windows build under msys2 fails with config.guess issue

[vvuk]

Building under MSYS2 (with a msys2 fresh build of rust) fails, because config.guess can't figure out the system triple. Updating the curl source to have the latest config.guess/config.sub fixes this.

[carllerche]

cc @alexcrichton

[alexcrichton]

@vvuk could you gist the logs of this? Our buildbots build Cargo (and transitively, this library) each night in MSYS2 and I've also built this a bunch locally, so I'm surprised this is happening!

[vvuk]

Hmm. Maybe it's because I'm using the x64 version of msys2?

$ uname -a
MSYS_NT-6.3 shepherd 2.2.1(0.289/5/3) 2015-08-09 20:04 x86_64 Msys

$ cd curl-rust/curl-sys/curl
$ ./config.guess
./config.guess: unable to guess system type

This script, last modified 2013-06-10, has failed to recognize
the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
download the most up to date version of the config scripts from

  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD
and
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD

If the version you run (./config.guess) is already up to date, please
send the following data and any information you think might be
pertinent to <config-patches@gnu.org> in order to provide the needed
information to handle your system.

config.guess timestamp = 2013-06-10

uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 2.2.1(0.289/5/3)
uname -s = MSYS_NT-6.3
uname -v = 2015-08-09 20:04

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X     =

hostinfo               =
/bin/universe          =
/usr/bin/arch -k       =
/bin/arch              = x86_64
/usr/bin/oslevel       =
/usr/convex/getsysinfo =

UNAME_MACHINE = x86_64
UNAME_RELEASE = 2.2.1(0.289/5/3)
UNAME_SYSTEM  = MSYS_NT-6.3
UNAME_VERSION = 2015-08-09 20:04


$ curl -o config.guess 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD'
$ curl -o config.sub 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD'
$ ./config.guess
x86_64-pc-msys

[alexcrichton]

Can you gist the build logs of Cargo trying to build libcurl? If I run this in a 64-bit msys2 shell it works out ok so I'm not quite sure what's going on.

[kendallsss]

Replace your
C:\Users\youname.cargo\registry\src\gh.neting.cc-0a35038f75765ae4\curl-sys-0.1.25\curl\config.guess
by
msys64\usr\share\automake-1.15\config.guess

[vvuk]

The log is pretty uninteresting, pretty much what I posted above: https://gist.github.com/vvuk/f37ec1d1e4d1bd94e96d

Note that the build totally wedges if I start using mingw64-shell.bat instead of msys-shell.bat (and add /mingw64/bin to the PATH) -- if $MSYSTEM is MINGW64, cmake doesn't recognize the system (and the build wedges earlier). If I use mingw64-shell.bat and then set MSYSTEM=MSYS, then I hit the above.

[alexcrichton]

Hm ok, thanks for the logs! Does this branch work for you?

[Seeker14491]

I'm having this issue too, here's the log: gist.

@alexcrichton your branch doesn't compile for me either, here's the log: gist.

[alexcrichton]

@Seeker14491 your second error indicates that you may not have been running inside of an MSYS shell, are you sure you were?

[Seeker14491]

@alexcrichton Yes, I'm using MSYS2. I followed the install instructions, then ran these commands:

$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain

$ pacman -S git

$ pacman -S --needed base-devel

The thing is, I had problems running these commands on my computer, as the downloads would time out on my connection, so I spun up a Windows Server 2012 VPS. I Installed MSYS2 on it and ran all the commands, which completed successfully. I then transferred the C:\msys64 folder from the VPS to my computer.

I should have tried building on the VPS to see if that worked; I'll try that now.

[Seeker14491]

Ok, I tried building on the VPS, and I get the same error. Here are the exact steps I took:

• Go to the MSYS2 page; download and install the 64-bit version; follow all installation instructions on that page.
• Run the following commands in the MSYS2 shell:

$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
$ pacman -S git
$ pacman -S --needed base-devel

• Add C:\msys64\mingw64\bin to PATH.
• Install 64-bit Rust nightly; tick installation option to add to PATH.
• In the MSYS2 shell, run the commands:

$ git clone "https://github.com/alexcrichton/curl-rust.git" --branch "update-curl"
$ cd curl-rust
$ cargo build --release

Here's the output of that cargo build command: gist

[alexcrichton]

@Seeker14491 oh right sorry, I read that error message wrong. You'll need to run git submodule update --init to check out the libcurl submodule

[Seeker14491]

@alexcrichton this sequence of commands still fails:

$ git clone "https://github.com/alexcrichton/curl-rust.git" --branch "update-curl"
$ cd curl-rust
$ git submodule update --init
$ cargo build

The log

[alexcrichton]

Ah oops, looks like I forgot to check in a file, wanna try that branch again?

[Seeker14491]

@alexcrichton Ok, I reran that same sequence of commands, but it still errors.

[alexcrichton]

Hm that looks to be the same error as before, so maybe it hasn't been fixed upstream?