Build: building with Cygwin on Win 8.1 x64 fails (cURL).

[ghost]

Since updating cURL the compiling process on Windows 8.1 64-bit using Cygwin will fail with the following error(s):

CC code/qcommon/vm_x86.c CC code/client/cl_curl.c CC code/win32/win_main.c CC code/win32/win_shared.c CC code/win32/win_syscon.c CC code/sdl/sdl_glimp.c CC code/sdl/sdl_gamma.c CC code/sdl/sdl_input.c CC code/sdl/sdl_snd.c LD build/release-mingw32-x86_64/quake3e.x64.exe code/libcurl/windows/mingw/lib64/libcurl.a(libcurl_la-mprintf.o):mprintf.c:(.text+0x1749): undefined reference to imp___acrt_iob_func' code/libcurl/windows/mingw/lib64/libcurl.a(libcurl_la-mprintf.o):mprintf.c:(.text+0x17e3): undefined reference to imp_acrt_iob_func' code/libcurl/windows/mingw/lib64/libcurl.a(libcurl_la-setopt.o):setopt.c:(.text+0xedd): undefined reference to imp_acrt_iob_func' code/libcurl/windows/mingw/lib64/libcurl.a(libcurl_la-url.o):url.c:(.text+0x509): undefined reference to imp_acrt_iob_func' code/libcurl/windows/mingw/lib64/libcurl.a(libcurl_la-formdata.o):formdata.c:(.text+0x25a): undefined reference to imp___acrt_iob_func' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status Makefile:1224: die Regel für Ziel „build/release-mingw32-x86_64/quake3e.x64.exe“ scheiterte

Currently I don't know how to fix this without breaking MSVC builds because I only use Cygwin, not MSVC.

@ec- Unrelated sidenote: without owning a cell phone the 2FA is a real s***, working with Github is annoying. Anyways, if I will no longer respond here, than this means I lost access, and it does NOT mean I lost interest in Q3e. Q3e is still the best. Probably a good time to say THANK YOU! Sorry for abusing the issue tracker.

[ensiform]

You would need to compile curl 8.4 with cygwin as well I expect?

[ghost]

Thanks for your response @ensiform! What do you mean by compiling curl 8.4 as well? Do you mean I have to create/compile 'internal libs' first and seperatly? This would be strange imo, the corresponding libcurl.a is already there (for win32/win64), so Q3e can link against. Well, it seems I do not understand things right, especially because this wasn't a problem before the recent changes to cURL, the MAKEFILE didn't change.

[ensiform]

The bundled curl lib updated, and probably links to a different runtime that cygwin doesn't like.

[ghost]

I'll try a different cURL from the official website. You recently get rid of the cURL files in ETe, right? Probably something I should consider :)

[ghost]

Okay, q3e compiles again, I used the devel/libcurl-devel-8.4.0-1 from https://curl.se/download.html Thank you @ensiform!

[ghost]

If it is okay I'll leave this ticket open for a while, because I'm pretty sure newcomers using Cygwin will likely run into the same problem (assuming others still using Cygwin too). Or should we represent this issue at the build instructions? I wonder if this issue also occurs with MinGW?

[ensiform]

Well I think mingw depends on modern ucrt nowadays and maybe cygwin does not?

You may need to get discord or something if you wish to continue being active on the web for these projects if you have no devices capable of being 2FA. Is there no email 2fa option? Also, you may setup a passkey instead of password that also works for 2FA apparently.

[ghost]

Is there no email 2fa option?

Nope, without cell phone you have to use shitty Authenticator apps, like WinAuth or some similar crap.

Also, you may setup a passkey instead of password that also works for 2FA apparently.

Afaik, you will end up using a cell phone or (i)cloud for a passkey I think?

The next step would be to send them my physical eyeball for athentification I think...

[ensiform]

Do you really not have a cellphone or just do not wish to use it for such things?

[ghost]

Believe it or not, I even never had a cell phone my whole life, and I don't have one now. This is due my age, I think. I remember the days I (and many of my generation) didn't even have a own phone at all, but this is a bit OT I think. Well, as far as compiling is concerned Q3e compiles with the updated bundled libs. The built exe won't start because the curl lib is missing Q3e says, this happens altough I updated the curl lib inside the Q3e dir. Well, probably the libs from the cURL site mismatch or something, I'll investigate this a bit further... EDIT: the official libs from cURL website seems to be correct, Q3e now say cygbrotlidec-1.dll is missing.

[ensiform]

Believe it or not, I even never had a cell phone my whole life, and I don't have one now. This is due my age, I think. I remember the days I (and many of my generation) didn't even have a own phone at all, but this is a bit OT I think. Well, as far as compiling is concerned Q3e compiles with the updated bundled libs. The built exe won't start because the curl lib is missing Q3e says, this happens altough I updated the curl lib inside the Q3e dir. Well, probably the libs from the cURL site mismatch or something, I'll investigate this a bit further... EDIT: the official libs from cURL website seems to be correct, Q3e now say cygbrotlidec-1.dll is missing.

Well then you're missing that particular cygwin dll that is linked against in curl lib you used.

Yeah it's kinda OT but I mean you have been unwilling to use other platforms for communication so. 🤷‍♂️

[ghost]

Well, actually I just wanted to inform ec- that I eventually can't contribute to Q3e in the future, I didn't really want to complain, besides of that, you are right. Closing this issue now, because Q3e compiles. Thanks for the help, ensiform!