Bin Meng <bmeng...@gmail.com> writes:
> From: Bin Meng <bin.m...@windriver.com> > > The following error message was seen during the configure: > > "ln: failed to create symbolic link > 'x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64.exe': No such file or directory" > > By default the MSYS environment variable is not defined, so the runtime > behavior of winsymlinks is: if <target> does not exist, 'ln -s' fails. > At the configure phase, the qemu-system-x86_64.exe has not been built > so creation of the symbolic link fails hence the error message. > > Set winsymlinks to 'native' whose behavior is most similar to the > behavior of 'ln -s' on *nix, that is: > > a) if native symlinks are enabled, and whether <target> exists > or not, creates <destination> as a native Windows symlink; > b) else if native symlinks are not enabled, and whether <target> > exists or not, 'ln -s' creates as a Windows shortcut file. > > Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bin.m...@windriver.com> I'm still seeing Windows build failures such as: https://gitlab.com/stsquad/qemu/-/jobs/2765579269 and https://gitlab.com/stsquad/qemu/-/jobs/2765579267 Any idea what's falling over? > --- > > .gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml > index 1b2ede49e1..0b9572a8a3 100644 > --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml > +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml > @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ msys2-64bit: > mingw-w64-x86_64-zstd " > - $env:CHERE_INVOKING = 'yes' # Preserve the current working directory > - $env:MSYSTEM = 'MINGW64' # Start a 64 bit Mingw environment > + - $env:MSYS = 'winsymlinks:native' # Enable native Windows symlink > - .\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc './configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu > --enable-capstone --without-default-devices' > - .\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "sed -i '/^ROMS=/d' build/config-host.mak" > @@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ msys2-32bit: > mingw-w64-i686-usbredir " > - $env:CHERE_INVOKING = 'yes' # Preserve the current working directory > - $env:MSYSTEM = 'MINGW32' # Start a 32-bit MinG environment > + - $env:MSYS = 'winsymlinks:native' # Enable native Windows symlink > - mkdir output > - cd output > - ..\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "../configure --target-list=ppc64-softmmu" -- Alex Bennée