compiling 1.1.1k on linux/64 for win/64 fails: Assembler messages: bad .section directive

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perl configdata.pm --dump

Command line (with current working directory = .):

/usr/bin/perl ./Configure --cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- shared mingw64 dir=/etc/ssl --libdir=/lib -static-libgcc

Perl information:

/usr/bin/perl
5.34.0 for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

Enabled features:

aria
asm
async
autoalginit
autoerrinit
autoload-config
bf
blake2
camellia
capieng
cast
chacha
cmac
cms
comp
ct
deprecated
des
dgram
dh
dsa
dso
dtls
dynamic-engine
ec
ec2m
ecdh
ecdsa
engine
err
filenames
gost
hw(-.+)?
idea
makedepend
md4
mdc2
multiblock
nextprotoneg
pinshared
ocb
ocsp
pic
poly1305
posix-io
psk
rc2
rc4
rdrand
rfc3779
rmd160
scrypt
seed
shared
siphash
sm2
sm3
sm4
sock
srp
srtp
sse2
ssl
static-engine
stdio
tests
threads
tls
ts
ui-console
whirlpool
tls1
tls1-method
tls1_1
tls1_1-method
tls1_2
tls1_2-method
tls1_3
dtls1
dtls1-method
dtls1_2
dtls1_2-method

Disabled features:

afalgeng                [not-linux] OPENSSL_NO_AFALGENG
asan                    [default]   OPENSSL_NO_ASAN
buildtest-c++           [default]
crypto-mdebug           [default]   OPENSSL_NO_CRYPTO_MDEBUG
crypto-mdebug-backtrace [default]   OPENSSL_NO_CRYPTO_MDEBUG_BACKTRACE
devcryptoeng            [default]   OPENSSL_NO_DEVCRYPTOENG
ec_nistp_64_gcc_128     [default]   OPENSSL_NO_EC_NISTP_64_GCC_128
egd                     [default]   OPENSSL_NO_EGD
external-tests          [default]   OPENSSL_NO_EXTERNAL_TESTS
fuzz-libfuzzer          [default]   OPENSSL_NO_FUZZ_LIBFUZZER
fuzz-afl                [default]   OPENSSL_NO_FUZZ_AFL
heartbeats              [default]   OPENSSL_NO_HEARTBEATS
md2                     [default]   OPENSSL_NO_MD2 (skip crypto/md2)
msan                    [default]   OPENSSL_NO_MSAN
rc5                     [default]   OPENSSL_NO_RC5 (skip crypto/rc5)
sctp                    [default]   OPENSSL_NO_SCTP
ssl-trace               [default]   OPENSSL_NO_SSL_TRACE
ubsan                   [default]   OPENSSL_NO_UBSAN
unit-test               [default]   OPENSSL_NO_UNIT_TEST
weak-ssl-ciphers        [default]   OPENSSL_NO_WEAK_SSL_CIPHERS
zlib                    [default]
zlib-dynamic            [default]
ssl3                    [default]   OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
ssl3-method             [default]   OPENSSL_NO_SSL3_METHOD

Config target attributes:

