Build Qt 5.15.3 for Windows has fatal error alloca.h: No such file or directory

Den-One

Hi everyone.

I used mingw from Qt 6.2 to build 5.15, if I'm not mistaken (i have tryed many mingw to build qt). It names "mingw810_32". I added all the folders with exe files to operation system variables: bin, \i686-w64-mingw32\bin.
Also, LLVM, OpenSSL-Win32, GnuWin32, and %SystemRoot%\system32 were attached.

As you can see, I mixed up useful and needless things together, hoping to get a result. It may has some inconsistencies. Anyway, configuration succeeded.

That's my config reques:

config debug-and-release -platform win32-g++ -c++std c++2a -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-freetype -opengl desktop -no-angle -sql-sqlite -no-openssl -opensource -confirm-license -make libs -nomake examples -nomake tests -prefix C:\qt_building\qt-5.15.3-builded

After that I use mingw32-make to build qtbase module.

mingw32-make module-qtbase

So, looks like I'm moving to the right way, 'cause build shows fatal error and stops only after an hour of processing.

Talking about errors, I found this text in config.log :

loaded result for config test config.qtbase.tests.alloca_h
+ cd /d C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\config.tests\alloca_h && C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtbase\bin\qmake.exe "CONFIG -= qt debug_and_release app_bundle lib_bundle" "CONFIG += shared warn_off console single_arch" C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/config.tests/alloca_h
+ cd /d C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\config.tests\alloca_h && set MAKEFLAGS=& mingw32-make
> g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -O2 -w -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -I. -IC:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtbase\mkspecs\win32-g++  -o main.o main.cpp
> main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: alloca.h: No such file or directory
>  #include <alloca.h>
>           ^~~~~~~~~~
> compilation terminated.
> mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:172: main.o] Error 1
test config.qtbase.tests.alloca_h FAILED

As you can see, it shows some errors, connected with lost files during... the testing? Is it OK that I wrote "-nomake-tests" and tests happening? Or are these kind of tests have different origin?

These errors looks like something the same, so I just list in order all the files names.

> main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: zstd.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: sys/eventfd.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: sys/inotify.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:4:10: fatal error: sys/socket.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:3:10: fatal error: sys/socket.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:3:10: fatal error: sys/socket.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:5:12: fatal error: linux/input.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: linux/fb.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: sybfront.h: No such file or directory
> main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: flite/flite.h: No such file or directory

There is another type of error. That's a full version one of them:

test config.qtdeclarative_qml.tests.qml-python gave result C:\Python27\python.exe
loaded result for config test config.qtdeclarative_quick.tests.d3d12
+ cd /d C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\config.tests\d3d12 && C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtbase\bin\qmake.exe "CONFIG -= qt debug_and_release app_bundle lib_bundle" "CONFIG += shared warn_off console single_arch" C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtdeclarative/config.tests/d3d12
+ cd /d C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\config.tests\d3d12 && set MAKEFLAGS=& mingw32-make
> g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -O2 -w -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -IC:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtdeclarative\config.tests\d3d12 -I. -IC:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtbase\mkspecs\win32-g++  -o d3d12.o C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtdeclarative\config.tests\d3d12\d3d12.cpp
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtdeclarative\config.tests\d3d12\d3d12.cpp:40:10: fatal error: d3d12.h: No such file or directory
>  #include <d3d12.h>
>           ^~~~~~~~~
> compilation terminated.
> mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:174: d3d12.o] Error 1
test config.qtdeclarative_quick.tests.d3d12 FAILED
loaded result for library config.qtquick3d_assetimporters.libraries.quick3d-assimp
Trying source 0 (type pkgConfig) of library quick3d-assimp ...
pkg-config use disabled globally.
  => source produced no result.
Trying source 1 (type inline) of library quick3d-assimp ...

And that's a list of them:

> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtquick3d\config.tests\assimp\main.cpp:29:10: fatal error: assimp/cimport.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtgamepad\config.tests\sdl\main.cpp:37:10: fatal error: SDL.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qt3d\config.tests\assimp\main.cpp:29:10: fatal error: assimp/cimport.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qt3d\config.tests\fbx\main.cpp:29:10: fatal error: fbxsdk.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtconnectivity\config.tests\bluez\main.cpp:29:10: fatal error: bluetooth/bluetooth.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtconnectivity\config.tests\winrt_bt\main.cpp:30:10: fatal error: windows.devices.enumeration.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtlocation\config.tests\winrt\main.cpp:30:10: fatal error: windows.system.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtmultimedia\config.tests\gstreamer\main.cpp:31:10: fatal error: gst/gst.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtmultimedia\config.tests\openal\main.cpp:32:10: fatal error: AL/al.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtmultimedia\config.tests\wasapi\main.cpp:32:10: fatal error: windows.devices.enumeration.h: No such file or directory
> C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtmultimedia\config.tests\wmsdk\main.cpp:29:10: fatal error: wmsdk.h: No such file or directory

Please, tell me, if I forget to send some crucial information to show it over. I hope to get your help.
Thank you for reading and replying.

Den-One

I guess it's impossible to build Qt 5.15.3 from source files.
I applied all these things to 5.15.2 and everything was builded. So maybe that's the reason why Qt 5.15.3 isn't share officially via Qt Maintenance Tool.

SGaist

Hi,

Where did you get MinGW from ?

Den-One

@SGaist , thank you for reply.
I downloaded current MinGW from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/
Do you soppouse that it doesn't suit to build Qt?

My bad, I thought it's Qt MinGW.

jsulm

@Den-One said in Build Qt 5.15.3 for Windows has fatal error alloca.h: No such file or directory:

Do you soppouse that it doesn't suit to build Qt?

