When I run " make geth-windows " this error is happened , why?

[YongilChoi]

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System information

Geth version: 1.9.1-stable
OS & Version: Ubuntu 19.04
Commit hash : (if develop)

Expected behaviour

if I run " make geth-windows" ,
builder should make geth.exe on linux ,, /build/bin/

Actual behaviour

compile error.

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Backtrace

[backtrace]

github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/vendor/github.com/karalabe/usb

In file included from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/objbase.h:14:0,
from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/ole2.h:17,
from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/wtypes.h:12,
from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/winscard.h:10,
from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/windows.h:97,
from ../../vendor/github.com/karalabe/usb/libusb/libusb/libusb.h:76,
from ../../vendor/github.com/karalabe/usb/libusb/libusb/libusbi.h:39,
from ../../vendor/github.com/karalabe/usb/libusb/libusb/os/poll_windows.c:43,
from ../../vendor/github.com/karalabe/usb/libs.go:41:
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/oledlg.h:428:3: error: unknown type name 'interface'
DECLARE_INTERFACE_(IOleUILinkContainerW,IUnknown) {
^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/oledlg.h:428:3: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 'attribute' before '{' token
DECLARE_INTERFACE_(IOleUILinkContainerW,IUnknown) {

[karalabe]

If you want to run on Windows, please build on Windows for now. I can try to take a peek into the cross compiler, but it's really low priority.

[bobcodz]

Have got the same issue when I try go run a simple project on windows..

Used to work before.

vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/vendor/github.com/karalabe/usb
In file included from C:/TDM-GCC-64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/objbase.h:14:0,
from C:/TDM-GCC-64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/ole2.h:17,
from C:/TDM-GCC-64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/wtypes.h:12,
from C:/TDM-GCC-64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/winscard.h:10,
from C:/TDM-GCC-64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/windows.h:97,
from ..\vendor\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum\vendor\github.com\karalabe\usb\libusb\libusb/libusb.h:76,
from ..\vendor\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum\vendor\github.com\karalabe\usb\libusb\libusb/libusbi.h:39,
from ..\vendor\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum\vendor\github.com\karalabe\usb\libusb\libusb/os/poll_windows.c:43,
from ..\vendor\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum\vendor\github.com\karalabe\usb\libs.go:41:
C:/TDM-GCC-64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/oledlg.h:428:3: error: unknown type name 'interface'
DECLARE_INTERFACE_(IOleUILinkContainerW,IUnknown) {

[hunjixin]

same error

[gpersoon]

I just figured out how to compile on windows: #20121 (comment)

[evantandersen]

This is fixed when using a mingw version 6+. Versions of Ubuntu earlier than 19.04 have mingw ver. 5 in the package manager. I ran into this problem, found a comment on another issue (vipnode/vipnode#82 (comment)) and tried installing a version 6 backport: https://launchpad.net/~mati865/+archive/ubuntu/mingw-w64

As soon as I installed mingw 6, everything compiled nicely.

[vkuznecovas]

Can confirm that gcc 8+ and mingw 6+ seems to solve this, thanks @charliehorse55

[ligi]

@YongilChoi do you still have this issue? Or did the solution from @charliehorse55 work for you?

[MariusVanDerWijden]

I have a similar issue when running with gcc 10.2 mingw-w64-gcc-10.2

# github.com/karalabe/usb
In file included from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/objbase.h:14:0,
                 from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/ole2.h:17,
                 from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/wtypes.h:12,
                 from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/winscard.h:10,
                 from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/windows.h:97,
                 from /go/pkg/mod/github.com/karalabe/usb@v0.0.0-20190919080040-51dc0efba356/libusb/libusb/libusb.h:76,
                 from /go/pkg/mod/github.com/karalabe/usb@v0.0.0-20190919080040-51dc0efba356/libusb/libusb/libusbi.h:39,
                 from /go/pkg/mod/github.com/karalabe/usb@v0.0.0-20190919080040-51dc0efba356/libusb/libusb/os/poll_windows.c:43,
                 from /go/pkg/mod/github.com/karalabe/usb@v0.0.0-20190919080040-51dc0efba356/libs.go:41:
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/oledlg.h:428:3: error: unknown type name 'interface'
   DECLARE_INTERFACE_(IOleUILinkContainerW,IUnknown) {
   ^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/oledlg.h:428:3: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '{' token
   DECLARE_INTERFACE_(IOleUILinkContainerW,IUnknown) {
   ^
In file included from /usr/share/mingw-w64/include/setupapi.h:27:0,
                 from /go/pkg/mod/github.com/karalabe/usb@v0.0.0-20190919080040-51dc0efba356/libusb/libusb/os/windows_winusb.c:29,
                 from /go/pkg/mod/github.com/karalabe/usb@v0.0.0-20190919080040-51dc0efba356/libs.go:55:
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/oledlg.h:429:31: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'IOleUILinkContainerW'
     STDMETHOD(QueryInterface)(THIS_ REFIID riid,LPVOID *ppvObj) PURE;
                               ^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/oledlg.h:430:30: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'IOleUILinkContainerW'
     STDMETHOD_(ULONG,AddRef)(THIS) PURE;
                              ^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/oledlg.h:431:31: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'IOleUILinkContainerW'
     STDMETHOD_(ULONG,Release)(THIS) PURE;

[evantandersen]

What version of mingw is that?

[MariusVanDerWijden]

@charliehorse55 I think it is 8, it's this one https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/mingw-w64-gcc/

[YongilChoi]

I did not solve the issue,, Just build native go build..  folder names..

[holiman]

Whatever build problem we have on windows now, I don't think they have any relation to build issues in 2019. Closing.