Unable to build mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils using latest MSYS2

[meator]

I followed the README to build the cross toolchain:

git clone https://github.com/Windows-on-ARM-Experiments/msys2-woarm64-build.git
git clone https://github.com/Windows-on-ARM-Experiments/MSYS2-packages.git
cd msys2-woarm64-build
./build-cross.sh

Here is an error which I suspect may be relevant:

/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:2839:17: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 2839 |                 tputs (_rl_term_forward_char, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |                 ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:53:
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c: In function '_rl_move_vert':
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:2891:11: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 2891 |           tputs (_rl_term_up, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |           ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c: In function '_rl_clear_to_eol':
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3196:5: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3196 |     tputs (_rl_term_clreol, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |     ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c: In function '_rl_clear_screen':
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3225:7: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3225 |       tputs (_rl_term_clrpag, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |       ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
rm -f signals.o
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3227:9: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3227 |         tputs (_rl_term_clrscroll, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |         ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c: In function 'open_some_spaces':
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3255:16: error: too many arguments to function 'tgoto'; expected 0, have 3
 3255 |       buffer = tgoto (_rl_term_IC, 0, col);
      |                ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:56:14: note: declared here
   56 | extern char *tgoto ();
      |              ^~~~~
gcc -c  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I. -I/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline  -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"8.2"' -DBRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT=1 -g -O2     /arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/signals.c
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3256:7: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3256 |       tputs (buffer, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |       ^~~~~  ~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3260:7: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3260 |       tputs (_rl_term_im, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |       ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3266:9: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3266 |         tputs (_rl_term_ei, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |         ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3275:9: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3275 |         tputs (_rl_term_ic, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |         ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c: In function 'delete_chars':
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3291:16: error: too many arguments to function 'tgoto'; expected 0, have 3
 3291 |       buffer = tgoto (_rl_term_DC, count, count);
      |                ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:56:14: note: declared here
   56 | extern char *tgoto ();
      |              ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3292:7: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3292 |       tputs (buffer, count, _rl_output_character_function);
      |       ^~~~~  ~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/display.c:3298:11: error: too many arguments to function 'tputs'; expected 0, have 3
 3298 |           tputs (_rl_term_dc, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
      |           ^~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~
/arm64build/MSYS2-packages/mingw-w64-cross-mingwarm64-binutils/src/binutils/readline/readline/tcap.h:54:12: note: declared here
   54 | extern int tputs ();
      |            ^~~~~
make[3]: *** [Makefile:105: display.o] Error 1

Here is a larger portion of the logs: partial-log.txt

[meator]

Switching Windows-on-ARM-Experiments/MSYS2-packages to its woarm64 branch does not help (which surprised me a bit, I thought that is the solution to my problem).

[meator]

I tried to build the toolchain through Windows-on-ARM-Experiments/msys2-woarm64-build's GitHub Actions (in a fork) and I have encountered the same problem (the GitHub Action has failed). The native toolchain doesn't seem to be affected (It got past the point where the cross toolchain failed; I didn't run the full native toolchain build because I am only interested in the cross toolchain).

This is a strong indication that it is not a problem on my end.

[Blackhex]

Hello. Thank you for the report. It's possible that the binutils branch diverged since it was built for the last time. I'll take a look later this week...

[Blackhex]

I've fixed regressions in binutils and MinGW but there is still a regression when building GCC I could not easily fix. Also, this fix to the build script is needed to build MinGW #22 .