Cross compiling a library from Rust fails

[syrusakbary]

Zig Version

0.9.0-dev.1920+de81c504b

Steps to Reproduce

When trying to cross compile the Wasmer C API to different systems, the linker outputs a unexpected error.

git clone git@github.com:wasmerio/wasmer.git
cd wasmer
rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
cargo build --manifest-path lib/c-api/Cargo.toml --release --no-default-features --features staticlib,wasi --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

Note: you will need to modify the .cargo/config.toml file with:

[target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu]
linker = "THE_PATH_TO/zig-cc"

With zig-cc being:

#!/bin/sh
zig cc $@

Expected Behavior

That is able to compile

Actual Behavior

It fails with:

  = note: "/Users/syrusakbary/Downloads/zig-macos-aarch64-0.9.0-dev.1920+de81c504b/zig-cc" "-Wl,/var/folders/f8/jp6yy7c10d1bjlvlstsznqlh0000gn/T/rustcAnuQ55/list.def" "-fno-use-linker-plugin" "-Wl,--dynamicbase" "-Wl,--disable-auto-image-base" "-m64" "-Wl,--high-entropy-va" "/Users/syrusakbary/.rustup/toolchains/1.56-aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/rustlib/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/lib/rsbegin.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.0.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.1.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.10.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.11.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.12.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.13.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.14.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.15.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.2.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.3.rcgu.o" "/Users/syrusakbary/Development/wasmer/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/deps/wasmer_wasi.wasmer_wasi.25dcb9ee-cgu.4.rcgu.o" 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  = note: warning: unsupported linker arg: /var/folders/f8/jp6yy7c10d1bjlvlstsznqlh0000gn/T/rustcAnuQ55/list.def
          warning: unsupported linker arg: --disable-auto-image-base
          error: the argument -femit-implib is allowed only when building a Windows DLL


error: could not compile `wasmer-wasi` due to previous error

[kristoff-it]

Can you please try to specify the target also inside the zig-cc script? The error seems to imply that zig cc is not aware that you're targeting windows.

Also if I understand correctly the first line of your error seems to imply that zig cc doesn't receive any target information from Rust. I'm not an expert when it comes to Rust specifically, but I know for a fact that you do need to specify in the shell script the target when trying to do the same with Go.

Also make sure to use triplets that Zig can understand:

#!/bin/sh
zig cc $@ -target x86_64-windows-gnu

Edit: also check out this link for a Rust example https://actually.fyi/posts/zig-makes-rust-cross-compilation-just-work/

[messense]

I'm getting a same different error with -target x86_64-windows-gnu.

  = note: warning: unsupported linker arg: /var/folders/0r/4fqyt_zs2tj4zvglsb7f4zjw0000gn/T/rustc48TRw1/list.def
          warning: unsupported linker arg: --disable-auto-image-base
          error(link): DLL import library for -lgcc_eh not found
          error: DllImportLibraryNotFound

[syrusakbary]

Hey @messense, great work on cargo zigbuild... I think it's awesome. I'm pending to try it to see if that will solve my original issue (at least it will make things much more ergonomic regarding cross-compilation!)

https://github.com/messense/cargo-zigbuild

[Jeffrey-P-McAteer]

For anyone who is tracking this it still happens with version 0.10.0-dev.3880+e2bb92b2e. Dependencies build fine then during the last stage I get

  = note: warning: unsupported linker arg: /tmp/rustco8YO4X/list.def
          warning: unsupported linker arg: --disable-auto-image-base
          error: library 'libpthread.a' not found

using a cc script that looks like:

#!/bin/sh
exec zig cc -target x86_64-windows-gnu $@

[kassane]

For anyone who is tracking this it still happens with version 0.10.0-dev.3880+e2bb92b2e. Dependencies build fine then during the last stage I get

  = note: warning: unsupported linker arg: /tmp/rustco8YO4X/list.def
          warning: unsupported linker arg: --disable-auto-image-base
          error: library 'libpthread.a' not found

using a cc script that looks like:

#!/bin/sh
exec zig cc -target x86_64-windows-gnu $@

@Jeffrey-P-McAteer ,

Zig does not include winpthreads.
See: #10989