node v0.12.7 cross-compile failure on ubuntu 14.04 and gcc 4.8.4

[Junkern]

I am compiling node v0.12.7 on ubuntu 14.04 running in a VM. I want to have a windows executable
./configure --dest-cpu=x64 --dest-os=win
make

In file included from ../src/node_counters.h:28:0, from ../src/node.cc:31: ../src/node_win32_perfctr_provider.h:33:8: error: ‘HANDLE’ does not name a type extern HANDLE NodeCounterProvider; ^ ../src/node_win32_perfctr_provider.h: In function ‘bool node::NODE_COUNTER_ENABLED()’: ../src/node_win32_perfctr_provider.h:35:45: error: ‘NodeCounterProvider’ was not declared in this scope INLINE bool NODE_COUNTER_ENABLED() { return NodeCounterProvider != NULL; }

[mscdex]

It's not quite that easy. You can compile for Windows using a mingw cross compiler, but I'm not sure that mingw is really supported these days. Most likely you are going to need to compile under Visual Studio (at least Express), which means you'd need a Windows machine.

[Junkern]

I feared that such an answer would come up (would have been too easy to be true). Anyone knows whether compiling with mingw works?

[mscdex]

Well, apparently someone has a set of patches for node v0.10.40 (as of this writing) for mingw-w64. So that might be a starting point, although there were a lot of changes between v0.10.40 and v4.x, so those patches may only help so much.

[Junkern]

I am building node v0.12.7, btw ;) But still thanks a lot, I will look into this!