[vcpkg] vcpkg build returns: "Value was null"

[Neumann-A]

neumann@Iluinrandir:/mnt/e/qt$ ./vcpkg build fontconfig --debug
[DEBUG] Feature flag 'binarycaching' unset
[DEBUG] Feature flag 'manifests' unset
[DEBUG] Feature flag 'compilertracking' unset
[DEBUG] Using vcpkg-root: /mnt/e/qt
[DEBUG] Using installed-root: /mnt/e/qt/installed
[DEBUG] Using buildtrees-root: /mnt/e/qt/buildtrees
[DEBUG] Using downloads-root: /mnt/d/vcpkg_common/downloads
[DEBUG] Using packages-root: /mnt/e/qt/packages
[DEBUG] Using scripts-root: /mnt/e/qt/scripts
[DEBUG] Found path: /usr/bin/cmake
[DEBUG] Found path: /bin/cmake
[DEBUG] popen("/usr/bin/cmake" --version 2>&1)
[DEBUG] cmd_execute_and_stream_data() returned 0 after     2761 us
[DEBUG] popen(/usr/bin/cmake -DVCPKG_ROOT_DIR=/mnt/e/qt -DPACKAGES_DIR=/mnt/e/qt/packages -DBUILDTREES_DIR=/mnt/e/qt/buildtrees -D_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR=/mnt/e/qt/installed -DDOWNLOADS=/mnt/d/vcpkg_common/downloads -DVCPKG_MANIFEST_INSTALL=OFF -P /mnt/e/qt/buildtrees/0.vcpkg_dep_info.cmake 2>&1)
[DEBUG] cmd_execute_and_stream_data() returned 0 after     8447 us
[DEBUG] popen(/usr/bin/cmake -DVCPKG_ROOT_DIR=/mnt/e/qt -DPACKAGES_DIR=/mnt/e/qt/packages -DBUILDTREES_DIR=/mnt/e/qt/buildtrees -D_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR=/mnt/e/qt/installed -DDOWNLOADS=/mnt/d/vcpkg_common/downloads -DVCPKG_MANIFEST_INSTALL=OFF -P /mnt/e/qt/buildtrees/0.vcpkg_tags.cmake 2>&1)
[DEBUG] cmd_execute_and_stream_data() returned 0 after     9130 us
Value was null
[DEBUG] ../src/vcpkg/build.cpp(920)
[DEBUG] Exiting after 162894 us (162894 us)

[Neumann-A]

Something is not right: passing --editable does not work

neumann@Iluinrandir:/mnt/e/qt$ ./vcpkg install fontconfig --editable
Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
  * brotli[core]:x64-linux
    fontconfig[core]:x64-linux
  * freetype[bzip2,core,png]:x64-linux
  * libiconv[core]:x64-linux
  * pthread[core]:x64-linux
  * pthreads[core]:x64-linux
Additional packages (*) will be modified to complete this operation.
Starting package 1/6: brotli:x64-linux
Building package brotli[core]:x64-linux...
-- Using cached /mnt/d/vcpkg_common/downloads/google-brotli-v1.0.7.tar.gz
-- Cleaning sources at /mnt/e/qt/buildtrees/brotli/src/v1.0.7-bf01b84227.clean. Pass --editable to vcpkg to reuse sources.
-- Extracting source /mnt/d/vcpkg_common/downloads/google-brotli-v1.0.7.tar.gz
-- Applying patch install.patch
-- Applying patch fix-arm-uwp.patch
-- Using source at /mnt/e/qt/buildtrees/brotli/src/v1.0.7-bf01b84227.clean
-- Configuring x64-linux-dbg

[Neumann-A]

@ras0219 @ras0219-msft @strega-nil : Please fix ;)

[strega-nil]

I thought we fixed this bug, is it broken again??? Are you sure you're on latest master?

[Neumann-A]

@strega-nil: I rebuild vcpkg ~7 hours ago after a merge with master so I assume yes. Checking files.cpp and it is missing the work_queue include which was changed in the latest master commit.

[strega-nil]

Alright, lemme check it out.

[ras0219]

@Neumann-A In your editable example, only the explicit (cli) packages are marked "editable" -- transitive dependencies will not be marked. I see that the message "Pass --editable to vcpkg to reuse sources." is super misleading here; I'll open a PR to make that clearer :)

[ras0219]

Opened #12366