msys2 pacman hanging when asked to install SDL2

Question

I want to make my program cross-platform. It's already working on Mac, using VS code and GCC toolchain. So I go to set up the same on Windows, and I install MSYS2. Time to build: I have a dependency on SDL2, need to go get it. MSYS2 seems to use the pacman package manager, so I type

$ pacman -S sdl2

to the MSYS2 command window.

Result: radio silence, pacman seems to hang for 10 to 15 minutes. At length it says "Interrupt signal received" although I really don't think I typed control-C at it.

Second try:

$ pacman --verbose --debug -S sdl2

This gives the somewhat extensive output shown at the end of this message, which appears to be all preliminaries not the real thing – and then hangs for hours. pacman -Q in another window does not show sdl2 listed.

Looking for suggestions: how to approach this? Is there a better package manager I should be using? Is this failing because I am running on ARM hardware rather than Intel? Is there any way to further diagnose the situation? By the way, this is repeatable: I came to exactly the same impasse on a similar VM a couple of months ago. pacman neither succeeds nor reports failure on this package, it appears to get stuck in a loop.

Environment:

Windows 11 Pro
running in a VM under Parallels version 20
under Mac OS 14.2.1
MacBook Pro, Apple M1 Max processor

Debug output:

$ pacman --verbose --debug -S sdl2
debug: pacman v6.0.2 - libalpm v13.0.2
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: Architecture: auto
debug: config: arch: x86_64
debug: config: SigLevel: Required
debug: config: LocalFileSigLevel: Optional
debug: config: new section 'clangarm64'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 74: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw
debug: config: new section 'mingw32'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 77: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw
debug: config: new section 'mingw64'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 80: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw
debug: config: new section 'ucrt64'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 83: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw
debug: config: new section 'clang32'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 86: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw
debug: config: new section 'clang64'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 89: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw
debug: config: new section 'msys'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 92: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.msys
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: setup_libalpm called
debug: option 'logfile' = /var/log/pacman.log
debug: option 'gpgdir' = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
debug: option 'hookdir' = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: registering sync database 'clangarm64'
debug: database path for tree clangarm64 set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/clangarm64.db
debug: GPGME version: 1.23.2
debug: GPGME engine info: file=/usr/bin/gpg, home=/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
debug: checking signature for /var/lib/pacman/sync/clangarm64.db
debug: 1 signatures returned
debug: fingerprint: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57
debug: summary: valid
debug: summary: green
debug: status: Success
debug: timestamp: 1714937978
debug: exp_timestamp: 0
debug: validity: full; reason: Success
debug: key: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57, Christoph Reiter (MSYS2 development key) , owner_trust unknown, disabled 0
debug: signature is valid
debug: signature is fully trusted
debug: setting usage of 15 for clangarm64 repository
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.msys2.org/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.umd.edu/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/msys2.org/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/windows/msys2/builds/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.internet.asn.au/pub/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.selfnet.de/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://repo.extreme-ix.org/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.clarkson.edu/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.archlinux.tw/MSYS2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://fastmirror.pp.ua/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in/msys2-mirror/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://www2.futureware.at/~nickoe/msys2-mirror/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.bit.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.aliyun.com/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirror.iscas.ac.cn/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clangarm64': https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/msys2/mingw/clangarm64
debug: registering sync database 'mingw32'
debug: database path for tree mingw32 set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw32.db
debug: checking signature for /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw32.db
debug: 1 signatures returned
debug: fingerprint: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57
debug: summary: valid
debug: summary: green
debug: status: Success
debug: timestamp: 1714937884
debug: exp_timestamp: 0
debug: validity: full; reason: Success
debug: key: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57, Christoph Reiter (MSYS2 development key) , owner_trust unknown, disabled 0
debug: signature is valid
debug: signature is fully trusted
debug: setting usage of 15 for mingw32 repository
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.msys2.org/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.umd.edu/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/msys2.org/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/windows/msys2/builds/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.internet.asn.au/pub/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.selfnet.de/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://repo.extreme-ix.org/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.clarkson.edu/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.archlinux.tw/MSYS2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://fastmirror.pp.ua/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in/msys2-mirror/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://www2.futureware.at/~nickoe/msys2-mirror/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.bit.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.aliyun.com/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirror.iscas.ac.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw32': https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/msys2/mingw/mingw32
