mingw32-make.exe troubles on github ci

[mu578]

Hello, I have two projects using the exact same set of makefiles one just build fine the other one trigger errors on a single ruleset ; I went checking for all sort of things like space, bad characters ; nothing ; all sources are ascii cleared ; all filenames ok

here reference builds:

https://github.com/mu578/mu0/actions/runs/5165919329/jobs/9305715828 https://github.com/mu578/mu8/actions/runs/5165936223/jobs/9305740260

/usr/bin/sh: -c: line 3: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[170](https://github.com/mu578/mu8/actions/runs/5165936223/jobs/9305740260#step:4:171)
mingw32-make: [D:/a/mu8/mu8/mu0/mk/inc/mu0_ruleset.mk:77: rule_linker_cmds] Error 2 (ignored)
[171](https://github.com/mu578/mu8/actions/runs/5165936223/jobs/9305740260#step:4:172)
/usr/bin/sh: -c: line 13: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[172](https://github.com/mu578/mu8/actions/runs/5165936223/jobs/9305740260#step:4:173)
mingw32-make: [D:/a/mu8/mu8/mu0/mk/inc/mu0_ruleset.mk:78: rule_linker_cmds] Error 2 (ignored)
[173](https://github.com/mu578/mu8/actions/runs/5165936223/jobs/9305740260#step:4:174)
[mingw64_nt-10.0-20348-x86_64] Archive : mu8 <= libmu8.a
[174](https://github.com/mu578/mu8/actions/runs/5165936223/jobs/9305740260#step:4:175)
/usr/bin/sh: -c: line 3: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[175](https://github.com/mu578/mu8/actions/runs/5165936223/jobs/9305740260#step:4:176)
mingw32-make: [D:/a/mu8/mu8/mu0/mk/inc/mu0_ruleset.mk:49: rule_static] Error 2 (ignored)

if any clue ; welcome ; I also tried to reduce the number of files thinking about some argument list length or memory issues ; nothing ; so far as it is the same exact file ; it doesn't make any sense to me.

Is it an installation problem on some machines? sorry ; this is website ; wrong place ; but still ? is anyone ever experienced such?

[Biswa96]

Where is the log/link of failed build?

[mu578]

in second one under distcheck. It is to compare between both which are using the exact same makefile include.

[Biswa96]

It seems that you are using msys2 in CI. We're probably in wrong repository.

Have you tried to use the msys2 make i.e. /usr/bin/make ? mingw32-make is not used generally and less tested.

[mu578]

That's argument console length issues.bSo the shell gets truncated memory to deal with which ends up in random parse errors. I shortened all paths to relative and it disappeared.

[mu578]

so case close.

[lhmouse]

Not sure about mingw32-make but I suspect it invokes cmd for recipes, like make which invokes a shell? For one single command line, cmd has a length limit of 8K characters which is shorter than the NT syscall limit (32K) and is even shorter than bash (a few megabytes).