AR => "ar",
ARFLAGS => "r",
CC => "gcc",
CFLAGS => "-Wall -O3",
HASHBANGPERL => "/usr/bin/env perl",
RANLIB => "ranlib",
RC => "windres",
aes_asm_src => "aes_core.c aes_cbc.c vpaes-x86_64.s aesni-x86_64.s aesni-sha1-x86_64.s aesni-sha256-x86_64.s aesni-mb-x86_64.s",
aes_obj => "aes_core.o aes_cbc.o vpaes-x86_64.o aesni-x86_64.o aesni-sha1-x86_64.o aesni-sha256-x86_64.o aesni-mb-x86_64.o",
apps_aux_src => "win32_init.c",
apps_init_src => "",
apps_obj => "win32_init.o",
bf_asm_src => "bf_enc.c",
bf_obj => "bf_enc.o",
bn_asm_src => "asm/x86_64-gcc.c x86_64-mont.s x86_64-mont5.s x86_64-gf2m.s rsaz_exp.c rsaz-x86_64.s rsaz-avx2.s",
bn_obj => "asm/x86_64-gcc.o x86_64-mont.o x86_64-mont5.o x86_64-gf2m.o rsaz_exp.o rsaz-x86_64.o rsaz-avx2.o",
bn_ops => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT EXPORT_VAR_AS_FN",
build_file => "Makefile",
build_scheme => [ "unified", "unix" ],
cast_asm_src => "c_enc.c",
cast_obj => "c_enc.o",
cflags => "-m64",
chacha_asm_src => "chacha-x86_64.s",
chacha_obj => "chacha-x86_64.o",
cmll_asm_src => "cmll-x86_64.s cmll_misc.c",
cmll_obj => "cmll-x86_64.o cmll_misc.o",
cppflags => "-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_MT",
cpuid_asm_src => "x86_64cpuid.s",
cpuid_obj => "x86_64cpuid.o",
defines => [  ],
des_asm_src => "des_enc.c fcrypt_b.c",
des_obj => "des_enc.o fcrypt_b.o",
disable => [  ],
dso_extension => ".dll",
dso_scheme => "win32",
ec_asm_src => "ecp_nistz256.c ecp_nistz256-x86_64.s x25519-x86_64.s",
ec_obj => "ecp_nistz256.o ecp_nistz256-x86_64.o x25519-x86_64.o",
enable => [  ],
ex_libs => "-lws2_32 -lgdi32 -lcrypt32",
exe_extension => ".exe",
includes => [  ],
keccak1600_asm_src => "keccak1600-x86_64.s",
keccak1600_obj => "keccak1600-x86_64.o",
lflags => "",
lib_cflags => "",
lib_cppflags => "-DL_ENDIAN",
lib_defines => [  ],
md5_asm_src => "md5-x86_64.s",
md5_obj => "md5-x86_64.o",
modes_asm_src => "ghash-x86_64.s aesni-gcm-x86_64.s",
modes_obj => "ghash-x86_64.o aesni-gcm-x86_64.o",
module_cflags => "",
module_cxxflags => "",
module_ldflags => "-static-libgcc -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base",
multilib => "64",
padlock_asm_src => "e_padlock-x86_64.s",
padlock_obj => "e_padlock-x86_64.o",
perlasm_scheme => "mingw64",
poly1305_asm_src => "poly1305-x86_64.s",
poly1305_obj => "poly1305-x86_64.o",
rc4_asm_src => "rc4-x86_64.s rc4-md5-x86_64.s",
rc4_obj => "rc4-x86_64.o rc4-md5-x86_64.o",
rc5_asm_src => "rc5_enc.c",
rc5_obj => "rc5_enc.o",
rmd160_asm_src => "",
rmd160_obj => "",
sha1_asm_src => "sha1-x86_64.s sha256-x86_64.s sha512-x86_64.s sha1-mb-x86_64.s sha256-mb-x86_64.s",
sha1_obj => "sha1-x86_64.o sha256-x86_64.o sha512-x86_64.o sha1-mb-x86_64.o sha256-mb-x86_64.o",
shared_cflag => "",
shared_cppflags => "_WINDLL",
shared_defflag => "",
shared_defines => [  ],
shared_extension => ".dll",
shared_extension_simple => ".dll",
shared_impflag => "-Wl,--out-implib=",
shared_import_extension => ".dll.a",
shared_ldflag => "-static-libgcc -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base",
shared_rcflag => "--target=pe-x86-64",
shared_target => "mingw-shared",
sys_id => "MINGW64",
thread_defines => [  ],
thread_scheme => "winthreads",
unistd => "<unistd.h>",
uplink_aux_src => "",
uplink_obj => "",
wp_asm_src => "wp-x86_64.s",
wp_obj => "wp-x86_64.o",

Recorded environment:

AR =
BUILDFILE =
CC =
CFLAGS =
CPPFLAGS =
CROSS_COMPILE =
CXX =
CXXFLAGS =
HASHBANGPERL =
LDFLAGS =
LDLIBS =
OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR =
PERL =
RANLIB =
RC =
RCFLAGS =
WINDRES =
__CNF_CFLAGS =
__CNF_CPPDEFINES =
__CNF_CPPFLAGS =
__CNF_CPPINCLUDES =
__CNF_CXXFLAGS =
__CNF_LDFLAGS =
__CNF_LDLIBS =

Makevars:

