Build Failure In Windows, funs.h Error -1073741515

[wbraswell_gnu]

Hi Texinfo Team,

I am automating the Texinfo build process in Perl via my new Alien::Texinfo software:

https://github.com/wbraswell/alien-texinfo

This build process works successfully on most operating systems, but a few notable exceptions exist.

Using the AppVeyor testing platform for Microsoft Windows, we see an odd error: funs.h] Error -1073741515

The full build log can be seen at the link below, and for convenience I have pasted the context around this error:

https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/y4drkn1vyfoiflk2/log

[00:06:09] Making all in info

[00:06:09] gmake[3]: Entering directory 'c:/projects/alien-texinfo/_alien/build_Ql1R/texinfo-6.5/info'

[00:06:09] gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..  -I.. -I../gnulib/lib -I../gnulib/lib -DLOCALEDIR=\"/C/STRAWB~1/perl/site/lib/auto/share/dist/Alien-Texinfo/share/locale\" -DINFODIR=\"/C/STRAWB~1/perl/site/lib/auto/share/dist/Alien-Texinfo/share/info\" -DINFODIR2=\"/C/STRAWB~1/perl/site/lib/auto/share/dist/Alien-Texinfo/share/info\"   -g -O2 -MT makedoc.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/makedoc.Tpo -c -o makedoc.o makedoc.c

[00:06:09] mv -f .deps/makedoc.Tpo .deps/makedoc.Po

[00:06:09] gcc  -g -O2   -o makedoc.exe makedoc.o ../gnulib/lib/libgnu.a  -lintl -liconv 

[00:06:09] rm -f doc.c funs.h

[00:06:09] ..//info/makedoc ./session.c ./echo-area.c ./infodoc.c ./m-x.c ./indices.c ./nodemenu.c ./footnotes.c ./variables.c

[00:06:10] gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:2526: funs.h] Error -1073741515

[00:06:10] gmake[3]: Leaving directory 'c:/projects/alien-texinfo/_alien/build_Ql1R/texinfo-6.5/info'

[00:06:10] gmake[2]: *** [Makefile:1199: all-recursive] Error 1

[00:06:10] gmake[2]: Leaving directory 'C:/projects/alien-texinfo/_alien/build_Ql1R/texinfo-6.5'

[00:06:10] gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:1138: all] Error 2

[00:06:10] gmake[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/projects/alien-texinfo/_alien/build_Ql1R/texinfo-6.5'

[00:06:10] external command failed at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Alien/Build/CommandSequence.pm line 87.

[00:06:10] gmake: *** [Makefile:1022: _alien/mm/build] Error 2

[00:06:10] Command exited with code 2

Googling for this error, I find no exact matches, and few helpful inexact matches.  The best comes from StackOverflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35672893/error-1073741515-when-executing-c-from-php

When you convert the error code -1073741515 to hex, you get 0xC0000135, which is "The Application failed to initialize properly." This can have a variety of causes, including missing DLLs. Download Depends.exe from Microsoft to see if you're missing some DLLs.

Please help?

Thanks!

~ Will 'the Chill' Braswell