The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform

[DaddyXtof]

Hi,

Under Windows 11 I have installed xmake using MSYS2:
pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-xmake
but get:
Program 'xmake.exe' failed to run: The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform.At line:1 char:1
... when trying to run it.
Seems like a basic issue (may be bitness) but can't figure out what I am doing wrong in the install. This should all be 64 bits.
Anyone seen this before?

Thank you

[waruqi]

install failed or run failed?

if installation is success, you can try run xmake without .exe suffix.

because it's bat script xmake.bat in bin directory.

[DaddyXtof]

xmake.bat is not available anywhere and not installed as part of the mingw package.
└─Δ where.exe xmake.bat
INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s).

The pacman install completes without errors.

[2023-11-20T23:19:01+0000] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2023-11-20T23:19:25+0000] [ALPM] transaction started
[2023-11-20T23:19:29+0000] [ALPM] reinstalled mingw-w64-x86_64-xmake (2.8.5-1)
[2023-11-20T23:19:29+0000] [ALPM] transaction completed

[waruqi]

It works for me.

:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling mingw-w64-x86_64-xmake                                                                                                                          [####################################################################################################] 100%

wangrunqing@IIGS-A8825-D MINGW64 /d/projects/personal/xmake
$ xmake --version
xmake v2.8.5+20231107, A cross-platform build utility based on Lua
Copyright (C) 2015-present Ruki Wang, tboox.org, xmake.io
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                         by ruki, xmake.io

    👉  Manual: https://xmake.io/#/getting_started
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It should bin/xmake.exe, but it's a sh script.

wangrunqing@IIGS-A8825-D MINGW64 /d/projects/personal/xmake
$ which xmake
/mingw64/bin/xmake

wangrunqing@IIGS-A8825-D MINGW64 /d/projects/personal/xmake
$ cat /mingw64/bin/xmake.exe
#!/usr/bin/env bash
BASEDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
if [ -f "$BASEDIR/../share/xmake/xmake.exe" ]; then
    $BASEDIR/../share/xmake/xmake.exe "$@"
fi

[waruqi]

But it does have some issues here as well, and I'll improve it, but that shouldn't affect the use of it right now. #3982 (comment)

[DaddyXtof]

FYI: I have tried on a separate Windows 11 machine where xmake was installed (via MSYS2/MinGW and pacman) and working well.
Doing an update (pacman -Syu) breaks xmake and then gives:

Program 'xmake.exe' failed to run: The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform.

So I believe the latest mingw-w64-x86_64-xmake package does not provide the right binaries.