Syntax Error building bitcoin-master on Windows 10 x64

[pr0fess0r]

Hi Guys

Sorry if this is a noob question, and if it should be asked somewhere else, please let me know and punish me appropriately.
I'm trying to compile bitcoin-master on Windows 10 x64 using the instructions at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-windows.md

At this step:

cd depends
make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32

I'm getting:


/mnt/c/bitcoin-master/depends# make
Configuring native_ccache...
/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
funcs.mk:242: recipe for target '/mnt/c/bitcoin-master/depends/work/build/x86_64-w64-mingw32/native_ccache/3.3.3-16a70ccf187/./.stamp_configured' failed
make: *** [/mnt/c/bitcoin-master/depends/work/build/x86_64-w64-mingw32/native_ccache/3.3.3-16a70ccf187/./.stamp_configured] Error 2

Up to that point everything ran fine. Is this my bad, or is there something else I need to do?

Cheers

[Casy]

Did you modify the make file? Did you put a "(" somewhere where it should not be?
Generally, recipe errors often come along with errors in makefile, path dependencies, missing environment variable declarations etc.
I'm not knowing this particular error though.

[Shub]

Long story short: those scripts don't escape some characters, when expandig some system vars and passing them to commands, and a couple of those chars are "(" and ")".  This leads to:

Code:

/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

in no time.

Under cmd you can write:

mkdir "This is a test, (really!)"

under bash you need something like this:

mkdir "This is a test, \(really\!\)"

If you are wondering why there are Windows paths in the PATH variable of the Linux Subsystem: recently MS introduced the possibility to start windows executables from within the bash shell, so bash on start merges the Windows %PATH% with the Linux $PATH.

The fastest workaroun is very simple: remove from the PATH variable the Windows paths. On my PC:

Code:

teo@Bleed:~$ echo ${PATH}
/home/teo/bin:/home/teo/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games[:/usr/local/games:/mnt/d/Python36-64/Scripts:/mnt/d/Python36-64:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/iCLS Client:/mnt/c/Program Files/Intel/iCLS Client:/mnt/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath_target_3146406:/mnt/c/Windows/System32:/mnt/c/Windows:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/wbem:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/mnt/c/Program Files/IDM Computer Solutions/UltraEdit:/mnt/c/Program Files/IDM Computer Solutions/UltraCompare:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/GnuWin32/bin:Compare:/mnt/d/bind9/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/VideoLAN/VLC:etc:etc:etc:etc
teo@Bleed:~$ 

Linux Subsystem part:

Code:

/home/teo/bin:/home/teo/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games[:/usr/local/games

So I did:

Code:

teo@Bleed:~$ export PATH=/home/teo/bin:/home/teo/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

Hope this can help you.

Bye!
Shub

[Table8]

Stuck on final step of compiliation of windows qt.

Error

Code:

C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: ./build\net.o: bad reloc address 0x960 in section `.data'
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: final link failed: Invalid operation
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile.Release:291: recipe for target 'release\coin-qt.exe' failed
mingw32-make: *** [release\coin-qt.exe] Error 1

any idea?

Thanks in advance.