AR              = x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar
ARFLAGS         = r
CC              = x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
CFLAGS          = -Wall -O3 -static-libgcc
CPPDEFINES      =
CPPFLAGS        =
CPPINCLUDES     =
CROSS_COMPILE   = x86_64-w64-mingw32-
CXXFLAGS        = -static-libgcc
HASHBANGPERL    = /usr/bin/env perl
LDFLAGS         =
LDLIBS          =
PERL            = /usr/bin/perl
RANLIB          = x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib
RC              = x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres
RCFLAGS         =

NOTE: These variables only represent the configuration view. The build file
template may have processed these variables further, please have a look at the
build file for more exact data:
Makefile

build file:

Makefile

build file templates:

Configurations/common0.tmpl
Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
Configurations/common.tmpl

Hello,

I am currently trying to build OpenSSL 1.1.1k (as a dependency for OpenVPN).

I ran these commands:

 > ./Configure --cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- shared mingw64 dir=/etc/ssl --libdir=/lib -static-libgcc
**********************************************************************
***                                                                ***
***   OpenSSL has been successfully configured                     ***
***                                                                ***
**********************************************************************
 > make

make gives this error:

/usr/bin/perl "-I." -Mconfigdata "util/dofile.pl" \
    "-oMakefile" include/crypto/bn_conf.h.in > include/crypto/bn_conf.h
/usr/bin/perl "-I." -Mconfigdata "util/dofile.pl" \
    "-oMakefile" include/crypto/dso_conf.h.in > include/crypto/dso_conf.h
/usr/bin/perl "-I." -Mconfigdata "util/dofile.pl" \
    "-oMakefile" include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in > include/openssl/opensslconf.h
/usr/sbin/make depend && /usr/sbin/make _all
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/lenni/git/openvpn-build/generic/tmp/openssl-1.1.1k'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/lenni/git/openvpn-build/generic/tmp/openssl-1.1.1k'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/lenni/git/openvpn-build/generic/tmp/openssl-1.1.1k'
x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc  -I. -Iinclude -m64 -Wa,--noexecstack -Wall -O3 -static-libgcc -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_PIC -DOPENSSL_CPUID_OBJ -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DKECCAK1600_ASM -DRC4_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAESNI_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DGHASH_ASM -DECP_NISTZ256_ASM -DX25519_ASM -DPOLY1305_ASM -DOPENSSLDIR="\"C:/Program Files/Common Files/SSL\"" -DENGINESDIR="\"C:/Program Files/OpenSSL/lib/engines-1_1\"" -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_MT -DNDEBUG  -MMD -MF apps/app_rand.d.tmp -MT apps/app_rand.o -c -o apps/app_rand.o apps/app_rand.c
/tmp/cczahEXC.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/cczahEXC.s:3: Fatal error: bad .section directive: want a,l,w,x,M,S,G,T in string
make[1]: *** [Makefile:729: apps/app_rand.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/lenni/git/openvpn-build/generic/tmp/openssl-1.1.1k'
make: *** [Makefile:188: all] Error 2

The help file suggests running it with --no-asm. It doesn't change anything for me, I still get the same error.

What can I do now? Thanks for any help in advance.

[scrouthtv]

It also fails with this simplified configuration:

 > ./Configure --cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- shared mingw64

perl configdata.pm --dump

Command line (with current working directory = .):

/usr/bin/perl ./Configure --cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- shared mingw64

Perl information:

/usr/bin/perl
5.34.0 for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

Enabled features:

aria
asm
async
autoalginit
autoerrinit
autoload-config
bf
blake2
camellia
capieng
cast
chacha
cmac
cms
comp
ct
deprecated
des
dgram
dh
dsa
dso
dtls
dynamic-engine
ec
ec2m
ecdh
ecdsa
engine
err
filenames
gost
hw(-.+)?
idea
makedepend
md4
mdc2
multiblock
nextprotoneg
pinshared
ocb
ocsp
pic
poly1305
posix-io
psk
rc2
rc4
rdrand
rfc3779
rmd160
scrypt
seed
shared
siphash
sm2
sm3
sm4
sock
srp
srtp
sse2
ssl
static-engine
stdio
tests
threads
tls
ts
ui-console
whirlpool
tls1
tls1-method
tls1_1
tls1_1-method
tls1_2
tls1_2-method
tls1_3
dtls1
dtls1-method
dtls1_2
dtls1_2-method

