Building on Windows11 with gcc 12: ./win32.h:343:33: error: 'FILE' {aka 'struct _iobuf'} has no member named '_file'

[hakonhagland]

I am trying to build blead on Windows 11 using MinGW-w64 and gcc from https://winlibs.com/ following a similar approach as in #20096. This is gcc version 12.2.0, and gnu make version 4.3:

c:\PerlWinLib\perl5\win32>gcc --version
gcc (MinGW-W64 x86_64-ucrt-posix-seh, built by Brecht Sanders) 12.2.0
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
c:\PerlWinLib\perl5\win32>mingw32-make.exe --version
GNU Make 4.3
Built for x86_64-w64-mingw32
Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Running gnu make in the win32 folder gives output:

c:\PerlWinLib\perl5\win32>mingw32-make.exe
# CCTYPE=GCC
# GCCBIN=gcc
# GCCVER=12.2.0
# GCCTARGET=x86_64-w64-mingw32
# GCCCROSS=
# WIN64=define
# ARCHITECTURE=x64
# ARCHNAME=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
# MAKE=gmake
if not exist "mini" mkdir "mini"
copy config_H.gc config.h
        1 file(s) copied.
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\toke.o  ..\toke.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\regcomp.o  ..\regcomp.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\regexec.o  ..\regexec.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\op.o  ..\op.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\sv.o  ..\sv.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\pp.o  ..\pp.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\pp_ctl.o  ..\pp_ctl.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\pp_sys.o  ..\pp_sys.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\pp_pack.o  ..\pp_pack.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\pp_hot.o  ..\pp_hot.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\gv.o  ..\gv.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\perl.o  ..\perl.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\utf8.o  ..\utf8.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\dump.o  ..\dump.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\hv.o  ..\hv.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\av.o  ..\av.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\builtin.o  ..\builtin.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\caretx.o  ..\caretx.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\deb.o  ..\deb.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\doio.o  ..\doio.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\doop.o  ..\doop.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\dquote.o  ..\dquote.c
g++  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DMULTIPLICITY -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -o..\generate_uudmap.exe ..\generate_uudmap.c \
 -s -L"c:\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\Winlibs64-Gcc12\mingw64\lib" -L"C:\Winlibs64-Gcc12\mingw64\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib" -L"C:\Winlibs64-Gcc12\mingw64\lib\gcc\x86_64-w64-mingw32\12.2.0"  -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32
..\generate_uudmap.exe ..\uudmap.h ..\bitcount.h ..\mg_data.h
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\globals.o  ..\globals.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\mro_core.o  ..\mro_core.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\locale.o  ..\locale.c
..\locale.c: In function 'S_my_langinfo_i':
..\locale.c:4270:14: warning: '___lc_codepage_func' redeclared without dllimport attribute: previous dllimport ignored [-Wattributes]
 4270 |         UINT ___lc_codepage_func(void);
      |              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\keywords.o  ..\keywords.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\mathoms.o  ..\mathoms.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\mg.o  ..\mg.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\numeric.o  ..\numeric.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\pad.o  ..\pad.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\peep.o  ..\peep.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\perly.o  ..\perly.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\pp_sort.o  ..\pp_sort.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\reentr.o  ..\reentr.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\run.o  ..\run.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\scope.o  ..\scope.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\taint.o  ..\taint.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\time64.o  ..\time64.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\universal.o  ..\universal.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\util.o  ..\util.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\miniperlmain.o  ..\miniperlmain.c
gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\perlio.o  ..\perlio.c
In file included from ..\perl.h:3723,
                 from ..\perlio.c:43:
..\perlio.c: In function 'PerlIOStdio_invalidate_fileno':
./win32.h:343:33: error: 'FILE' {aka 'struct _iobuf'} has no member named '_file'
  343 | #define PERLIO_FILE_file(f) ((f)->_file)
      |                                 ^~
./win32.h:343:33: note: in definition of macro 'PERLIO_FILE_file'
  343 | #define PERLIO_FILE_file(f) ((f)->_file)
      |                                 ^~
..\perlio.c: In function 'PerlIOStdio_unread':
./win32.h:339:33: error: 'FILE' {aka 'struct _iobuf'} has no member named '_ptr'
  339 | #define PERLIO_FILE_ptr(f)  ((f)->_ptr)
      |                                 ^~
./win32.h:339:33: note: in definition of macro 'PERLIO_FILE_ptr'
  339 | #define PERLIO_FILE_ptr(f)  ((f)->_ptr)
      |                                 ^~
..\iperlsys.h:308:41: note: in expansion of macro 'FILE_ptr'
  308 | #    define PerlSIO_get_ptr(f)          FILE_ptr(f)
      |                                         ^~~~~~~~
..\perlio.c:3397:35: note: in expansion of macro 'PerlSIO_get_ptr'
 3397 |         STDCHAR *eptr = (STDCHAR*)PerlSIO_get_ptr(s);
      |                                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./win32.h:339:33: error: 'FILE' {aka 'struct _iobuf'} has no member named '_ptr'
  339 | #define PERLIO_FILE_ptr(f)  ((f)->_ptr)
      |                                 ^~

