vcpkg install x86-uwp error: Native corrade-rc executable not found

[linuxaged]

maybe we need to make corrade-rc as a standalone dependency?

$ vcpkg install corrade[*] --triplet x86-uwp

Error:

[1/2] cmd /c "cd ../../x86-uwp-dbg && "C:/Program Files/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" "C:/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/corrade/src/v2019.10-56f3949c0e" "-DUTILITY_USE_ANSI_COLORS=ON" "-DBUILD_STATIC=0" "-DWITH_INTERCONNECT=ON" "-DWITH_PLUGINMANAGER=ON" "-DWITH_TESTSUITE=ON" "-DWITH_UTILITY=ON" "-DWITH_=OFF" "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore" "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0" "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" "-DVCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/workspace/vcpkg/scripts/toolchains/windows.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x86-uwp" "-DVCPKG_SET_CHARSET_FLAG=ON" "-DVCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET=v142" "-DCMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP=TRUE" "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON" "-DVCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/workspace/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" "-DCMAKE_ERROR_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION=ON" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE=dynamic" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE=x86" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR:STRING=bin" "-AWin32" "-G" "Visual Studio 16 2019" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/workspace/vcpkg/packages/corrade_x86-uwp/debug""
FAILED: ../../x86-uwp-dbg/CMakeCache.txt 
cmd /c "cd ../../x86-uwp-dbg && "C:/Program Files/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" "C:/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/corrade/src/v2019.10-56f3949c0e" "-DUTILITY_USE_ANSI_COLORS=ON" "-DBUILD_STATIC=0" "-DWITH_INTERCONNECT=ON" "-DWITH_PLUGINMANAGER=ON" "-DWITH_TESTSUITE=ON" "-DWITH_UTILITY=ON" "-DWITH_=OFF" "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore" "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0" "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" "-DVCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/workspace/vcpkg/scripts/toolchains/windows.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x86-uwp" "-DVCPKG_SET_CHARSET_FLAG=ON" "-DVCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET=v142" "-DCMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP=TRUE" "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON" "-DVCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/workspace/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" "-DCMAKE_ERROR_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION=ON" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE=dynamic" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE=x86" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR:STRING=bin" "-AWin32" "-G" "Visual Studio 16 2019" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/workspace/vcpkg/packages/corrade_x86-uwp/debug""
-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.18362.0 to target Windows 10.0.
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.23.28106.4
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.23.28105/bin/Hostx64/x86/cl.exe
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.23.28105/bin/Hostx64/x86/cl.exe -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:158 (message):
  Native `corrade-rc` executable, which is needed when crosscompiling, was
  not found


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/corrade/x86-uwp-dbg/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
[2/2] cmd /c "cd .. && "C:/Program Files/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" "C:/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/corrade/src/v2019.10-56f3949c0e" "-DUTILITY_USE_ANSI_COLORS=ON" "-DBUILD_STATIC=0" "-DWITH_INTERCONNECT=ON" "-DWITH_PLUGINMANAGER=ON" "-DWITH_TESTSUITE=ON" "-DWITH_UTILITY=ON" "-DWITH_=OFF" "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore" "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0" "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" "-DVCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/workspace/vcpkg/scripts/toolchains/windows.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x86-uwp" "-DVCPKG_SET_CHARSET_FLAG=ON" "-DVCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET=v142" "-DCMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP=TRUE" "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON" "-DVCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/workspace/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" "-DCMAKE_ERROR_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION=ON" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE=dynamic" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE=x86" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR:STRING=bin" "-AWin32" "-G" "Visual Studio 16 2019" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/workspace/vcpkg/packages/corrade_x86-uwp""
FAILED: ../CMakeCache.txt 
cmd /c "cd .. && "C:/Program Files/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" "C:/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/corrade/src/v2019.10-56f3949c0e" "-DUTILITY_USE_ANSI_COLORS=ON" "-DBUILD_STATIC=0" "-DWITH_INTERCONNECT=ON" "-DWITH_PLUGINMANAGER=ON" "-DWITH_TESTSUITE=ON" "-DWITH_UTILITY=ON" "-DWITH_=OFF" "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore" "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0" "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" "-DVCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/workspace/vcpkg/scripts/toolchains/windows.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x86-uwp" "-DVCPKG_SET_CHARSET_FLAG=ON" "-DVCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET=v142" "-DCMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP=TRUE" "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON" "-DVCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/workspace/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" "-DCMAKE_ERROR_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION=ON" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE=dynamic" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE=x86" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR:STRING=bin" "-AWin32" "-G" "Visual Studio 16 2019" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/workspace/vcpkg/packages/corrade_x86-uwp""
-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.18362.0 to target Windows 10.0.
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.23.28106.4
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.23.28105/bin/Hostx64/x86/cl.exe
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.23.28105/bin/Hostx64/x86/cl.exe -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:158 (message):
  Native `corrade-rc` executable, which is needed when crosscompiling, was
  not found


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/corrade/x86-uwp-rel/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

[mosra]

I have a TODO for this in the code and it seems that for WinRT it could "just work", without requiring any external native build:

corrade/src/Corrade/Utility/CMakeLists.txt

Lines 178 to 184 in 7eb7ea2

	# TODO: In the future it might be possible to not require external corrade-rc
	# when generating WinRT targets by setting
	# set_target_properties(corrade-rc PROPERTIES VS_WINRT_COMPONENT OFF)
	# Then the condition would be if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING OR CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS_RT)
	# and similar change would be in UseCorrade.cmake. More info in this thread:
	# https://cmake.org/pipermail/cmake-developers/2015-January/024242.html
	if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)

Any chance you could try implementing this? :)

[mosra]

Resolved with #82 :)

[mosra]

#82 didn't work out because the feature apparently wasn't ever implemented in CMake and I don't have any better solution, so reopening.

Building could work if corrade-rc from the native build is in PATH. But that's far from being convenient. One idea -- Qt should be doing something similar with their qrc executable, can you check what they're doing in the vcpkg package (if it supports UWP)?

[pezcode]

This is potentially fixed by microsoft/vcpkg#24100. The corrade-specific changes are a bit all over the place, but it looks like corrade-rc is now a host dependency that gets forwarded to CORRADE_RC_EXECUTABLE.

[mosra]

I suppose this is fixed in vcpkg itself now.

Besides that, as of d2dd8c4, if a toolchain sets CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR, a crosscompiled corrade-rc is used without requiring a native executable to be present. Which should hopefully prevent future issues of this kind as well.