[Interest] MSVC 2015, configure 64 bit, missing 'arch.exe' [SOLVED]

[Philippe]

Indeed, I was configuring vcvarsall.bat in the wrong way. I am using a
64 bit OS for many years, and I configured vcvarsall.bat as if my OS was
32 bit. Until last WE, I never has any problem.

By following the instructions there, I have solved my problem.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x4d2c09s.aspx

Philippe

On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:12:09 +0000
Kalinowski Maurice <Maurice.Kalinowski at theqtcompany.com> wrote:

> > 
> > Interesting. How do you force the usage of the the 64-bit native compiler?
> > 
> 
> [Kalinowski Maurice] 
> Open a cmd.exe and use "<Visual Studio Install Dir>\vc\vcvars x64". That one sets up the environment up to use the 64bit cl.exe etc in your PATH.
> 
> Btw. I was not able to reproduce this, at least against 5.5.1 being released last week. So some more input might be helpful here. Both 64bit and 32bit builds seem to work. So some more details would be beneficial (eg. Which command line you are using, any of the shortcuts by VS or such?).
> 
> Maurice
> 
> 
> > It is worth noting, in my case, that I could build 5.5.0 with MSVC-2015 some
> > weeks ago. Not anymore without my solution. This means some thing has
> > changed on my system. Apart traditional Windows 10 micro-updates, I did
> > install the latest Windows SDK https://dev.windows.com/en-
> > us/downloads/windows-10-sdk
> > 
> > Philippe
> > 
> > On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 09:51:18 +0200
> > Michael Sué <sue at sf.mpg.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Philippe,
> > >
> > > I had the same problem. It may be a problem of the x86_64 cross-compiler,
> > indeed, or Qt's configure does not recognize the target platform when I use
> > the cross-compiler of VS 2015. With VS 2013 there was no such problem.
> > >
> > > IIRC I solved it by using the 64-bit native compiler.
> > >
> > > - Michael.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: interest-bounces+sue=sf.mpg.de at qt-project.org
> > > > [mailto:interest-
> > > > bounces+sue=sf.mpg.de at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of Philippe
> > > > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 12:47 PM
> > > > To: interest at qt-project.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [Interest] MSVC 2015, configure 64 bit, missing 'arch.exe'
> > > >
> > > > After 6 hours on the case, I found a solution, but it's a hack...
> > > > maybe it can be be useful to some...
> > > >
> > > > First of all, the following did not help: reinstalling VC-2015,
> > > > cleaning temp folders, multiple rebooting, multiple attempts on a fresh
> > Qt tree.
> > > >
> > > > Using nmake as you suggested is the way...
> > > > But if I run nnake for the 64bit config (x86), it fails indeed, with
> > > > this error:
> > > >
> > > > .\arch.cpp: fatal error C1902: Program database manager mismatch;
> > > > please check your installation
> > > >
> > > > But if I run nnake for the 32bit config (x86), it works. And if I
> > > > erase the arch binaries and then run nnake for the 64bit config
> > (x86_amd64), it now works!
> > > > And with the arch.exe prebuilt like this, the rest of configure stge
> > > > works, and the full 64 bit Qt can be built later with success...
> > > >
> > > > So, still a mystery, but I have a solution.
> > > >
> > > > Philippe
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:21:40 -0700
> > > > Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Saturday 17 October 2015 00:26:54 Philippe wrote:
> > > > > > I don't have the problem with the 32 bit configure. But with the
> > > > > > 64 bit, I always get the following error during configure. Any idea?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Running configuration tests...
> > > > > > jom: C:\Qt\5.5.1\64\qtbase\config.tests\arch\Makefile [arch.obj]
> > > > > > Error 2 Could not find output file 'arch.exe' or 'arch' in
> > > > > > C:/Qt/5.5.1/64/qtbase/config. tests/arch : No such file or
> > > > > > directory Press any key to continue . . .
> > > > >
> > > > > Your compiler is probably broken and failed to compile the
> > > > > arch.exe executable.
> > > > >
> > > > > Go into that directory and run nmake. See if it produces a binary.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
> > > > >   Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
> > > > >
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