Clang small project build on Windows failed when searching a static library

[abdulbadii]

Tried to compile small project, Stockfish chess, using clang (with intention to gain knowledge as by GCC always work, so being clang on Msys2 noob user) on Msys2/mingw64 environment on windows but failed in link time:

`
ld.lld: error: could not open ‘C:/msys64/mingw64/lib/clang/18/lib/windows/libclang_rt.profile-x86_64.a’: No such file or directory`

Would anyone explain clearly what the file is and how get it to solve

[Biswa96]

Please provide steps to reproduce the issue.

[abdulbadii]

Got into Stockfish src directory, tried to acquire chess engine binary,

/Stockfish-master/src/
$ make profile-build ARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt  COMP=clang
Default net: nn-ddcfb9224cdb.nnue
nn-ddcfb9224cdb.nnue available : OK
Network validated
Default net: nn-37f18f62d772.nnue
nn-37f18f62d772.nnue available : OK
Network validated

Config:
debug: 'no'
sanitize: 'none'
optimize: 'yes'
arch: 'x86_64'
bits: '64'
kernel: 'MINGW64_NT-10.0-22621'
os: 'Windows_NT'
prefetch: 'yes'
popcnt: 'yes'
pext: 'no'
sse: 'yes'
mmx: 'no'
sse2: 'yes'
ssse3: 'yes'
sse41: 'yes'
avx2: 'no'
avxvnni: 'no'
avx512: 'no'
vnni256: 'no'
vnni512: 'no'
neon: 'no'
dotprod: 'no'
arm_version: '0'
target_windows: 'yes'

Flags:
CXX: clang++
CXXFLAGS:  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld
LDFLAGS:   -static -m64 -lpthread  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld

Testing config sanity. If this fails, try 'make help' ...


Step 1/4. Building instrumented executable ...
make ARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt COMP=clang clang-profile-make
make[1]: Entering directory '/c/Users/budi/Downloads/Stockfish-master/src'
make ARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt COMP=clang \
EXTRACXXFLAGS='-fprofile-generate ' \
EXTRALDFLAGS=' -fprofile-generate' \
all
make[2]: Entering directory '/c/Users/budi/Downloads/Stockfish-master/src'
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o benchmark.o benchmark.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o bitboard.o bitboard.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o evaluate.o evaluate.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o main.o main.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o misc.o misc.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o movegen.o movegen.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o movepick.o movepick.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o position.o position.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o search.o search.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o thread.o thread.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o timeman.o timeman.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o tt.o tt.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o uci.o uci.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o ucioption.o ucioption.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o tune.o tune.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o tbprobe.o syzygy/tbprobe.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o nnue_misc.o nnue/nnue_misc.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o half_ka_v2_hm.o nnue/features/half_ka_v2_hm.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o network.o nnue/network.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o engine.o engine.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o score.o score.cpp
clang++  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld   -c -o memory.o memory.cpp
clang++ -o stockfish.exe benchmark.o bitboard.o evaluate.o main.o misc.o movegen.o movepick.o position.o search.o thread.o timeman.o tt.o uci.o ucioption.o tune.o tbprobe.o nnue_misc.o half_ka_v2_hm.o network.o engine.o score.o memory.o  -fprofile-generate -static -m64 -lpthread  -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++17 -fprofile-generate  -pedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconditional-uninitialized -m64 -DUSE_PTHREADS -DNDEBUG -O3 -funroll-loops -DIS_64BIT -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -DUSE_POPCNT -DUSE_SSE41 -msse4.1 -DUSE_SSSE3 -mssse3 -DUSE_SSE2 -msse2 -DARCH=x86-64-sse41-popcnt -flto=full -fuse-ld=lld
ld.lld: error: could not open 'C:/msys64/mingw64/lib/clang/18/lib/windows/libclang_rt.profile-x86_64.a': No such file or directory
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1048: stockfish.exe] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/budi/Downloads/Stockfish-master/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1055: clang-profile-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/budi/Downloads/Stockfish-master/src'
make: *** [Makefile:883: profile-build] Error 2

Got Version

$ clang++  -dumpversion
18.1.6

Help shed a light

[raedrizqie]

clang was not built with pgo enabled...

[abdulbadii]

Thanks, now closing it

[Andarwinux]

Just use clang64 env. mingw64 is obsolete.