libiconv/1.17: "/bin/sh: line 1: c:mingw64bingcc.exe: command not found"

[Odinaka-git]

Description

I'm trying to download libiconv/1.17. it seems like at compile time, the c:mingw64bingcc.exe cannot be found, and it prevents libiconv from being built. I've downloaded two mingw64s, one with msys2 and another from this website https://winlibs.com/ which I extracted to C:\mingw64. I've added both to the system path but the error still prevails. was wondering if I could get help solving this problem. I'd like to add that in my conan profile, I've set the CC and CXX compilers to the mingw64 downloaded without the msys2.

Package and Environment Details

• Package Name/Version: libiconv/1.17
• Operating System+version: windows
• Compiler+version: GCC 13.1
• Docker image: non
• Conan version: conan 1.61.0
• Python version: Python 3.11.5

Conan profile

[settings]
os=Windows
os_build=Windows
arch=x86_64
arch_build=x86_64
build_type=Release
compiler=gcc
compiler.version=13.1
compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11
build_type=Release

[options]

[build_requires]

[env]
CC = C:\mingw64\bin\gcc.exe
CXX = C:\mingw64\bin\g++.exe

Steps to reproduce

conan install conanfile.txt --build=missing

Logs

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make[2]: Entering directory '/c/Users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/build-release/srclib'
C:\mingw64\bin\gcc.exe -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DEXEEXT=\".exe\" -I. -I/c/users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/src/srclib -I.. -I../lib  -DDEPENDS_ON_LIBICONV=1 -DDEPENDS_ON_LIBINTL=1 -DNDEBUG   -m64 -O3 -c -o libicrt_a-allocator.o `test -f 'allocator.c' || echo '/c/users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/src/srclib/'`allocator.c
C:\mingw64\bin\gcc.exe -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DEXEEXT=\".exe\" -I. -I/c/users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/src/srclib -I.. -I../lib  -DDEPENDS_ON_LIBICONV=1 -DDEPENDS_ON_LIBINTL=1 -DNDEBUG   -m64 -O3 -c -o libicrt_a-areadlink.o `test -f 'areadlink.c' || echo '/c/users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/src/srclib/'`areadlink.c
C:\mingw64\bin\gcc.exe -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DEXEEXT=\".exe\" -I. -I/c/users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/src/srclib -I.. -I../lib  -DDEPENDS_ON_LIBICONV=1 -DDEPENDS_ON_LIBINTL=1 -DNDEBUG   -m64 -O3 -c -o libicrt_a-basename-lgpl.o `test -f 'basename-lgpl.c' || echo '/c/users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/src/srclib/'`basename-lgpl.c
/bin/sh: line 1: C:mingw64bingcc.exe: command not found
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1576: libicrt_a-allocator.o] Error 127
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/bin/sh: line 1: C:mingw64bingcc.exe: command not found
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1582: libicrt_a-areadlink.o] Error 127
/bin/sh: line 1: C:mingw64bingcc.exe: command not found
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1588: libicrt_a-basename-lgpl.o] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/build-release/srclib'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1500: all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/7000035176/.conan/data/libiconv/1.17/_/_/build/a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff/build-release/srclib'
make: *** [Makefile:34: all] Error 2
libiconv/1.17:
libiconv/1.17: ERROR: Package 'a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff' build failed
libiconv/1.17: WARN: Build folder C:\Users\7000035176\.conan\data\libiconv\1.17\_\_\build\a86b08dfda6e449c9658163512714d447bd0edff\build-release
ERROR: libiconv/1.17: Error in build() method, line 126
        autotools.make()
        ConanException: Error 2 while executing make -j16

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[SpaceIm]

Try to change CC to C:/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe and CXX to C:/mingw64/bin/g++.exe. Env vars are not curated when they are passed to Autotools builds , but tools.build:compiler_executables paths are curated (at least since conan 2.0.5 conan-io/conan#13867, I don't know whether it has been backported to conan v1).

[settings]
os=Windows
arch=x86_64
build_type=Release
compiler=gcc
compiler.version=13.1
compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11
build_type=Release
[conf]
tools.build:compiler_executables={"c": "C:/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe", "cpp": "C:/mingw64/bin/g++.exe"}
[tool_requires]
[buildenv]

# legacy
[env]
CC=C:/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe
CXX=C:/mingw64/bin/g++.exe

[Odinaka-git]

Thank you, that solved the issue for me.