Virtualbox 7.0.12 Build failed on Windows 11 x64

[Matteo06]

Hi, when i try to build Virtualbox 7.0.12 from source on Windows 11 x64 i get this error:

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kBuild: Generating tstVMStructSize - D:/Download/VirtualBox-7.0.12/out/win.amd64/release/obj/VMM/tstAsmStructsHC.h
kmk: error: /bin/nm.exe: not found!
kmk: *** [D:/Download/VirtualBox-7.0.12/src/VBox/VMM/testcase/Makefile.kmk:790: D:/Download/VirtualBox-7.0.12/out/win.amd64/release/obj/VMM/tstAsmStructsHC.h] Error 2 (0x2)

To build Virtualbox 7.0.12, i run these commands:
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cscript configure.vbs --with-libSDL=..\SDL --with-qt5=D:\Qt\Qt5.12.12\5.12.12\msvc2017_64

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env.bat

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kmk --priority=5

I want to point out that binutils is installed and if I run nm the command is detected.

[Matteo06]

Could someone help me please?

[scottgus1]

We aren't ignoring this topic, it's just that those who build apps on Windows may be fewer and far-between-er than builders on Linux. Try a bump of this topic every week for a month, then if nothing happens, it is just too rare a subject.

You might try the mailing lists or the IRC: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Community

[Matteo06]

Ok, thanks.

[Matteo06]

How do I bump this topic?

[scottgus1]

You just did.

[klaus]

Looks like you found a corner of the VirtualBox build which still depends on MinGW-W64. Shouldn't be the case, but hard to deny.

It is used for only one sanity check testcase which is not absolutely vital to have, therefore you have two options: either add VBOX_NM=nm.exe to your kmk command line (which should use nm from binutils correctly) or edit src/VBox/VMM/testcase/Makefile.kmk, deleting the first line containing tstAsmStructs.run (which should disable the only testcase needing nm).

[Matteo06]

I added VBOX_NM=path of nm to the LocalConfig.kmk file and now it compiles. Thanks for your help.