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Static GStreamer build fails to link rust plugins

When compiling the static version of GStreamer (with meson), the link stage of the rust plugins fail with: LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'gobject-2.0.lib'

Setup

  • Windows 11
  • MSVC 2022
  • gst-plugins-rs Version: 0.12.2
  • GStreamer Version: 1.24.0.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

  • Currently copied from a batch script.
meson subprojects update --reset

meson setup --wipe --buildtype=release --prefix %INSTALL_DIR%^
 -Dstrip=false^
 --default-library=static^
 -Dgst-full-target-type=static_library^
 --wrap-mode=forcefallback^
 -Dgst-full-libraries=*^
 -Dauto_features=disabled^
 -Dbase=enabled^
 -Dgood=enabled^
 -Dbad=enabled^
 -Dtools=enabled^
 -Dtests=disabled^
 -Dlibnice=enabled^
 -Dlibav=disabled^
 -Drtsp_server=disabled^
 -Dglib:tests=false^
 -Dcustom_subprojects=json-glib^
 -Djson-glib:default_library=static^
 -Djson-glib:tests=false^
 -Dpcre2:test=false^
 -Dges=disabled^
 -Ddevtools=disabled^
 -Dpython=disabled^
 -Dgstreamer:registry=false^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:playback=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:encoding=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:subparse=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:compositor=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:videotestsrc=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:videorate=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:videoconvertscale=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:app=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:typefind=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:examples=disabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-base:tests=disabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-good:qt6=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-good:soup=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-good:rtp=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-good:isomp4=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-good:examples=disabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-good:tests=disabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:autoconvert=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:d3d11=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:qt6d3d11=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:d3dvideosink=disabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:nvcodec=disabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:webrtc=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:videoparsers=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:examples=disabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-bad:tests=disabled^
 -Drs=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-rs:webrtc=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-rs:webrtchttp=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-rs:rtp=enabled^
 -Dgst-plugins-rs:file=enabled^
 --vsenv^
 %BUILD_DIR%

meson compile -C %BUILD_DIR%

meson install -C %BUILD_DIR%

Solutions you have tried

I attempted to replace ext_static = 'lib' in meson.build with ext_static = 'a'. However, this did not help

build.log

Edited by Cole R
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