Disabled features:

afalgeng                [not-linux] OPENSSL_NO_AFALGENG
asan                    [default]   OPENSSL_NO_ASAN
buildtest-c++           [default]
crypto-mdebug           [default]   OPENSSL_NO_CRYPTO_MDEBUG
crypto-mdebug-backtrace [default]   OPENSSL_NO_CRYPTO_MDEBUG_BACKTRACE
devcryptoeng            [default]   OPENSSL_NO_DEVCRYPTOENG
ec_nistp_64_gcc_128     [default]   OPENSSL_NO_EC_NISTP_64_GCC_128
egd                     [default]   OPENSSL_NO_EGD
external-tests          [default]   OPENSSL_NO_EXTERNAL_TESTS
fuzz-libfuzzer          [default]   OPENSSL_NO_FUZZ_LIBFUZZER
fuzz-afl                [default]   OPENSSL_NO_FUZZ_AFL
heartbeats              [default]   OPENSSL_NO_HEARTBEATS
md2                     [default]   OPENSSL_NO_MD2 (skip crypto/md2)
msan                    [default]   OPENSSL_NO_MSAN
rc5                     [default]   OPENSSL_NO_RC5 (skip crypto/rc5)
sctp                    [default]   OPENSSL_NO_SCTP
ssl-trace               [default]   OPENSSL_NO_SSL_TRACE
ubsan                   [default]   OPENSSL_NO_UBSAN
unit-test               [default]   OPENSSL_NO_UNIT_TEST
weak-ssl-ciphers        [default]   OPENSSL_NO_WEAK_SSL_CIPHERS
zlib                    [default]
zlib-dynamic            [default]
ssl3                    [default]   OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
ssl3-method             [default]   OPENSSL_NO_SSL3_METHOD

Config target attributes:

AR => "ar",
ARFLAGS => "r",
CC => "gcc",
CFLAGS => "-Wall -O3",
HASHBANGPERL => "/usr/bin/env perl",
RANLIB => "ranlib",
RC => "windres",
aes_asm_src => "aes_core.c aes_cbc.c vpaes-x86_64.s aesni-x86_64.s aesni-sha1-x86_64.s aesni-sha256-x86_64.s aesni-mb-x86_64.s",
aes_obj => "aes_core.o aes_cbc.o vpaes-x86_64.o aesni-x86_64.o aesni-sha1-x86_64.o aesni-sha256-x86_64.o aesni-mb-x86_64.o",
apps_aux_src => "win32_init.c",
apps_init_src => "",
apps_obj => "win32_init.o",
bf_asm_src => "bf_enc.c",
bf_obj => "bf_enc.o",
bn_asm_src => "asm/x86_64-gcc.c x86_64-mont.s x86_64-mont5.s x86_64-gf2m.s rsaz_exp.c rsaz-x86_64.s rsaz-avx2.s",
bn_obj => "asm/x86_64-gcc.o x86_64-mont.o x86_64-mont5.o x86_64-gf2m.o rsaz_exp.o rsaz-x86_64.o rsaz-avx2.o",
bn_ops => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT EXPORT_VAR_AS_FN",
build_file => "Makefile",
build_scheme => [ "unified", "unix" ],
cast_asm_src => "c_enc.c",
cast_obj => "c_enc.o",
cflags => "-m64",
chacha_asm_src => "chacha-x86_64.s",
chacha_obj => "chacha-x86_64.o",
cmll_asm_src => "cmll-x86_64.s cmll_misc.c",
cmll_obj => "cmll-x86_64.o cmll_misc.o",
cppflags => "-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_MT",
cpuid_asm_src => "x86_64cpuid.s",
cpuid_obj => "x86_64cpuid.o",
defines => [  ],
des_asm_src => "des_enc.c fcrypt_b.c",
des_obj => "des_enc.o fcrypt_b.o",
disable => [  ],
dso_extension => ".dll",
dso_scheme => "win32",
ec_asm_src => "ecp_nistz256.c ecp_nistz256-x86_64.s x25519-x86_64.s",
ec_obj => "ecp_nistz256.o ecp_nistz256-x86_64.o x25519-x86_64.o",
enable => [  ],
ex_libs => "-lws2_32 -lgdi32 -lcrypt32",
exe_extension => ".exe",
includes => [  ],
keccak1600_asm_src => "keccak1600-x86_64.s",
keccak1600_obj => "keccak1600-x86_64.o",
lflags => "",
lib_cflags => "",
lib_cppflags => "-DL_ENDIAN",
lib_defines => [  ],
md5_asm_src => "md5-x86_64.s",
md5_obj => "md5-x86_64.o",
modes_asm_src => "ghash-x86_64.s aesni-gcm-x86_64.s",
modes_obj => "ghash-x86_64.o aesni-gcm-x86_64.o",
module_cflags => "",
module_cxxflags => "",
module_ldflags => "-static-libgcc -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base",
multilib => "64",
padlock_asm_src => "e_padlock-x86_64.s",
padlock_obj => "e_padlock-x86_64.o",
perlasm_scheme => "mingw64",
poly1305_asm_src => "poly1305-x86_64.s",
poly1305_obj => "poly1305-x86_64.o",
rc4_asm_src => "rc4-x86_64.s rc4-md5-x86_64.s",
rc4_obj => "rc4-x86_64.o rc4-md5-x86_64.o",
rc5_asm_src => "rc5_enc.c",
rc5_obj => "rc5_enc.o",
rmd160_asm_src => "",
rmd160_obj => "",
sha1_asm_src => "sha1-x86_64.s sha256-x86_64.s sha512-x86_64.s sha1-mb-x86_64.s sha256-mb-x86_64.s",
sha1_obj => "sha1-x86_64.o sha256-x86_64.o sha512-x86_64.o sha1-mb-x86_64.o sha256-mb-x86_64.o",
shared_cflag => "",
shared_cppflags => "_WINDLL",
shared_defflag => "",
shared_defines => [  ],
shared_extension => ".dll",
shared_extension_simple => ".dll",
shared_impflag => "-Wl,--out-implib=",
shared_import_extension => ".dll.a",
shared_ldflag => "-static-libgcc -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base",
shared_rcflag => "--target=pe-x86-64",
shared_target => "mingw-shared",
sys_id => "MINGW64",
thread_defines => [  ],
thread_scheme => "winthreads",
unistd => "<unistd.h>",
uplink_aux_src => "",
uplink_obj => "",
wp_asm_src => "wp-x86_64.s",
wp_obj => "wp-x86_64.o",

