[SERVER-46611] Using `--ninja=next` on MacOS does not generate a build.ninja file Created: 04/Mar/20  Updated: 29/Oct/23  Resolved: 23/Apr/20

Status: Closed
Project: Core Server
Component/s: Build
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 4.4.0-rc3, 4.7.0

Type: Bug Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Kaloian Manassiev Assignee: Andrew Morrow (Inactive)
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Issue Links:
Backports
Backwards Compatibility: Fully Compatible
Operating System: ALL
Backport Requested:
v4.4
Sprint: Dev Platform 2020-04-20, Dev Platform 2020-05-04
Participants:

 Description   

See the following output:

[kaloianm@Kal-MacBook-Pro:~/workspace/mongo]$ python3 ./buildscripts/scons.py --variables-files=etc/scons/xcode_macosx.vars --libc++ --detect-odr-violations --dbg=on --opt=off --ninja=next VARIANT_DIR=ninja generate-ninja
...
scons: Building targets ...
scons: done building targets.
[kaloianm@Kal-MacBook-Pro:~/workspace/mongo]$ ninja core
ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory

But without the =next portion it works fine:

[kaloianm@Kal-MacBook-Pro:~/workspace/mongo]$ python3 ./buildscripts/scons.py --variables-files=etc/scons/xcode_macosx.vars --libc++ --detect-odr-violations --dbg=on --opt=off --ninja VARIANT_DIR=ninja generate-ninja
...
scons: Building targets ...
Generating: build.ninja
scons: done building targets.



 Comments   
Comment by Githook User [ 26/Apr/20 ]

Author:

{'name': 'Andrew Morrow', 'email': 'acm@mongodb.com', 'username': 'acmorrow'}

Message: SERVER-46611 Don't allow build.ninja to depend on conftests

(cherry picked from commit 86bfdfc4e6d2882be55856bb65df86e451d9c66b)
Branch: v4.4
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/6e9fa7d74b8f2b4ca6c1f765a08d0ea2bb9e87d2

Comment by Githook User [ 23/Apr/20 ]

Author:

{'name': 'Andrew Morrow', 'email': 'acm@mongodb.com', 'username': 'acmorrow'}

Message: SERVER-46611 Don't allow build.ninja to depend on conftests
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/86bfdfc4e6d2882be55856bb65df86e451d9c66b

Comment by Andrew Morrow (Inactive) [ 06/Apr/20 ]

Thanks for the report kaloian.manassiev, I can confirm that I see this as well. I'll take a look.

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