You should use MinGW provided via Qt Installer

Den-One

Hello @jsulm.
As far as I know Qt installer doesnt't supply Qt 5.15.3. For version 5, the highest one is 5.15.2.
I downloaded "MinGW 8.1.0 32-bit" of 5.15.2 using Qt Maintenance Tool.

There is no "mingw32-make" inside. Configure request can't start without it. Could you point me out what I do wrong, please?
Should I change configure request somehow?

+ cd qtbase
+ C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtbase\configure.bat -top-level -static -debug-and-release -platform win32-g++ -c++std c++2a -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-freetype -opengl desktop -no-angle -sql-sqlite -no-openssl -opensource -confirm-license -make libs -nomake examples -nomake tests -prefix C:\qt_building\qt-5.15.3-builded
Bootstrapping qmake ...
"mingw32-make" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

jsulm

@Den-One I think you should build in the MinGW terminal which initialises the build environment. It should be in the start menu in Windows and also somewhere in the MinGW installation.

Den-One

@jsulm I messed up MinGW from folder with Qt version number and MinGW from Tools folder.

I added these paths to the system variable PATH:

%SystemRoot%
%SystemRoot%\system32
%SystemRoot%\system32\Wbem
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
%SystemRoot%\system32\OpenSSH\
C:\Ruby31\bin
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd
D:\Strawberry\c\bin
D:\Strawberry\perl\site\bin
D:\Strawberry\perl\bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\LLVM
C:\Qt-tools-inst\mingw810_32\bin
C:\Qt-tools-inst\mingw810_32\include
C:\Qt-tools-inst\mingw810_32\i686-w64-mingw32\bin
C:\Qt-tools-inst\mingw810_32\i686-w64-mingw32\include
C:\Qt-tools-inst\OpenSSL\Win_x86\bin
C:\Python27
C:\Python27\Scripts

I use MinGW 8.1.0 32-bit to build this Qt version.

Now I get this error:

C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3>configure debug-and-release -platform win32-g++ -c++std c++2a -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-freetype -opengl desktop -no-angle -sql-sqlite -no-openssl -opensource -confirm-license -make libs -nomake examples -nomake tests -prefix C:\qt_building\qt-5.15.3-builded
+ cd qtbase
+ C:\qt_building\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3\qtbase\configure.bat -top-level debug-and-release -platform win32-g++ -c++std c++2a -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-freetype -opengl desktop -no-angle -sql-sqlite -no-openssl -opensource -confirm-license -make libs -nomake examples -nomake tests -prefix C:\qt_building\qt-5.15.3-builded
Bootstrapping qmake ...
g++ -c -o qmakebuiltins.o -DUNICODE -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -std=c++11 -ffunction-sections -g  -IC:Fko/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/generators -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/src/3rdparty/tinycbor/src -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/generators/unix -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/generators/win32 -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/generators/mac -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/include -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/include/QtCore -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/include/QtCore/5.15.3 -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/include/QtCore/5.15.3/QtCore -I../src/corelib/global -IC:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/mkspecs/win32-g++ -DQT_VERSION_STR=\"5.15.3\" -DQT_VERSION_MAJOR=5  -DQT_VERSION_MINOR=15  -DQT_VERSION_PATCH=3  -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DPROEVALUATOR_FULL -DQT_NO_FOREACH C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp
C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp: In member function 'QByteArray QMakeEvaluator::getCommandOutput(const QString&, int*) const':
C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp:76:18: error: '_popen' was not declared in this scope; did you mean '_lopen'?
   76 | #define QT_POPEN _popen
      |                  ^~~~~~
C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp:540:22: note: in expansion of macro 'QT_POPEN'
  540 |     if (FILE *proc = QT_POPEN(QString(QLatin1String("cd ")
      |                      ^~~~~~~~
C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp:78:19: error: '_pclose' was not declared in this scope; did you mean '_lclose'?
   78 | #define QT_PCLOSE _pclose
      |                   ^~~~~~~
C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp:550:18: note: in expansion of macro 'QT_PCLOSE'
  550 |         int ec = QT_PCLOSE(proc);
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~
C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp: In member function 'QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateBuiltinExpand(const QMakeInternal::QMakeBuiltin&, const ProKey&, const ProStringList&, ProStringList&)':
C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp:1240:25: error: 'KEY_WOW64_32KEY' was not declared in this scope
 1240 |                 flags = KEY_WOW64_32KEY;
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:/qt_building/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.3/qtbase/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp:1243:25: error: 'KEY_WOW64_64KEY' was not declared in this scope
 1243 |                 flags = KEY_WOW64_64KEY;
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Makefile:259: recipe for target 'qmakebuiltins.o' failed
mingw32-make: *** [qmakebuiltins.o] Error 1

What should I do with it?

Den-One

I guess it's impossible to build Qt 5.15.3 from source files.
I applied all these things to 5.15.2 and everything was builded. So maybe that's the reason why Qt 5.15.3 isn't share officially via Qt Maintenance Tool.

jsulm

@Den-One said in Build Qt 5.15.3 for Windows has fatal error alloca.h: No such file or directory:

So maybe that's the reason why Qt 5.15.3 isn't share officially via Qt Maintenance Tool

No. The reason is that Qt versions > 5.15.2 are commercial only.
It is for sure possible to build Qt > 5.15.2 - Qt Company provides those builds to commercial users.
You can ask Qt developers on their mailing list, maybe they can help you.

Christian Ehrlicher

And when you're trying to compile 5.15. by your own you should use the latest one: https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/5.15.7/

C:/qt_building/

This looks strange - the dir separators are wrong. Make sure to not have sh.exe in your PATH (your git path looks like it could be there)