Recorded environment:

AR =
ARFLAGS =
AS =
ASFLAGS =
BUILDFILE =
CC =
CFLAGS =
CPP =
CPPDEFINES =
CPPFLAGS =
CPPINCLUDES =
CROSS_COMPILE =
CXX =
CXXFLAGS =
HASHBANGPERL =
LD =
LDFLAGS =
LDLIBS =
MT =
MTFLAGS =
OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR =
PERL =
RANLIB =
RC =
RCFLAGS =
RM =
WINDRES =
__CNF_CFLAGS =
__CNF_CPPDEFINES =
__CNF_CPPFLAGS =
__CNF_CPPINCLUDES =
__CNF_CXXFLAGS =
__CNF_LDFLAGS =
__CNF_LDLIBS =

Makevars:

AR              = x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar
ARFLAGS         = r
CC              = x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
CFLAGS          = -Wall -O3
CPPDEFINES      =
CPPFLAGS        =
CPPINCLUDES     =
CROSS_COMPILE   = x86_64-w64-mingw32-
CXXFLAGS        =
HASHBANGPERL    = /usr/bin/env perl
LDFLAGS         =
LDLIBS          =
PERL            = /usr/bin/perl
RANLIB          = x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib
RC              = x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres
RCFLAGS         =

NOTE: These variables only represent the configuration view. The build file
template may have processed these variables further, please have a look at the
build file for more exact data:
Makefile

build file:

Makefile

build file templates:

Configurations/common0.tmpl
Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
Configurations/common.tmpl

[xtkoba]

Maybe a bug in toolchain? What versions of binutils and gcc are you using?

On my Gentoo crossdev environment the build seems fine, using:

binutils-2.36.1-r2
gcc-11.2.0
mingw64-runtime-9.0.0

[levitte]

The help file suggests running it with --no-asm. It doesn't change anything for me, I still get the same error.

no-asm, i.e. no initial dashes

[scrouthtv]

What versions of binutils and gcc are you using?

