[yocto] meta-mingw: unable to run executables on Windows

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 8:08 PM Joshua Watt <jpewhacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 8:41 PM Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/14/18 9:54 AM, Mark Hatle wrote:
> > > On 11/13/18 3:56 AM, Samuli Piippo wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I've just upgraded poky and meta-mingw layers from sumo to thud and as a result
> > >> a lot of the executables in the toolchain no longer run correctly on Windows.
> > >
> > > Which version of windows?
> > >
> > >> I've built meta-toolchain for SDKMACHINE=x86_64-mingw32. From that, gcc/g++ work
> > >> fine on Windows 10, but ar, as, objdumb, and others hang for ~30 seconds and
> > >> exit without any output.
> > >>
> > >> Has anyone else seen this?
> > >
> > > I've run a toolchain made on mingw after sumo, but before thud's release.  I'll
> > > see if I can find a VM and give it a try later today.
> >
> > I'm running on Windows 7 for my testing (ya, I know old.. but it's what I got.)
> >
> > Can you try adding the following to your conf/local.conf: GCCPIE_mingw32 = ""

this will be effective just for SDK and native versions I hope, but in
cases if we
have this override also applicable for target then this fix is not
correct. We have
to keep using it for target builds.

> >
> > I found that the SDK was not working properly here as well, but only binutils.
> > The above seems to fix the issue.  (You do have to rebuild your SDK.)
>
> I also saw this issue on Windows 7, and your described fix corrected
> it (Thanks!). On the plus side, the automated SDK testing that I'm
> working on discovered it as well (e.g. the tests failed because of
> it), which means that the tests are working and should help prevent
> issues like this in the future once I get it merged.
>
> >
> > > --Mark
> > >
> >
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