[x264-devel] compilation issue on windows using MinGW: windres.exe: preprocessing failed

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 23:43:27 +0100, Jürgen Waser wrote:
> Hello Everyone,

> I'm trying to compile x264 on windows using MingGW.  I run ./configure
> and receive the following error: "No working C compiler found".  The 
> attached config.log shows that there is an issue with windres.exe. What
> can I do to resolve this issue?

> Thank you,
> Jürgen

Hi. Looks like you have broken version of MSYS or MinGW/GCC. What
version (who's build) of MSYS and MinGW you use? Check the path of
directory where you have sources and run configure. Check that path
isn't too long (possible max length limit) and preferably do not have
spaces in it.