 ~ pacman -Q binutils gcc mingw-w64-headers mingw-w64-binutils mingw-w64-gcc
binutils 2.36.1-3
gcc 11.1.0-1
mingw-w64-headers 9.0.0-2
mingw-w64-binutils 2.36.1-1
mingw-w64-gcc 11.2.0-1

There is no mingw runtime on Arch afaik.

no-asm, i.e. no initial dashes

As an argument to ./Configure or make? Neither works:

 ~ ./Configure no-asm --cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- shared mingw64
***   OpenSSL has been successfully configured                     ***
 ~ make
/usr/bin/perl "-I." -Mconfigdata "util/dofile.pl" \
    "-oMakefile" include/crypto/bn_conf.h.in > include/crypto/bn_conf.h
/usr/bin/perl "-I." -Mconfigdata "util/dofile.pl" \
    "-oMakefile" include/crypto/dso_conf.h.in > include/crypto/dso_conf.h
/usr/bin/perl "-I." -Mconfigdata "util/dofile.pl" \
    "-oMakefile" include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in > include/openssl/opensslconf.h
/usr/sbin/make depend && /usr/sbin/make _all
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/lenni/git/openvpn-build/generic/tmp/openssl-1.1.1k'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/lenni/git/openvpn-build/generic/tmp/openssl-1.1.1k'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/lenni/git/openvpn-build/generic/tmp/openssl-1.1.1k'
x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc  -I. -Iinclude -m64 -Wall -O3 -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_PIC -DOPENSSLDIR="\"C:/Program Files/Common Files/SSL\"" -DENGINESDIR="\"C:/Program Files/OpenSSL/lib/engines-1_1\"" -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_MT -DNDEBUG  -MMD -MF apps/app_rand.d.tmp -MT apps/app_rand.o -c -o apps/app_rand.o apps/app_rand.c
/tmp/ccBhgJGz.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccBhgJGz.s:3: Fatal error: bad .section directive: want a,l,w,x,M,S,G,T in string
make[1]: *** [Makefile:729: apps/app_rand.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/lenni/git/openvpn-build/generic/tmp/openssl-1.1.1k'
make: *** [Makefile:188: all] Error 2

 ~ make no-asm
make: *** No rule to make target 'no-asm'.  Stop.

EDIT: I just tested exactly tag OpenSSL_1_1_1k from github.com / openssl / openssl and my issue persists. (I previously had an unknown version that came with OpenVPN_build)

[xtkoba]

Probably a wrong assembler is invoked from gcc I guess, from the following observation:

$ cat foo.s
        .file   "app_rand.c"
        .text
        .section .rdata,"dr"

$ x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc foo.s -c

$ x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc foo.s -c
foo.s: Assembler messages:
foo.s:3: Fatal error: bad .section directive: want a,l,w,x,M,S,G,T in string

The -v option for gcc might help investigating, such as:

$ x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc  -I. -Iinclude -m64 -Wall -O3 -static-libgcc -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_PIC -DOPENSSL_CPUID_OBJ -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DKECCAK1600_ASM -DRC4_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAESNI_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DGHASH_ASM -DECP_NISTZ256_ASM -DX25519_ASM -DPOLY1305_ASM -DOPENSSLDIR="\"C:/Program Files/Common Files/SSL\"" -DENGINESDIR="\"C:/Program Files/OpenSSL/lib/engines-1_1\"" -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_MT -DNDEBUG  -MMD -MF apps/app_rand.d.tmp -MT apps/app_rand.o -c -o apps/app_rand.o apps/app_rand.c -v
(...snip...)
 /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/as -v -I . -I include --64 -o apps/app_rand.o /tmp/ccz2SY6x.s
GNU assembler version 2.36.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32) using BFD version (Gentoo 2.36.1 p4) 2.36.1
(...snip...)

[scrouthtv]

 ~ x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc  -I. -Iinclude -m64 -Wall -O3 -static-libgcc -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_PIC -DOPENSSL_CPUID_OBJ -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DKECCAK1600_ASM -DRC4_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAESNI_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DGHASH_ASM -DECP_NISTZ256_ASM -DX25519_ASM -DPOLY1305_ASM -DOPENSSLDIR="\"C:/Program Files/Common Files/SSL\"" -DENGINESDIR="\"C:/Program Files/OpenSSL/lib/engines-1_1\"" -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_MT -DNDEBUG  -MMD -MF apps/app_rand.d.tmp -MT apps/app_rand.o -c -o apps/app_rand.o apps/app_rand.c -v
GNU C17 (GCC) version 11.2.0 (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
        compiled by GNU C version 11.1.0, GMP version 6.2.1, MPFR version 4.1.0, MPC version 1.2.1, isl version isl-0.24-GMP