debug: registering sync database 'mingw64'
debug: database path for tree mingw64 set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw64.db
debug: checking signature for /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw64.db
debug: 1 signatures returned
debug: fingerprint: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57
debug: summary: valid
debug: summary: green
debug: status: Success
debug: timestamp: 1714937856
debug: exp_timestamp: 0
debug: validity: full; reason: Success
debug: key: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57, Christoph Reiter (MSYS2 development key) , owner_trust unknown, disabled 0
debug: signature is valid
debug: signature is fully trusted
debug: setting usage of 15 for mingw64 repository
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.msys2.org/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.umd.edu/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/msys2.org/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/windows/msys2/builds/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.internet.asn.au/pub/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.selfnet.de/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://repo.extreme-ix.org/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.clarkson.edu/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.archlinux.tw/MSYS2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://fastmirror.pp.ua/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in/msys2-mirror/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://www2.futureware.at/~nickoe/msys2-mirror/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.bit.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.aliyun.com/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirror.iscas.ac.cn/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'mingw64': https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/msys2/mingw/mingw64
debug: registering sync database 'ucrt64'
debug: database path for tree ucrt64 set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/ucrt64.db
debug: checking signature for /var/lib/pacman/sync/ucrt64.db
debug: 1 signatures returned
debug: fingerprint: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57
debug: summary: valid
debug: summary: green
debug: status: Success
debug: timestamp: 1714937903
debug: exp_timestamp: 0
debug: validity: full; reason: Success
debug: key: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57, Christoph Reiter (MSYS2 development key) , owner_trust unknown, disabled 0
debug: signature is valid
debug: signature is fully trusted
debug: setting usage of 15 for ucrt64 repository
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.msys2.org/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.umd.edu/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/msys2.org/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/windows/msys2/builds/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.internet.asn.au/pub/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.selfnet.de/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://repo.extreme-ix.org/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.clarkson.edu/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.archlinux.tw/MSYS2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://fastmirror.pp.ua/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in/msys2-mirror/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://www2.futureware.at/~nickoe/msys2-mirror/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.bit.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.aliyun.com/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirror.iscas.ac.cn/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'ucrt64': https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/msys2/mingw/ucrt64
debug: registering sync database 'clang32'
debug: database path for tree clang32 set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/clang32.db
debug: checking signature for /var/lib/pacman/sync/clang32.db
debug: 1 signatures returned
debug: fingerprint: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57
debug: summary: valid
debug: summary: green
debug: status: Success
debug: timestamp: 1714937961
debug: exp_timestamp: 0
debug: validity: full; reason: Success
debug: key: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57, Christoph Reiter (MSYS2 development key) , owner_trust unknown, disabled 0
debug: signature is valid
debug: signature is fully trusted
debug: setting usage of 15 for clang32 repository
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.msys2.org/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.umd.edu/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/msys2.org/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/windows/msys2/builds/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.internet.asn.au/pub/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.selfnet.de/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://repo.extreme-ix.org/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.clarkson.edu/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.archlinux.tw/MSYS2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://fastmirror.pp.ua/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in/msys2-mirror/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://www2.futureware.at/~nickoe/msys2-mirror/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.bit.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.aliyun.com/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirror.iscas.ac.cn/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: adding new server URL to database 'clang32': https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/msys2/mingw/clang32
debug: registering sync database 'clang64'
debug: database path for tree clang64 set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/clang64.db
debug: checking signature for /var/lib/pacman/sync/clang64.db
debug: 1 signatures returned
debug: fingerprint: 5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57
debug: summary: valid
debug: summary: green
debug: status: Success
debug: timestamp: 1714937934
debug: exp_timestamp: 0
debug: validity: full; reason: Success

msys2 pacman hanging when asked to install SDL2

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