Windows 11: mediasoup-sys 0.10.0 build fails with Meson/Ninja “build.ninja still dirty after 100 tries”

mediasoup libraries
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Hi all — I’m trying to build a Rust project that depends on `mediasoup-sys = “0.10.0”` (mediasoup `“0.20.0”`) on Windows 11, and the build repeatedly fails in the Meson/Ninja step.

- Operating system: Windows 11 (build 26200)

- Shell: Developer PowerShell for Visual Studio

- MSVC: cl 19.44.35217 (VS 17.14.17), link 14.44.35217.0

- Meson: 1.5.0

- Ninja: 1.10.2.git.kitware.jobserver-1

- Python: 3.11.9 (pyenv)

- Long paths: enabled

- Not under OneDrive/Dropbox; no indexers; no custom `MESON_ARGS`/`NINJAFLAGS`/`CL`/`LINK`

Command:

- `cargo build` inside the project directory

Error (repeats):

```text

ninja: error: manifest ‘build.ninja’ still dirty after 100 tries

thread ‘main’ panicked at …\mediasoup-sys-0.10.0\build.rs:154:9:

Failed to build libmediasoup-worker

```

Tried:

- `cargo clean` and deleting `target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-*/out` → same error

- Running the wrapper: `meson compile -C C:\Users\Path\to\file\Desktop\…\out\build` → same error

- Confirmed long paths and MSVC environment are active

I would really appreciate someone’s help, as I’m not really sure what’s causing this issue.

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Please don’t do cross posting. You have already open an issue in GitHub about this.

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Sorry Iñaki!

I wasn’t sure if this forum was more active than the github repo. If you’d like, I remove this post.

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This forum is for usage questions. GitHub is for reporting bugs/issues in the software. Yours seems to be 100% reproducible so let’s handle it as a bug (although nobody here is using Windows so it’s hard to solve).

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Okay then, (after you reply) I’ll remove the post from here.

Since we can handle this as a bug, please let me know if there’re any tools/steps I can take to help debug the issue (especially since, like you mentioned, no one uses Windows).

Thank you for quickly responding.

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Taking a peak right now, I may have a patch so it will build on any OS; just need to test things on Windows 10 and 11. Should have some results in 30-60 minutes. :slight_smile:

So far got it compiling on Windows 10 few issues though, need to trick meson/ninja a bit. I’ll see how far I get with this tonight if it takes longer.

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I found some errors, may be a coding night but I think this can be fixed.

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This topic is not about mediasoup building errors due to C++ code. I mean, Windows CI passes. The topic here is about mediasoup crate failing to install in a Rust project in Windows.

  1. Did you manage to reproduce the problem by following the STR given by the user?
  2. If so, will you write a PR fixing it?

Note: please, don’t answer here. There is an open issue in GitHub (see comments above).

Thanks.

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Issue reported here: Windows 11: mediasoup-sys 0.10.0 build fails with Meson/Ninja “build.ninja still dirty after 100 tries” · Issue #1624 · versatica/mediasoup · GitHub

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Thank you Inaki. Have you had any luck BronzedBroth? Please let me know on the github issue!

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@Flapjack please subscribe to the GitHub issue. I will eventually comment on it once I have a virtual Windows setup running.