warning: MPFR header version 4.1.0 differs from library version 4.1.0-p13.
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
Compiler executable checksum: 79221e2262d09bd567b30f4c0e1e7955
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-I' '.' '-I' 'include' '-m64' '-Wall' '-O3' '-static-libgcc' '-D' 'L_ENDIAN' '-D' 'OPENSSL_PIC' '-D' 'OPENSSL_CPUID_OBJ' '-D' 'OPENSSL_IA32_SSE2' '-D' 'OPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT' '-D' 'OPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5' '-D' 'OPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m' '-D' 'SHA1_ASM' '-D' 'SHA256_ASM' '-D' 'SHA512_ASM' '-D' 'KECCAK1600_ASM' '-D' 'RC4_ASM' '-D' 'MD5_ASM' '-D' 'AESNI_ASM' '-D' 'VPAES_ASM' '-D' 'GHASH_ASM' '-D' 'ECP_NISTZ256_ASM' '-D' 'X25519_ASM' '-D' 'POLY1305_ASM' '-D' 'OPENSSLDIR="C:/Program Files/Common Files/SSL"' '-D' 'ENGINESDIR="C:/Program Files/OpenSSL/lib/engines-1_1"' '-D' 'UNICODE' '-D' '_UNICODE' '-D' 'WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN' '-D' '_MT' '-D' 'NDEBUG' '-MMD' '-MF' 'apps/app_rand.d.tmp' '-MT' 'apps/app_rand.o' '-c' '-o' 'apps/app_rand.o' '-v' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' '-dumpdir' 'apps/'
 as -v -I . -I include --64 -o apps/app_rand.o /tmp/ccKuiaBZ.s
GNU assembler version 2.36.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils) 2.36.1
/tmp/ccKuiaBZ.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccKuiaBZ.s:3: Fatal error: bad .section directive: want a,l,w,x,M,S,G,T in string

It's indeed calling GNU assembler (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu). Any idea how to fix this?

[scrouthtv]

https://stackoverflow.com/a/24741760/7242251

Adding
-B /usr/sbin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-
to your command line fixes the issue.

EDIT: If I add -B /usr/sbin/x86_64-w64-mingw32- to the CFLAGS, I get the same issue as in #9922

[levitte]

no-asm, i.e. no initial dashes

As an argument to ./Configure or make?

To Configure. Also, it doesn't affect the toolchain, it only disables the use most of OpenSSL assembler modules.
gcc converts C to assembler and then calls gas (GNU assembler) with the result. There's nothing that we can do to change that. Therefore, it seems like you do have a toolchain problem.

[scrouthtv]

it seems like you do have a toolchain problem.

How would I go about debugging this?

If I simply run x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc on a test file without the options provided by xtkoba
(x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -I. -Iinclude -m64 -Wall -O3 -static-libgcc -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_PIC -DOPENSSL_CPUID_OBJ -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DKECCAK1600_ASM -DRC4_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAESNI_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DGHASH_ASM -DECP_NISTZ256_ASM -DX25519_ASM -DPOLY1305_ASM -DOPENSSLDIR=""C:/Program Files/Common Files/SSL"" -DENGINESDIR=""C:/Program Files/OpenSSL/lib/engines-1_1"" -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_MT -DNDEBUG -MMD -MF apps/app_rand.d.tmp -MT apps/app_rand.o -c -o apps/app_rand.o apps/app_rand.c -v)

It does not call the linux assembler at all.

[levitte]

What versions of binutils and gcc are you using?

 ~ pacman -Q binutils gcc mingw-w64-headers mingw-w64-binutils mingw-w64-gcc
binutils 2.36.1-3
gcc 11.1.0-1
mingw-w64-headers 9.0.0-2
mingw-w64-binutils 2.36.1-1
mingw-w64-gcc 11.2.0-1

Hold on, that's two different binutils and two different gcc packages. If I understand correctly, they don't mix well, and considering this -v output, it could be that the gcc from mingw-w64-gcc is calling the as from binutils:

 as -v -I . -I include --64 -o apps/app_rand.o /tmp/ccKuiaBZ.s

What happens if you uninstall the non-mingw gcc and binutils?