error: linker clang not found when using windows crate

[ItsEthra]

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Describe your issue

Hello, I am trying to cross compile x86_64-pc-windows-gnu from my main arch linux machine x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. Currently compilation of a binary depended on windows crate does not work, I get this error.

error: linker `clang` not found
  |
  = note: No such file or directory (os error 2)

error: could not compile `windows_x86_64_gnu` (build script) due to previous error

My system:

• cross: 0.2.5
• cargo: 1.71.0-nightly (09276c703 2023-05-16)
• rustc: 1.71.0-nightly (9d871b061 2023-05-21)

What target(s) are you cross-compiling for?

x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

Which operating system is the host (e.g computer cross is on) running?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux / BSD
• other OS (specify in description)

What architecture is the host?

• x86_64 / AMD64
• arm32
• arm64 (including Mac M1)

What container engine is cross using?

• docker
• podman
• other container engine (specify in description)

cross version

cross 0.2.5

Example

# cargo.toml
[package]
name = "crosswin"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

[dependencies]
windows = "0.48.0"

// main.rs
fn main() {}

Additional information / notes

Builds fine without windows crate

[Emilgardis]

looks like something needs clang
I can't replicate your issue using the example you've provided, do you maybe have a .cargo/config.toml file with a custom linker set? cc #621

see this wiki entry

[ItsEthra]

Hm, the only cargo config I have is in my home folder which has this. Should I create a repo to reproduce the issue? For me it breaks just as I add windows = "0.48.0" to dependencies of a hello world binary.
EDIT: I'm blind, i see clang, imma try without this 🤦
EDIT2: Yea it works

[registries.crates-io]
protocol = "sparse"

[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
linker = "clang"
rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=/usr/bin/mold", "--cfg", "tokio_unstable"]

[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"