Cannot cross compile for windows on Mac after updating from v2.9.2 to v2.10.1

[GregorExner]

Description

After updating my wails CLI to the most recent version (2.10.1) coming from 2.9.2 I cannot cross compile anymore.

To Reproduce

1. Create new project on macOS machine: wails -init -n test
2. Try to build for windows: wails build -platform windows
3. Error message appears: "Generating bindings: ERROR", fork/exec /var/folders/v4/5xlqls356_x9qdg07d5w8skh0000gp/T/wailsbindings: exec format error

Expected behaviour

Cross compilation of application possible like in version 2.9.2.

Screenshots

Attempted Fixes

Update of golang to latest version.

System Details

Wails Doctor          
                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                   
# Wails
Version | v2.10.1


# System
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| OS           | MacOS                                                                                                                       |
| Version      | 15.3.1                                                                                                                      |
| ID           | 24D70                                                                                                                       |
| Go Version   | go1.23.2                                                                                                                    |
| Platform     | darwin                                                                                                                      |
| Architecture | arm64                                                                                                                       |
| CPU 1        | Apple M1 Max                                                                                                                |
| CPU 2        | Apple M1 Max                                                                                                                |
| GPU          | Chipset Model: Apple M1 Max Type: GPU Bus: Built-In Total Number of Cores: 32 Vendor: Apple (0x106b) Metal Support: Metal 3 |
| Memory       | 64GB                                                                                                                        |
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

# Dependencies
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| Dependency                | Package Name | Status    | Version         |
| Xcode command line tools  | N/A          | Installed | 2409            |
| Nodejs                    | N/A          | Installed | 22.13.1         |
| npm                       | N/A          | Installed | 10.9.2          |
| *Xcode                    | N/A          | Installed | 16.2 (16C5032a) |
| *upx                      | N/A          | Available |                 |
| *nsis                     | N/A          | Available |                 |
|                                                                        |
└─────────────────────── * - Optional Dependency ────────────────────────┘

# Diagnosis
Optional package(s) installation details: 
  - upx : Available at https://upx.github.io/
  - nsis : More info at https://wails.io/docs/guides/windows-installer/

 SUCCESS  Your system is ready for Wails development!

Additional context

No response

[GregorExner]

In the meantime I have downgraded to Wails version 2.9.3 (with go 1.4 support) and cross-compiling for windows works with this version.

[Gys]

I am new to wails and for a moment thought it is not really cross platform ;) Downgrading indeed works, thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.

[GregorExner]

Yep, thanks for confirming the issue. 👍 I also hope the the issue gets fixed soon. But I think they are currently working hard on v3. Lets see if there is time for a 2.9.4 😎

[ellis2323]

I have the same problem to build an arm64 version too from windows.

# Building target: windows/arm64

  • Generating bindings:   ERROR

          fork/exec C:\Users\laure\AppData\Local\Temp\wailsbindings.exe: This version of %1 is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information and then contact the software publisher.

[plm1318]

If you want to build your project for windows on mac before the update, use the command below

brew install mingw-w64

and

env GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=1 CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc CXX=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ CGO_CXXFLAGS="-IC:\msys64\mingw64\include" wails build -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -skipbindings

[zk3151463]

最后咋解决的

[leaanthony]

This one seems to keep coming up >.<

[Soonogo]

I used CGO_ENABLED=1 GOARCH=arm64 CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc wails build -platform windows/amd64 -skipbindings to compile successfully.