[wix-devs] More on Wix 4.0 Build Problems

Sat May 22 14:08:10 PDT 2021

Of course! (duh!)

That's the last place I would think of to cause a demand for a Debug|x64 
configuration, but it makes perfect sense
now that you mention it!

I'll report back after I try again.

Ron

On 5/22/2021 3:57 PM, Bob Arnson wrote:
> Sounds like you're building from an x64 VS command prompt...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Ron Martin via wix-devs
> Sent: Saturday, 22 May, 2021 15:50
> To: wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org
> Cc: Ron Martin <cpuwzd at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [wix-devs] More on Wix 4.0 Build Problems
>
> As I mentioned in my previous post, I recloned my repo and ran build.cmd without opening the solution in VS 2019. I now get the following error. I checked the .vcxproj file and, indeed, it has configurations for Debug|win32 and Release|win32.
>
> If it's not supposed to be there, why are we looking for Debug|x64? How does it build on other systems?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ron Martin
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "D:\Repos\Wix\wix4\src\internal\WixBuildTools.TestSupport.Native\WixBuildTools.TestSupport.Native.vcxproj"
> (Build targe
>
> t) (1) ->
> (PrepareForBuild target) ->
>     C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(43
> 6,5): error MSB8013: This project doesn't contain the Configuration and Platform combination of Debug|x64. [D:\Repos\Wi x\wix4\src\internal\WixBuildTools.TestSupport.Native\WixBuildTools.TestSupport.Native.vcxproj]
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On 5/22/2021 3:00 PM, Ron Martin via wix-devs wrote:
>> Can someone please post a link to, or the contents of, a working
>> configuration. I'm about to try re-cloning with the VS 2019 options
>> I've added, but I'm not very hopeful that it is going to help.
>>
>> Is anyone running successfully with the latest Win 10 and VS 2019
>> updates.
>>
>> Is anyone running successfully without having VS 2017 installed?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ron Martin
>>
>> On 5/21/2021 10:18 AM, Bob Arnson via wix-devs wrote:
>>> You can export a configuration file from the installer but it
>>> includes everything in your VS setup, which might include stuff
>>> completely unrelated to WiX. Narrowing down exactly what's necessary
>>> is non-trivial.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, 21 May, 2021 10:05
>>> To: WiX Toolset Developer Mailing List
>>> <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>>> Cc: Bob Arnson <bob at firegiant.com>
>>> Subject: RE: [wix-devs] More on Wix 4.0 Build Problems
>>>
>>> And...
>>>
>>> 1. In the v4 micro repos it was possible to avoid repos that required
>>> building for the Platform x PlatformToolset matrix. In the mono repo,
>>> everything is built so you're always exposed to the full matrix of
>>> supported platforms. This is something we can possibly optimize going
>>> forward.
>>>
>>> 2. In WiX v3 we did a lot of work in the build process to detect if
>>> you didn't have the full matrix of tools installed. It was annoying
>>> to maintain.
>>>
>>> The simplest answer is to document the requirements. Step up from
>>> there would be to use the VS workloads file (whatever it is called)
>>> to make it easier to instruct VS to add all the necessary parts. All
>>> improvements to be done in the mono repo system.
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: I'm taking a little bit of time off from v4 to get caught up on
>>> some FireGiant work. I'll get back to my v4 backlog later next week.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
>>> Bob Arnson via wix-devs
>>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 5:45 AM
>>> To: WiX Toolset Developer Mailing List
>>> <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>>> Cc: Bob Arnson <bob at firegiant.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [wix-devs] More on Wix 4.0 Build Problems
>>>
>>> Don't forget x86, x64, and ARM64 variants, too.
>>>
>>> To be documented. VS doesn't make it easy to determine the minimal
>>> set of components we need.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
>>> Rebecca Cran via wix-devs
>>> Sent: Friday, 21 May, 2021 00:43
>>> To: WiX Toolset Developer Mailing List
>>> <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>>> Cc: Rebecca Cran <rebecca at bsdio.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [wix-devs] More on Wix 4.0 Build Problems
>>>
>>> I hit the same problem and solved it by modifying the VS2019 install
>>> to include the latest version of the various v142 tools, SDKs etc.
>>>
>>> I subsequently ran into it wanting the VS2017 bits too, so I went and
>>> installed those components in my VS2019 installation too. After that
>>> the build succeeded.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rebecca Cran
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/20/21 10:35 PM, Ron Martin via wix-devs wrote:
>>>> Running build.cmd, things running smoothly until:
>>>>
>>>> Build started 5/21/2021 12:23:09 AM.
>>>> Project
>>>> "D:\Repos\Wix\wix4\src\libs\dutil\WixToolset.DUtil\dutil.vcxproj" on
>>>> node 1 (default targets).
>>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
>>>> Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppBuild.t
>>>> ar
>>>> gets(439,
>>>> 5): error MSB8020: The build tools for v142 (Platform Toolset =
>>>> 'v142') cannot be found. To build using the v142 build tools, please
>>>> install v142 build tools.  Alternatively, you may upgrade to the
>>>> current Visual Studio tools by selecting
>>>>    the Project menu or right-click the solution, and then selecting
>>>> "Retarget solution". [D:\Repos\Wix\wix4\src\libs\duti
>>>> l\WixToolset.DUtil\dutil.vcxproj] Done Building Project
>>>> "D:\Repos\Wix\wix4\src\libs\dutil\WixToolset.DUtil\dutil.vcxproj"
>>>> (default targets) -- FAILED.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Build FAILED.
>>>>
>>>> There are dependencies on Toolset 14.2 (referenced as 14.0). I can't
>>>> tell if my version of VS 2019 is too new or your libraries are built
>>>> with a version of VS2019 that is too old. I might be missing an
>>>> optional VS2019 component.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> As always, thanks for your help.
>>>>
>>>> Ron
>>>>
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