xPack Windows Build Tools v4.2.1-3 released
DO NOT USE! Version 4.2.1-3 is a maintenance release; it updates to the latest upstream Busybox and to the new build scripts.
This version is affected by the Windows UCRT bug, make
throws Error -1073741819; please use v4.3.x or later. Thank you for your understanding.
The xPack Windows Build Tools is a standalone Windows binary distribution of GNU make and a few other tools required by the Eclipse Embedded CDT (formerly GNU MCU/ARM Eclipse) project, but the binaries can also be used in generic build environments.
There are separate binaries for Windows (x64 and x86).
Download
The binary files are available from GitHub Releases.
Prerequisites
- x86/x64 Windows: Windows 7 with the Universal C Runtime (UCRT), Windows 8, Windows 10
Install
The easiest way to install this specific version, is by using xpm:
xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/windows-build-tools@4.2.1-3.1 -verbose
The full details of installing the xPack Windows Build Tools can be found in the Install Guide.
Compliance
The xPack Windows Build Tools uses programs from other projects.
The current version is based on:
Changes
There are no functional changes from original projects.
Bug fixes
- none
Enhancements
- none
Known problems
- #19
A bug was identified in Microsoft UCRT,
affecting programs which spawn subprocesses, like
sh.exe
,make.exe
, etc; a workaround was identified for BusyBox, and the problem was fixed in v4.3.0-1.
Documentation
- none
Build
The binaries were built using the xPack Build Box (XBB), a set of build environments based on slightly older distributions, that should be compatible with most recent systems.
The scripts used to build this distribution are in:
distro-info/scripts
For the prerequisites and more details on the build procedure, please see the README-MAINTAINER page.
CI tests
Before publishing, a set of simple tests were performed on an exhaustive set of platforms. The results are available from:
Tests
The binaries were testes on Windows 10 Pro 32/64-bit.
Install the package with xpm.
The simple test, consists in starting the binary.
.../xpack-windows-build-tools-4.2.1-3/bin/make --version
A more elaborate test would be to run an Eclipse build.
Checksums
The SHA-256 hashes for the files are:
939edfd488642693fadf564e5285cbb388bad2bd550b6b061a4b54daf58eca47
xpack-windows-build-tools-4.2.1-3-win32-ia32.zip
f3081840c0bb7df1abc4d3379546ea7286b2f0282cc148ed105a23432bbc6f9b
xpack-windows-build-tools-4.2.1-3-win32-x64.zip
Deprecation notices
32-bit support
Support for 32-bit x86 GNU/Linux and x86 Windows will most probably be dropped in 2022. Support for 32-bit Arm GNU/Linux will be preserved for a while, due to the large user base of 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems.
GNU/Linux minimum requirements
Support for RedHat 7 will most probably be dropped in 2022, and the minimum requirement will be raised to GLIBC 2.27, available starting with Ubuntu 18 and RedHat 8.
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