[bug#37012] [PATCH] gnu: mingw: Add x86_64 support.

[Carl Dong <contact@carldong.me>]

Hey janneke!

It would seem from the synopsis that the version of wine packaged with Guix is 32-bit only. I will test out the 64-bit hello binary when I get home on my Windows machine!

Cheers,
Carl Dong
contact@carldong.me
"I fight for the users"

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 6:40 PM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> wrote:

> Carl Dong writes:
>
> Hello Carl,
>
> > Here's the updated patch that I've tested. Let me know if this works for you! :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> > From e6df2d6f9b47b02abec01a16f2d0b1271dcec1d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Carl Dong contact@carldong.me
> > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:46:53 -0400
> > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: mingw: Add x86_64 support.
>
> It looks good and I can compile `hello'; the traditional 32 bit version:
>
> ./pre-inst-env guix build --target=i686-w64-mingw32 hello
>
> and now also
>
> ./pre-inst-env guix build --target=x86_64-w64-mingw32 hello
>
> However, while the 32 bit still works for me, the 64 bit version does
> not. How is that for you? Do you have any idea how to verify if the
> x86_64 hello.exe is OK or how to debug that?
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> 20:33:04 janneke@dundal:~/src/guix/wip [env]
> $ file /gnu/store/4hayc4wmxz0b0bw555n5gny7xkhg7w6y-hello-2.10/bin/hello.exe
> /gnu/store/4hayc4wmxz0b0bw555n5gny7xkhg7w6y-hello-2.10/bin/hello.exe: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
> 20:34:04 janneke@dundal:~/src/guix/wip [env]
> $ guix environment --ad-hoc wine -- wine /gnu/store/4hayc4wmxz0b0bw555n5gny7xkhg7w6y-hello-2.10/bin/hello.exe
> Hello, world!
> 20:34:14 janneke@dundal:~/src/guix/wip [env]
> $ file /gnu/store/v83ag9ahcg5g5qp06rlvjmvrydyriv7p-hello-2.10/bin/hello.exe
> /gnu/store/v83ag9ahcg5g5qp06rlvjmvrydyriv7p-hello-2.10/bin/hello.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
> 20:34:22 janneke@dundal:~/src/guix/wip [env]
> $ guix environment --ad-hoc wine -- wine /gnu/store/v83ag9ahcg5g5qp06rlvjmvrydyriv7p-hello-2.10/bin/hello.exe
> wine: Bad EXE format for Z:\gnu\store\v83ag9ahcg5g5qp06rlvjmvrydyriv7p-hello-2.10\bin\hello.exe.
> [193]
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Possibly I'm even using wine wrong?
>
> Other than that the patch looks fine. It would be nice if we knew
> wether the 64bit version can produce something useful, though. Can
> you/someone please shed some light on that?
>
> Greetings,
> janneke
>
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