id = 1256
title = "Building installer fails on Windows 10 Msys2"
state = "closed"
created_at = "2022-10-15T11:47:23.681Z"
closed_at = "2022-10-17T22:19:52.186Z"
labels = []
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1256"
host-os = "n/a"
host-arch = "n/a"
qemu-version = "n/a"
guest-os = "n/a"
guest-arch = "n/a"
description = """build fails with:
```
make[2]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/sxlga/source/repos/qemu/build'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\\Users\\sxlga\\source\\repos\\qemu\\scripts\\nsis.py", line 89, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\\Users\\sxlga\\source\\repos\\qemu\\scripts\\nsis.py", line 34, in main
    with open(
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'C:/Users/sxlga/AppData/Local/Temp/tmpinyvlwkoC:/msys64/qemu/system-emulations.nsh'
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
make[1]: *** [Makefile:165: run-ninja] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/sxlga/source/repos/qemu/build'
make: *** [GNUmakefile:11: installer] Error 2
```"""
reproduce = """1. ./configure --target-list=arm-softmmu,aarch64-softmmu
2. make all
3. make installer"""
additional = """following https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/W32#Native_builds_with_MSYS2 to set up toolchain"""