https://github.com/aquynh/capstone/issues/1464 is the upstream bug -- thanks for reporting it there.
** Bug watch added: github.com/aquynh/capstone/issues #1464 https://github.com/aquynh/capstone/issues/1464 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826175 Title: Compilation on MSYS2/MinGW-w64 fails with error: "No rule to make target capstone.lib" Status in QEMU: New Bug description: I submitted this bug to Capstone directly but I figured it'd be useful to post it here too. The IS_MINGW check in the Makefile for Capstone fails under MSYS2 MinGW-w64 because cc --version doesn't have mingw in the output anymore: $ whereis cc cc: /mingw64/bin/cc.exe $ cc --version cc.exe (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project) 8.3.0 Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Really simple patch: diff --git "a/Makefile" "b/Makefile" index 063f50db..1d9f042e 100644 --- "a/Makefile" +++ "b/Makefile" @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS:-fPIC=) # On Windows we need the shared library to be executable else # mingw? -IS_MINGW := $(shell $(CC) --version | grep -i mingw | wc -l) +IS_MINGW := $(shell $(CC) --version | grep -i msys2 | wc -l) ifeq ($(IS_MINGW),1) EXT = dll AR_EXT = lib To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1826175/+subscriptions