  gnat-mingw-w64-base        4.9.1-3+14               amd64        GNU Ada 
compiler for MinGW-w64 (base package)
ii  gnat-mingw-w64-i686        4.9.1-3+14               amd64        GNU Ada 
compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
ii  gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64      4.9.1-3+14               amd64        GNU Ada 
compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64
ii  mingw-w64                  3.2.0-2                  all          
Development environment targeting 32- and 64-bit Windows
ii  mingw-w64-common           3.2.0-2                  all          Common 
files for Mingw-w64
ii  mingw-w64-i686-dev         3.2.0-2                  all          
Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
ii  mingw-w64-tools            3.2.0-2                  amd64        
Development tools for 32- and 64-bit Windows
ii  mingw-w64-x86-64-dev       3.2.0-2                  all          
Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64


there are slightly more packages than you have, and some are newer, probably 
because I did the upgrade, but I hope this will not be a problem.


however, trying to bring the rest of the packages, with the libraries, failed:

# apt-get -y install \
> libpthreads-mingw-w64 \
> gtk-mingw-w64-x86-64 \
> gtk2.0-mingw-w64-i686 \
> libfdt-mingw-w64-i686 \
> libfdt-mingw-w64-x86-64 \
> 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package libpthreads-mingw-w64 is not available, but is referred to by another 
package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  mingw-w64-x86-64-dev mingw-w64-i686-dev

E: Package 'libpthreads-mingw-w64' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package gtk-mingw-w64-x86-64
E: Unable to locate package gtk2.0-mingw-w64-i686
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'gtk2.0-mingw-w64-i686'
E: Unable to locate package libfdt-mingw-w64-i686
E: Unable to locate package libfdt-mingw-w64-x86-64


can you be more specific how did you install those packages?

my first goal is to reproduce your build environment, and only then proceed 
with the builds. 

a secondary goal is to also have a clean, documented and reproducible procedure 
to create a Docker image that can be used for qemu builds (Docker is a great 
tool for such automated builds).


regards,

Liviu