[...]

..\iperlsys.h:338:49: note: in expansion of macro 'FILE_cnt'
  338 | #    define PerlSIO_set_cnt(f,c)                FILE_cnt(f) = (c)
      |                                                 ^~~~~~~~
..\perlio.c:3596:5: note: in expansion of macro 'PerlSIO_set_cnt'
 3596 |     PerlSIO_set_cnt(stdio, cnt);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mingw32-make: *** [GNUmakefile:1421: mini\perlio.o] Error 1

[sisyphus]

Aaah ... I don't think perl is buildable with UCRT.
For me, there are no problems with current blead (commit 2edec0e) built using Brecht Sanders' gcc-12.2.0 with MSVCRT on Windows 11.

There's some recent (ie May 2021) discussion about the possibility of using UCRT at #18772.
In the light of that discussion, UCRT support does not seem imminent, IMO.

BTW, have you noticed how slow 12.2.0 is at compiling perl's C source files ?
It's much slower than 12.1.0 which, in turn, was noticeably slower than mingw-w64 ports of earlier gcc versions.
Do you have any thoughts on why that is ?

Cheers,
Rob

[Leont]

I guess this will compile if you undefine USE_STDIO_PTR win32/config_H.gc

[hakonhagland]

I guess this will compile if you undefine USE_STDIO_PTR

@Leont I tried this change:

diff --git a/win32/config_H.gc b/win32/config_H.gc
index 2533efd059..750e62d5b6 100644
--- a/win32/config_H.gc
+++ b/win32/config_H.gc
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@
  *     This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue
  *     to increase the pointer by n leaves File_cnt(fp) unchanged.
  */
-#define USE_STDIO_PTR  /**/
+/*#define USE_STDIO_PTR        */
 #ifdef USE_STDIO_PTR
 #define FILE_ptr(fp)   ((fp)->_ptr)
 #define STDIO_PTR_LVALUE               /**/

and recompiled

c:\PerlWinLib\perl5\win32>mingw32-make.exe
[...]

gcc -c  -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -Os -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\perlio.o  ..\perlio.c
In file included from ..\perl.h:3723,
                 from ..\perlio.c:43:
..\perlio.c: In function 'PerlIOStdio_invalidate_fileno':
./win32.h:343:33: error: 'FILE' {aka 'struct _iobuf'} has no member named '_file'
  343 | #define PERLIO_FILE_file(f) ((f)->_file)
      |                                 ^~
./win32.h:343:33: note: in definition of macro 'PERLIO_FILE_file'
  343 | #define PERLIO_FILE_file(f) ((f)->_file)
      |                                 ^~
..\perlio.c: In function 'PerlIOStdio_get_base':
./win32.h:340:33: error: 'FILE' {aka 'struct _iobuf'} has no member named '_base'
  340 | #define PERLIO_FILE_base(f) ((f)->_base)
      |                                 ^~

[...]

I think I get exactly the same error as before.

[hakonhagland]

Aaah ... I don't think perl is buildable with UCRT.

@sisyphus Yes! I missed the distinction between the runtimes and downloaded the UCRT version.

