Ghadeer Abou-Saleh (Jul 13 2026 at 04:46): Ghadeer Abou-Saleh (Jul 13 2026 at 04:46):Hello everyone! I am new here :sweat_smile:
I tried building the Roc compiler from source on a Windows 11 machine, with zig 0.16. I stumbled on one issue caused by some zig dependency using symlinks, which are not allowed by default on Windows (see: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17652) ... The workaround was to enable the "Developer Mode" in the "System > Advanced" settings on Windows.
Although it is not a Roc issue, until that bug is fixed, maybe it is worthwhile to add a note to that effect in the BUILDING_FROM_SOURCE.md file? I could create a PR for that if it is okay with you.
Luke Boswell (Jul 13 2026 at 04:51):Yes as far as I understand, Developer Mode is required. A PR for the docs would be good :thumbs_up:
Ghadeer Abou-Saleh (Jul 13 2026 at 05:33):I opened this PR: https://github.com/roc-lang/roc/pull/10125 ... I am not sure though if opening an issue was required.
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