Build failure: pkgsCross.mingwW64.pkgsStatic.stdenv

[yshui]

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. build pkgsCross.mingwW64.pkgsStatic.stdenv

Build log

error: builder for '/nix/store/v1ycfkiivjszsl8qagsw2v86r81amwxs-mingw-w64-static-x86_64-w64-windows-gnu-10.0.0-headers.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 10 log lines:
       > checking for x86_64-w64-windows-gnu-strip... no
       > checking for strip... no
       > checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /nix/store/khndnv11g1rmzhzymm1s5dw7l2ld45bc-coreutils-9.4/bin/mkdir -p
       > checking for gawk... gawk
       > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
       > checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
       > checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
       > checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
       > checking host system type... Invalid configuration 'x86_64-w64-windows-gnu': Kernel 'windows' not known to work with OS 'gnu'.
       > configure: error: /nix/store/9vafkkic27k7m4934fpawl6yip3a6k4h-bash-5.2-p21/bin/bash ./build-aux/config.sub x86_64-w64-windows-gnu failed

Metadata

Please run nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" and paste the result.

[user@system:~]$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.6.10-zen1, NixOS, 24.05 (Uakari), 24.05.20240115.c3e128f`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.18.1`
 - channels(root): `"nixos"`
 - channels(user): `"nixgl, nixpkgs"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/11zbgb8j7wnnccbbjcq0q556h28g7p4r-source`

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[yshui]

pkgsCross.mingwW64.pkgsStatic.stdenv.targetPlatform.config is "x86_64-w64-windows-gnu" for some reason, unlike pkgsCross.mingwW64.stdenv.targetPlatform.config which is "x86_64-w64-mingw32" as expected.

[wegank]

nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix

Lines 265 to 278 in 2fba629

	pkgsStatic = nixpkgsFun ({
	overlays = [ (self': super': {
	pkgsStatic = super';
	})] ++ overlays;
	crossSystem = {
	isStatic = true;
	parsed =
	if stdenv.isLinux
	then makeMuslParsedPlatform stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed
	else stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed;
	} // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "powerpc64-linux") {
	gcc.abi = "elfv2";
	};
	});

The Windows case doesn't seem to be covered here, since for MinGW-w64, config doesn't use the result from lib.systems.parse.tripleFromSystem pkgsCross.mingwW64.stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed, which is "x86_64-w64-windows-gnu". Instead, we have

nixpkgs/lib/systems/examples.nix

Lines 311 to 316 in cefcf19

	# 64 bit mingw-w64
	mingwW64 = {
	# That's the triplet they use in the mingw-w64 docs.
	config = "x86_64-w64-mingw32";
	libc = "msvcrt"; # This distinguishes the mingw (non posix) toolchain
	};

So I guess stdenv.hostPlatform.{config,libc} should be passed to crossSystem conditionally.

[Frontear]

Bump, this issue is quite unfortunate when attempting to build static apps through nix.

[aforemny]

I was able to build a static windows (mingwW64) executable with 34cefd7. I think this closes the issue? Thanks @wolfgangwalther! ❤️

edit: It seems #303849 is not merged yet. So I'm just leaving this information here.