`fluidsynth --version` fails on MSVC builds on Windows X64

[cclauss]

FluidSynth version

Execute fluidsynth --version and provide the output.

v2.4.3:

FluidSynth runtime version 2.4.3
Copyright (C) 2000-2025 Peter Hanappe and others.
Distributed under the LGPL license.
SoundFont(R) is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd.

FluidSynth executable version 2.4.3
Sample type=float

v2.4.4:

Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

v2.4.5:

Usage: fluidsynth [options] [soundfonts]
Try -h for help.
Unknown switch '-'

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Related to:

• Fluidsynth 2.4.4 has SDL3.dll not found error in Windows 10 #1510
• Inconsistent library naming for MSVC vs. MinGW builds #1543

[derselbst]

The MSVC binaries are compiled without getopt support. See the notice for fluidsynth -h

FluidSynth runtime version 2.4.5
Copyright (C) 2000-2025 Peter Hanappe and others.
Distributed under the LGPL license.
SoundFont(R) is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd.

Usage:
  fluidsynth [options] [soundfonts] [midifiles]

Note:
  This version of fluidsynth was compiled without getopt support.
  Thus, the long options are not supported.

Therefore, this is not a bug, it's a feature request for getting getopt support for MSVC builds.

[pedrolcl]

There is a getopt-win32 package in https://vcpkg.io/ but it is not a blind drop-in. It will need some tweaking on the build system.

[pedrolcl]

Another alternative would be getopt_port (BSD licensed).