[libffi] build failure

[Ywandung-Lyou]

Operating system

Windows

Compiler

MSVC

Steps to reproduce the behavior

`vcpkg install libffi`

Failure logs

Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
    libffi:[email protected]
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-windows...
Compiler found: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/BuildTools/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.42.34433/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe
Restored 0 package(s) from C:\Users\liouyuandong\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives in 486 us. Use --debug to see more details.
Installing 1/1 libffi:[email protected]...
Building libffi:[email protected]...
-- Using cached libffi-3.4.6.tar.gz.
-- Cleaning sources at C:/Program Files/vcpkg/buildtrees/libffi/src/libffi-3-5867c437e9.clean. Use --editable to skip cleaning for the packages you specify.
-- Extracting source C:/Program Files/vcpkg/downloads/libffi-3.4.6.tar.gz
-- Applying patch dll-bindir.diff
-- Using source at C:/Program Files/vcpkg/buildtrees/libffi/src/libffi-3-5867c437e9.clean
-- Found external ninja('1.12.1').
-- Getting CMake variables for x64-windows
-- Getting CMake variables for x64-windows
-- Warning: Paths with embedded space may be handled incorrectly by configure:
   C:/Program Files/vcpkg/packages/libffi_x64-windows
   C:/Program Files/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows
   Please move the path to one without whitespaces!
-- Using cached msys2-autoconf-wrapper-20240607-1-any.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-automake-wrapper-20240607-1-any.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-binutils-2.43.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-libtool-2.4.7-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-make-4.4.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-pkgconf-2.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-which-2.21-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-bash-5.2.037-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-coreutils-8.32-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-file-5.45-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-gawk-5.3.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-grep-1~3.0-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-gzip-1.13-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-diffutils-3.10-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-sed-4.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-msys2-runtime-3.5.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-autoconf2.72-2.72-1-any.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-automake1.16-1.16.5-1-any.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-automake1.17-1.17-1-any.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-libiconv-1.17-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-libintl-0.22.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-zlib-1.3.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-tar-1.35-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-findutils-4.10.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-gmp-6.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-gcc-libs-13.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-libbz2-1.0.8-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-liblzma-5.6.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-libzstd-1.5.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-libreadline-8.2.013-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-mpfr-4.2.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-libpcre-8.45-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-m4-1.4.19-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-perl-5.38.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-ncurses-6.5.20240831-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-libxcrypt-4.4.36-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using msys root at C:/Program Files/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/2db36fb050d01f45
-- Using cached msys2-mingw-w64-x86_64-pkgconf-1~2.3.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using cached msys2-msys2-runtime-3.5.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
-- Using msys root at C:/Program Files/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/21caed2f81ec917b
-- Configuring x64-windows-dbg
CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_execute_required_process.cmake:127 (message):
    Command failed: "C:/Program Files/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/2db36fb050d01f45/usr/bin/bash.exe" --noprofile --norc --debug -c "V=1 CPP='compile cl.exe -E' CC='compile cl.exe' CC_FOR_BUILD='compile cl.exe' CPP_FOR_BUILD='compile cl.exe -E' CXX_FOR_BUILD='compile cl.exe' CXX='compile cl.exe' RC='windres-rc rc.exe' WINDRES='windres-rc rc.exe' AR='ar-lib lib.exe' LD='link.exe -verbose' RANLIB=':' STRIP=':' NM='dumpbin.exe -symbols -headers' DLLTOOL='link.exe -verbose -dll' CCAS=':' AS=':' ./../src/libffi-3-5867c437e9.clean/configure --build=x86_64-pc-mingw32 \"--enable-portable-binary\" \"--disable-docs\" \"--disable-multi-os-directory\" \"CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} -DFFI_BUILDING_DLL\" \"CCAS=msvcc.sh -m64\" \"ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_STRIP=:\" \"gl_cv_double_slash_root=yes\" \"ac_cv_func_memmove=yes\" \"--disable-silent-rules\" \"--verbose\" \"--enable-shared\" \"--disable-static\" \"--prefix=/C/Program Files/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows/debug\" \"--bindir=\\${prefix}/../tools/libffi/debug/bin\" \"--sbindir=\\${prefix}/../tools/libffi/debug/sbin\" \"--libdir=\\${prefix}/lib\" \"--includedir=\\${prefix}/../include\" \"--datarootdir=\\${prefix}/share/libffi\""
    Working Directory: C:/Program Files/vcpkg/buildtrees/libffi/x64-windows-dbg
    Error code: 127
    See logs for more information:

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake:866 (vcpkg_execute_required_process)
  ports/libffi/portfile.cmake:49 (vcpkg_configure_make)
  scripts/ports.cmake:196 (include)


error: building libffi:x64-windows failed with: BUILD_FAILED
See https://learn.microsoft.com/vcpkg/troubleshoot/build-failures?WT.mc_id=vcpkg_inproduct_cli for more information.
Elapsed time to handle libffi:x64-windows: 6.2 s
Please ensure you're using the latest port files with `git pull` and `vcpkg update`.
Then check for known issues at:
  https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+in%3Atitle+libffi
You can submit a new issue at:
  https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/new?title=[libffi]+Build+error+on+x64-windows&body=Copy+issue+body+from+C%3A%2FProgram%20Files%2Fvcpkg%2Finstalled%2Fvcpkg%2Fissue_body.md

Additional context

No response

[Chiassonastraypatrick]

Try esi157 code at c++

[Ywandung-Lyou]

Sorry but what is esi157 code?

[MonicaLiu0311]

Sorry I didn't repro your issue.

PS E:\vcpkg> ./vcpkg install libffi:x64-windows
Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
    libffi:[email protected]
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-windows...
Compiler found: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.41.34120/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe
Installing 1/1 libffi:[email protected]...
Building libffi:[email protected]...
-- Using cached libffi-3.4.6.tar.gz

...

-- Configuring x64-windows-dbg
-- Configuring x64-windows-rel
-- Building x64-windows-dbg
-- Installing x64-windows-dbg
-- Building x64-windows-rel
-- Installing x64-windows-rel
-- Fixing pkgconfig file: E:/vcpkg/packages/libffi_x64-windows/lib/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
-- Fixing pkgconfig file: E:/vcpkg/packages/libffi_x64-windows/debug/lib/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
-- Installing: E:/vcpkg/packages/libffi_x64-windows/share/libffi/usage
-- Installing: E:/vcpkg/packages/libffi_x64-windows/share/unofficial-libffi/unofficial-libffi-config.cmake
-- Installing: E:/vcpkg/packages/libffi_x64-windows/share/libffi/libffiConfig.cmake
-- Installing: E:/vcpkg/packages/libffi_x64-windows/share/libffi/copyright
-- Performing post-build validation
Stored binaries in 1 destinations in 127 ms.
Elapsed time to handle libffi:x64-windows: 3.1 min
libffi:x64-windows package ABI: 836dfad52e44ab08c9b98ec23fc8d5f23fca1be8c10d27d1e091fda522daaf92
Total install time: 3.1 min
libffi can be imported via CMake FindPkgConfig module:

    find_package(PkgConfig)
    pkg_check_modules(LIBFFI REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libffi)
    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PkgConfig::LIBFFI)

vcpkg provides proprietary CMake targets:

    find_package(unofficial-libffi CONFIG REQUIRED)
    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE unofficial::libffi::libffi)

[MonicaLiu0311]

C:/Program Files/vcpkg/buildtrees/libffi/src/libffi-3-5867c437e9.clean

The path should not contain spaces or non-ASCII characters.