I tried now with the MSVCRT version of the compiler tools, and am able to build more, but it still fails due to gmake not found:

> mingw32-make.exe
[...]
C:\PerlWinLib\perl5\warnings.h -> C:\PerlWinLib\perl5\lib\CORE\warnings.h
C:\PerlWinLib\perl5\XSUB.h -> C:\PerlWinLib\perl5\lib\CORE\XSUB.h
C:\PerlWinLib\perl5\zaphod32_hash.h -> C:\PerlWinLib\perl5\lib\CORE\zaphod32_hash.h
81 File(s) copied
rem. > .coreheaders
..\miniperl.exe -I..\lib ..\make_ext.pl "MAKE=gmake" --dir=..\ext --dir=..\dist --dynaloader
Generating a gmake-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for DynaLoader
'gmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'gmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Unsuccessful make(ext/DynaLoader): code=256 at ..\make_ext.pl line 584.
mingw32-make: *** [GNUmakefile:1578: ..\DynaLoader.o] Error 2

I tried to make an alias to gnu make like this:

> doskey gmake=mingw32-make.exe $*
> gmake
# CCTYPE=GCC
# GCCBIN=gcc
# GCCVER=12.2.0
# GCCTARGET=x86_64-w64-mingw32
# GCCCROSS=
# WIN64=define
# ARCHITECTURE=x64
# ARCHNAME=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
# MAKE=gmake
..\miniperl.exe -I..\lib ..\make_ext.pl "MAKE=gmake" --dir=..\ext --dir=..\dist --dynaloader
'gmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'gmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Unsuccessful make(ext/DynaLoader): code=256 at ..\make_ext.pl line 584.
mingw32-make: *** [GNUmakefile:1578: ..\DynaLoader.o] Error 2

but it still fails..

[sisyphus]

but it still fails due to gmake not found

I actually build my Windows perls using a gnu make utility named 'make.exe', and I don't use the command 'gmake' at all.
When I build perl I run 'make test', 'make install' and 'make distclean'.
And, if I build a module manually, it's 'perl Makefile', 'make test' and 'make install'.

That all works fine - though perl -V:make reports 'gmake', and various messages generated by EU::MM report mention 'gmake'.

However, sitting next to 'make.exe', I've created a copy of that file named 'gmake.exe'.
So maybe that's part of how my unorthodox arrangement works.

I think it would work ok if you created a copy of mingw32-make.exe with a name of 'gmake.exe' and placed that copy in your PATH.
After all, mingw32-make.exe is just 'GNU make' under a different name:

D:\>mingw32-make -v
GNU Make 4.3
Built for x86_64-w64-mingw32
Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

I don't know much about the aliasing procedure you tried, and why it didn't work.

Cheers,
Rob

[hakonhagland]

I think it would work ok if you created a copy of mingw32-make.exe with a name of 'gmake.exe' and placed that copy in your PATH.

@sisyphus Yes, that worked. I made a copy of mingw32-make.exe and called it gmake.exe (and placed it in the same folder). Now, rerunning gmake gives no errors.

However, when I subsequently run gmake test I have some test failures. I will report those in a new issue later.

[hakonhagland]

I have some test failures. I will report those in a new issue later.

Added a new issue: #20391

[jkeenan]

I think it would work ok if you created a copy of mingw32-make.exe with a name of 'gmake.exe' and placed that copy in your PATH.

@sisyphus Yes, that worked. I made a copy of mingw32-make.exe and called it gmake.exe (and placed it in the same folder). Now, rerunning gmake gives no errors.

However, when I subsequently run gmake test I have some test failures. I will report those in a new issue later.

@hakonhagland, @sisyphus, Are there any issues still needing attention in this ticket?

[sisyphus]

Are there any issues still needing attention in this ticket?

I don't think so.
There might be an issue regarding the failure of doskey gmake=mingw32-make.exe $* to create the alias that @hakonhagland expected.
I don't know about that, but I doubt it has anything at all to do with perl.

Cheers,
Rob

[jkeenan]

I think it would work ok if you created a copy of mingw32-make.exe with a name of 'gmake.exe' and placed that copy in your PATH.

@sisyphus Yes, that worked. I made a copy of mingw32-make.exe and called it gmake.exe (and placed it in the same folder). Now, rerunning gmake gives no errors.
However, when I subsequently run gmake test I have some test failures. I will report those in a new issue later.

@hakonhagland, @sisyphus, Are there any issues still needing attention in this ticket?

No ongoing issues cited. Closing ticket.