On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 04:04:31PM +0100, Carlo Bramini wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I tried to build ffmpeg-3.4.12, which is the last one supporting Windows XP, but it fails to compile the resource file for Windows.
> Running verbose build, it prints this output on the console:
> 
> > $ make V=1
> > i686-w64-mingw32-windres -I. -Isrc/ --preprocessor "i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -E -xc-header -DRC_INVOKED -MMD -MF libavdevice/avdeviceres.d -MT libavdevice/avdeviceres.o" -o libavdevice/avdeviceres.o /home/carlo/packages/ffmpeg/mingw64-i686-ffmpeg-3.4.12-1.noarch/src/ffmpeg-3.4.12/libavdevice/avdeviceres.rc
> > /bin/sh: i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -E -xc-header -DRC_INVOKED -MMD -MF libavdevice/avdeviceres.d -MT libavdevice/avdeviceres.o: No such file or directory
> > make: *** [/home/carlo/packages/ffmpeg/mingw64-i686-ffmpeg-3.4.12-1.noarch/src/ffmpeg-3.4.12/ffbuild/common.mak:86: libavdevice/avdeviceres.o] Error 1
> 
> I found a solution by comparing ffbuild/common.mak between this version and the latest 5.1.2, which has already fixed this bug.
> So, I'm wondering if it could be possible to apply the same patch for fixing this tiny issue in the next maintenance release of 3.4.x branch, if it will happen in the future.
> I attached that patch in this email for reference, if somebody can import that line from development sources.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Carlo Bramini.

> --- origsrc/ffmpeg-3.4.12/ffbuild/common.mak	2022-10-27 22:21:00.000000000 +0200
> +++ src/ffmpeg-3.4.12/ffbuild/common.mak	2022-12-23 10:46:32.733625900 +0100
> @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ COMPILE_NVCC = $(call COMPILE,NVCC)
>  	-$(if $(ASMSTRIPFLAGS), $(STRIP) $(ASMSTRIPFLAGS) $@)
>  
>  %.o: %.rc
> -	$(WINDRES) $(IFLAGS) --preprocessor "$(DEPWINDRES) -E -xc-header -DRC_INVOKED $(CC_DEPFLAGS)" -o $@ $<
> +	$(WINDRES) $(IFLAGS) $(foreach ARG,$(CC_DEPFLAGS),--preprocessor-arg "$(ARG)") -o $@ $<
>  
>  %.i: %.c
>  	$(CC) $(CCFLAGS) $(CC_E) $<

This is the patch, you seem talking about.

commit f9626d1065c43f1d51afe66bdf988b9f33729440
Author: Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st>
Date:   Sat May 15 00:42:38 2021 +0300

    ffbuild: Avoid using the --preprocessor argument to windres
    
    Instead use --preprocessor-arg; in binutils 2.36, the --preprocessor
    flag was changed so that it no longer accepts a string containing
    multiple arguments, but the whole --preprocessor argument is
    treated as the path to the preprocessor executable (where the path
    can contain spaces).
    
    It's currently unclear whether this behaviour will stay or if it
    is going to be reverted in the future, see discussion at [1]. Just
    to be safe, avoid using the --preprocessor argument. Don't redeclare
    the full preprocessing command, but just add the $(CC_DEPFLAGS) options.
    
    Based on a patch by Kyle Schwartz.
    
    [1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27594
    
    Signed-off-by: Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st>


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