win11 build error

[abccyz]

v -gc boehm -d use_freetype . builder error: 'gc.h' not found

[SurmanPP]

You need to install the headers for libgc. If you are using wsl you can install the libgc-dev package. But you can also compile it without whitout garbage collector(the -gc boehm flag). That can change the memory usage.

[chaseSpace]

PS D:\develop\v\ved> v setup-freetype
Setup freetype...
Thirdparty "freetype" is already installed.
PS D:\develop\v\ved> v -gc boehm -d use_freetype .
builder error: 'gc.h' not found
PS D:\develop\v\ved> v  -d use_freetype .
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C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/v_0/ved.5642773299282415512.tmp.c:22625: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
tcc: error: library 'freetype' not found
...
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(Use `v -cg` to print the entire error message)

builder error:
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C error. This should never happen.

This is a compiler bug, please report it using `v bug file.v`.

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