MSVC ARM compiler fails CMake configuration

[madebr]

Description

Using the MSVC ARM compiler on the latest windows-2022 image fails CMake configuration

  Image: windows-2022
  Version: 20241113.3.0
  Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20241113.3/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md
  Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/win22%2F20241113.3

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Image version and build link

  Image: windows-2022
  Version: 20241113.3.0
  Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20241113.3/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md
  Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/win22%2F20241113.3

https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/actions/runs/11873470201/job/33088578294

Is it regression?

https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/actions/runs/11873470201/job/33088868957

Expected behavior

CMake configuration suceeds. kernel32.lib is a library that is expected to be available in any Windows SDK.

-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.41.34123.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.41.34120/bin/Hostx64/arm/cl.exe - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done

Actual behavior

-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.42.34433.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - failed
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.42.34433/bin/Hostx64/arm/cl.exe
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.42.34433/bin/Hostx64/arm/cl.exe - broken
CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.31/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:67 (message):
  The C compiler

    "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.42.34433/bin/Hostx64/arm/cl.exe"

  is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

    Change Dir: 'D:/a/SDL/SDL/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-rxem71'
    
    Run Build Command(s): D:/a/_temp/ninja-1.12.1-X64/ninja.exe -v cmTC_aa530
    [1/2] C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\2022\ENTERP~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1442~1.344\bin\Hostx64\arm\cl.exe  /nologo   /DWIN32 /D_WINDOWS  /Zi /Ob0 /Od -MTd /showIncludes /FoCMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir\testCCompiler.c.obj /FdCMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir\ /FS -c D:\a\SDL\SDL\build\CMakeFiles\CMakeScratch\TryCompile-rxem71\testCCompiler.c
    [2/2] C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C "cd . && "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -E vs_link_exe --msvc-ver=1942 --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir --rc=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100261~1.0\x64\rc.exe --mt=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100261~1.0\x64\mt.exe --manifests  -- C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\2022\ENTERP~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1442~1.344\bin\Hostx64\arm\link.exe /nologo CMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir\testCCompiler.c.obj  /out:cmTC_aa530.exe /implib:cmTC_aa530.lib /pdb:cmTC_aa530.pdb /version:0.0 -DEBUG  /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console  kernel32.lib user32.lib && cd ."
    FAILED: cmTC_aa530.exe 
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C "cd . && "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -E vs_link_exe --msvc-ver=1942 --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir --rc=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100261~1.0\x64\rc.exe --mt=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100261~1.0\x64\mt.exe --manifests  -- C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\2022\ENTERP~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1442~1.344\bin\Hostx64\arm\link.exe /nologo CMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir\testCCompiler.c.obj  /out:cmTC_aa530.exe /implib:cmTC_aa530.lib /pdb:cmTC_aa530.pdb /version:0.0 -DEBUG  /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console  kernel32.lib user32.lib && cd ."
    LINK Pass 1: command "C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\2022\ENTERP~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1442~1.344\bin\Hostx64\arm\link.exe /nologo CMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir\testCCompiler.c.obj /out:cmTC_aa530.exe /implib:cmTC_aa530.lib /pdb:cmTC_aa530.pdb /version:0.0 -DEBUG /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console kernel32.lib user32.lib /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:CMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir/intermediate.manifest CMakeFiles\cmTC_aa530.dir/manifest.res" failed (exit code 1104) with the following output:
    LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'kernel32.lib'

    ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
    
    

  

  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:4 (project)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

Repro steps

build:
  os: windows-latest
  steps:
  - use: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
    with:
      arch: x64_arm
  - run: |
      # download ninja
  - run: |
      cmake -S some-cmake-project -B build -GNinja

[zufuliu]

See zufuliu/notepad4#839, Windows SDK 10.0.26100.0 no longer install libs for 32-bit arm.
Following is my workaround (copy libs from Windows SDK 10.0.22621.0). see zufuliu/notepad4@e53e433:

SET "Win10Lib=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib"
robocopy "%Win10Lib%\10.0.22621.0\ucrt\arm" "%Win10Lib%\10.0.26100.0\ucrt\arm" /E 1>NUL
robocopy "%Win10Lib%\10.0.22621.0\um\arm" "%Win10Lib%\10.0.26100.0\um\arm" /E 1>NUL

[madebr]

Thanks, I worked around this issue on ci by pinning the Windows SDK version to 10.0.22621.0 (sdk input of ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd)

Is there a public announcement about ARM32 on Windows being deprecated?

[Prabhatkumar59]

Hi @madebr - Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this issue and will update you after investigating.

[binarymaster]

Meh... this broke ReactOS ARM port build: #10978 (comment)

(at first I thought this is a problem with 20241113.3.0 image)

[maron2000]

I haven't tested yet but explicitly setting the SDK version in your project files (.vcxproj) might be a workaround.

Another workaround is to explicitly set the SDK version in your project files (.vcxproj) to 10.0.22621.0.
Setting it to 10.0 will make Visual Studio pick the latest installed version.

  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.22621.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
    ...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/gdk/_content/gc/tools-pc/visualstudio/gr-vs-2019-support-notes