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Bug 3613

Summary: CMake build fails on Windows due to: fatal error RC1203: invalid language ID or language name specified
Product: SDL Reporter: Daniel <dschreij>
Component: mainAssignee: Ryan C. Gordon <icculus>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: blocker    
Priority: P2 CC: dschreij, tschwinger
Version: 2.0.5   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Windows (All)   
URL: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/conda-forge/sdl2-feedstock/build/1.0.12
Attachments: Fixes this issue
HG changeset patch

Description Daniel 2017-03-21 13:12:03 UTC 
This problem is similar to https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3496, only in my case it occurs mid-build, and not at the end. Therefore, it might have a different reason and I am reporting it here anyway.

When building SDL 2.0.5 with CMake on Windows and reaching the file

    [ 50%] Building RC object CMakeFiles/SDL2.dir/src/main/windows/version.rc.res

the build process stops with the message:

    fatal error RC1203: invalid language ID or language name specified.

This error did not occur when building version 2.0.4 and occurs both with MSVC 9 and MSVC 14,

According to the MSVC documentation, the error can be solved by passing a correct /l flag: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5aw3x6s8.aspx, but I have no clue how to pass this to the CMake file that comes packaged with SDL2.0.5.

Here is the relevant output of my build operation:

~~~
(C:\bld\sdl2_1490099906476\_b_env) C:\bld\sdl2_1490099906476\work\SDL2-2.0.5\build>C:\bld\sdl2_1490099906476\_b_env\Library\bin\cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="C:\bld\sdl2_1490099906476\_b_env\Library" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=!TARGET! !DIRECTX_FLAG! ..  
-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 15.0.30729.1
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/bin/amd64/cl.exe
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/bin/amd64/cl.exe -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing:  PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE) 
-- 0.4.1 :: 4 :: 1 :: 4 :: 2.0
-- Performing Test HAVE_WIN32_CC
-- Performing Test HAVE_WIN32_CC - Success
-- 
-- SDL2 was configured with the following options:
-- 
-- Platform: Windows-6.3.9600
-- 64-bit:   TRUE
-- Compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/bin/amd64/cl.exe
-- 
-- Subsystems:
--   Atomic:	ON
--   Audio:	ON
--   Video:	ON
--   Render:	ON
--   Events:	ON
--   Joystick:	ON
--   Haptic:	ON
--   Power:	ON
--   Threads:	ON
--   Timers:	ON
--   File:	ON
--   Loadso:	ON
--   CPUinfo:	ON
--   Filesystem:	ON
--   Dlopen:	ON
-- 
-- Options:
--   3DNOW                  (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   ALSA                   (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   ALSA_SHARED            (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   ALTIVEC                (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   ARTS                   (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   ARTS_SHARED            (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   ASSEMBLY               (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   ASSERTIONS             (Wanted: auto): auto
--   CLOCK_GETTIME          (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   DIRECTFB_SHARED        (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   DIRECTX                (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   DISKAUDIO              (Wanted: ON): ON
--   DUMMYAUDIO             (Wanted: ON): ON
--   ESD                    (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   ESD_SHARED             (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   FUSIONSOUND            (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   FUSIONSOUND_SHARED     (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   GCC_ATOMICS            (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   INPUT_TSLIB            (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   LIBC                   (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   MIR_SHARED             (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   MMX                    (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   NAS                    (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   NAS_SHARED             (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   OSS                    (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   PTHREADS               (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   PTHREADS_SEM           (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   PULSEAUDIO             (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   PULSEAUDIO_SHARED      (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   RENDER_D3D             (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   RPATH                  (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   SDL_DLOPEN             (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   SDL_STATIC_PIC         (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   SNDIO                  (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   SSE                    (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   SSE2                   (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   SSEMATH                (Wanted: ON): OFF
--   VIDEO_COCOA            (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_DIRECTFB         (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_DUMMY            (Wanted: ON): ON
--   VIDEO_MIR              (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_OPENGL           (Wanted: ON): ON
--   VIDEO_OPENGLES         (Wanted: ON): ON
--   VIDEO_RPI              (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_VIVANTE          (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_WAYLAND          (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_WAYLAND_QT_TOUCH (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_X11              (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_X11_XCURSOR      (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_X11_XINERAMA     (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_X11_XINPUT       (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_X11_XRANDR       (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_X11_XSCRNSAVER   (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_X11_XSHAPE       (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   VIDEO_X11_XVM          (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   WAYLAND_SHARED         (Wanted: OFF): OFF
--   X11_SHARED             (Wanted: OFF): OFF
-- 
--  CFLAGS:        /DWIN32 /D_WINDOWS /W3
--  EXTRA_CFLAGS:  
--  EXTRA_LDFLAGS: 
--  EXTRA_LIBS:    user32;gdi32;winmm;imm32;ole32;oleaut32;version;uuid
-- 
--  Build Shared Library: ON
--  Build Static Library: ON
--  Build Static Library with Position Independent Code: OFF
-- 
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: C:/bld/sdl2_1490099906476/work/SDL2-2.0.5/build
(C:\bld\sdl2_1490099906476\_b_env) C:\bld\sdl2_1490099906476\work\SDL2-2.0.5\build>if errorlevel 1 exit 1 
(C:\bld\sdl2_1490099906476\_b_env) C:\bld\sdl2_1490099906476\work\SDL2-2.0.5\build>nmake
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Scanning dependencies of target SDL2main
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fatal error RC1203: invalid hexadecimal default language ID specified
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\PROGRA~1\MIA713~1\Windows\v7.0\Bin\x64\RC.Exe' : return code '0x1'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\amd64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\amd64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
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If relevant, the whole build operation can be seen here: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/conda-forge/sdl2-feedstock/build/1.0.12/job/iea55mc2j55k8jp7
Comment 1 tschwinger 2017-05-14 16:53:01 UTC 
This is caused by `add_definitions(/GS-)` in `CMakeLists.txt`.

The "definitions" specified with that command are (global for once and) really just for defines, as they affect other tools that may be interested in them, as the resource compiler.

As a consequence, `rc.exe` chokes on an option that's intended for `cl.exe` *only*.
Comment 2 tschwinger 2017-05-14 17:08:03 UTC 
Created attachment 2734 [details]
Fixes this issue

Attached patch adds the troublesome compiler option as a directory property, which very similar to what `add_definitions` does, except without affecting tools other than the compiler.
Comment 3 tschwinger 2017-05-14 21:13:14 UTC 
Created attachment 2735 [details]
HG changeset patch

Replacing bare diff with a changeset patch.
Comment 4 Sam Lantinga 2017-08-10 02:05:57 UTC 
This should be fixed by this commit:
https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/c92070a96da5