vcpkg install fails to detect msvc after Visual Studio 2022 build tools upgrade to 17.10.0 about vcpkg

[carsten-grimm-at-ipolog]

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[carsten-grimm-at-ipolog]

Can you share the error message that you are seeing? I do not see an error in the attached log, but it seems to indicate that MSVC 19.39 was found, I believe you should be seeing 19.40 for VS2022 17.10.0.

I am not entirely sure if it is the same issue, but it sounds like the error message that I got after updating to VS2022 17.10.1. It occurs when I install anything with from a powershell in the vcpkg folder.

error: in triplet x64-windows: Unable to find a valid Visual Studio instance
Could not locate a complete Visual Studio instance
The following paths were examined for Visual Studio instances:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Auxiliary/Build\vcvarsall.bat

Running ./bootstrap.bat in the vcpkg folder solved this issue for me.

[dbenson2000]

Running bootstrap didn't make a difference for me.

The error which seems most relevant to me is:
-- The CXX compiler identification is Clang 17.0.3 with GNU-like command-line

C:\PROGRA2\MICROS3\2022\BUILDT~1\VC\Tools\Llvm\x64\bin\CLANG_~1.EXE /nologo /DWIN32 /D_WINDOWS /W3 /utf-8 /GR /EHsc /MP /D_DEBUG /MDd /Z7 /Ob0 /Od /RTC1 -D_DEBUG -D_DLL -D_MT -Xclang --dependent-lib=msvcrtd -MD -MT CMakeFiles/cmTC_65363.dir/testCXXCompiler.cxx.obj -MF CMakeFiles\cmTC_65363.dir\testCXXCompiler.cxx.obj.d -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_65363.dir/testCXXCompiler.cxx.obj -c C:/Users/David.Benson/ThirdParty/vcpkg/buildtrees/fmt/x64-windows-static-md-rel/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-twve2z/testCXXCompiler.cxx
CLANG_~1: error: no such file or directory: '/nologo'
CLANG_~1: error: no such file or directory: '/DWIN32'
CLANG_~1: error: no such file or directory: '/D_WINDOWS'
CLANG_~1: error: no such file or directory: '/W3'
CLANG_~1: error: no such file or directory: '/utf-8'

Console output:
C:\Users\David.Benson\ThirdParty\vcpkg>vcpkg install fmt --triplet x64-windows-static-md
Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
fmt:x64-windows-static-md -> 10.1.1
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-windows-static-md...
Restored 0 package(s) from C:\Users\David.Benson\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives in 823 us. Use --debug to see more details.
Installing 1/1 fmt:x64-windows-static-md...
Building fmt:x64-windows-static-md...
warning: -- Using community triplet x64-windows-static-md. This triplet configuration is not guaranteed to succeed.
-- [COMMUNITY] Loading triplet configuration from: C:\Users\David.Benson\ThirdParty\vcpkg\triplets\community\x64-windows-static-md.cmake
-- Using cached fmtlib-fmt-10.1.1.tar.gz.
-- Cleaning sources at C:/Users/David.Benson/ThirdParty/vcpkg/buildtrees/fmt/src/10.1.1-281bbdd8af.clean. Use --editable to skip cleaning for the packages you specify.
-- Extracting source C:/Users/David.Benson/ThirdParty/vcpkg/downloads/fmtlib-fmt-10.1.1.tar.gz
-- Applying patch fix-write-batch.patch
-- Applying patch fix-format-conflict.patch
-- Using source at C:/Users/David.Benson/ThirdParty/vcpkg/buildtrees/fmt/src/10.1.1-281bbdd8af.clean
-- Found external ninja('1.11.0').
-- Configuring x64-windows-static-md
CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_execute_required_process.cmake:112 (message):
Command failed: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/BuildTools/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/CMake/Ninja/ninja.exe" -v
Working Directory: C:/Users/David.Benson/ThirdParty/vcpkg/buildtrees/fmt/x64-windows-static-md-rel/vcpkg-parallel-configure
Error code: 1
See logs for more information:
C:\Users\David.Benson\ThirdParty\vcpkg\buildtrees\fmt\config-x64-windows-static-md-dbg-CMakeCache.txt.log
C:\Users\David.Benson\ThirdParty\vcpkg\buildtrees\fmt\config-x64-windows-static-md-rel-CMakeCache.txt.log
C:\Users\David.Benson\ThirdParty\vcpkg\buildtrees\fmt\config-x64-windows-static-md-out.log

Call Stack (most recent call first):
installed/x64-windows/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.cmake:252 (vcpkg_execute_required_process)
ports/fmt/portfile.cmake:12 (vcpkg_cmake_configure)
scripts/ports.cmake:170 (include)

error: building fmt:x64-windows-static-md failed with: BUILD_FAILED
Elapsed time to handle fmt:x64-
config-x64-windows-static-md-out.log
windows-static-md: 36 s
Please ensure you're using the latest port files with git pull and vcpkg update.
Then check for known issues at:
https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+in%3Atitle+fmt
You can submit a new issue at:
https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/new?title=[fmt]+Build+error+on+x64-windows-static-md&body=Copy+issue+body+from+C%3A%2FUsers%2FDavid.Benson%2FThirdParty%2Fvcpkg%2Finstalled%2Fvcpkg%2Fissue_body.md

[xiaozhuai]

I am on 17.10.0 too, but I didn't repro it.

1. Open a Developer Command Prompt for VS2022 (or Powershell, same behavior)
2. cl (demonstrates that command is in path and has expected version)
3. ./vcpkg install fmt --triplet x64-windows

BTW, the first 2 step is no need. Just run vcpkg install xxx

[dbenson2000]

Deleting the vcpkg directory cleared the issue. Closing.