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curiouscupcake
curiouscupcake

Reputation: 1277

C++ on Vistual Studio with CMake error: manifest 'build.ninja' still dirty after 100 tries

My CMakeLists.txt looks like following (I don't think the content of CMakeLists.txt is important since the code compiles well with CLion on Linux, but including the details should not do any harm):

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
project(ambulance)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
if (UNIX)
    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " -pthread ")

    include_directories(ambulance builder control include include/unix io main model view)

    add_executable(ambulance
            control/Ambulance.cpp
            control/Ambulance.h
            main/main.cpp
            view/AmbulanceUI.cpp
            view/AmbulanceUI.h
            model/Doctor.cpp
            model/Doctor.h
            model/Patient.cpp
            model/Patient.h
            control/PatientAdmin.cpp
            control/PatientAdmin.h
            model/Person.cpp
            model/Person.h
            control/DoctorAdmin.cpp
            control/DoctorAdmin.h
            model/Treatment.cpp
            model/Treatment.h
            io/PeopleIO.h
            io/AmbulancePersistence.cpp
            io/AmbulancePersistence.h
            io/AmbulancePeopleIOElement.cpp
            io/AmbulancePeopleIOElement.h
            builder/PatientBuilder.cpp
            builder/PatientBuilder.h
            builder/DoctorBuilder.cpp
            builder/DoctorBuilder.h
            builder/PersonBuilder.cpp
            builder/PersonBuilder.h
            include/json_macro.h
            include/system_macro.h
            control/ScheduleAdmin.cpp
            control/ScheduleAdmin.h
            model/ScheduleElement.cpp
            model/ScheduleElement.h
            model/DailySchedule.cpp
            model/DailySchedule.h
            include/unix/Logger.h
            include/unix/Logger.cpp
            include/json.hpp
            logger/Logger.h
            logger/Logger.cpp)
else ()
    include_directories(ambulance builder control include include/win io main model view)

    add_executable(ambulance
            include/json.hpp
            control/Ambulance.cpp
            control/Ambulance.h
            main/main.cpp
            view/AmbulanceUI.cpp
            view/AmbulanceUI.h
            model/Doctor.cpp
            model/Doctor.h
            model/Patient.cpp
            model/Patient.h
            control/PatientAdmin.cpp
            control/PatientAdmin.h
            model/Person.cpp
            model/Person.h
            control/DoctorAdmin.cpp
            control/DoctorAdmin.h
            model/Treatment.cpp
            model/Treatment.h
            io/PeopleIO.h
            io/AmbulancePersistence.cpp
            io/AmbulancePersistence.h
            io/AmbulancePeopleIOElement.cpp
            io/AmbulancePeopleIOElement.h
            builder/PatientBuilder.cpp
            builder/PatientBuilder.h
            builder/DoctorBuilder.cpp
            builder/DoctorBuilder.h
            builder/PersonBuilder.cpp
            builder/PersonBuilder.h
            include/json_macro.h
            include/system_macro.h
            include/win/Logger.h
            include/win/Logger.cpp
            control/ScheduleAdmin.cpp
            control/ScheduleAdmin.h
            model/ScheduleElement.cpp
            model/ScheduleElement.h
            model/DailySchedule.cpp
            model/DailySchedule.h
            logger/Logger.cpp
            logger/Logger.h)
endif (UNIX)

And here is the content of CMakeSettings.txt

{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "x64-Release",
"generator": "Ninja",
"configurationType": "RelWithDebInfo",
"inheritEnvironments": [
"msvc_x64_x64"
],
"buildRoot": "${env.USERPROFILE}\CMakeBuilds\${workspaceHash}\build\${name}",
"installRoot": "${env.USERPROFILE}\CMakeBuilds\${workspaceHash}\install\${name}",
"cmakeCommandArgs": "",
"buildCommandArgs": "-v",
"ctestCommandArgs": ""
}
]
}

I made the code primarily on Linux and compile in a virtual Windows 10 machine with Visual Studio Enterprise. The building was still successful yesterday, but since today every time I try to compile it, I have a endless loop that says:

[0/1] "...cmake.exe" ".../x64-Release" -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: ...

Finally the error Description says:

manifest 'build.ninja' still dirty after 100 tries

What could be a solution to this? Must I reinstall visual studio (What is incredible uncomfortable since my virtual machine is incredible slow).

Thank you

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5959

Answers (1)

Heinzi
Heinzi

Reputation: 6093

I ran into exactly the same issue. In my case, running a tool that recursively sets all file timestamps on the source folder (source, not build folder) helped. I assume some tool updated one of the source files to a time in the future and that made cmake think it has to regenerate because the source file is newer than the build file. Maybe this helps you as well?

This is the tool I used: http://web.archive.org/web/20101226014112/www.touchdotexe.com/

Just use it on the command line:

touch.exe -R C:/my/source/folder

Upvotes: 3

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