Re: [PATCH] .gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml: Enable native Windows symlink

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Bin Meng <bin.meng@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.meng@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