Build: Strawberry Perl requirement?

[deeprobin]

.NET Core Version:

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.24 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.24 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.24 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.24 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.11 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.2 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21378.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21378.6 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.24 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.24 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.11 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.2 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21377.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21377.19 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.11 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.2 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21378.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21378.9 [C:\PROGRA~1\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

Problem description:

Is there any documentation for building the first time WPF? Why is StrawberryPerl needed?

Actual behavior:
Build fails:

E:\dotnet\wpf>build.cmd
Processing E:\dotnet\wpf\global.json
strawberry-perl was not found in C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng\native\bin\strawberry-perl\5.28.1.1-1\.
net-framework-48-ref-assemblies was not found in C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng\native\bin\net-framework-48-ref-assemblies\0.0.0.1\.
dotnet-api-docs_net5.0 was not found in C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng\native\bin\dotnet-api-docs_net5.0\0.0.0.3\.
Native tools bootstrap failed
bei Exec-Process, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\tools.ps1: Zeile 89
bei MSBuild-Core, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\tools.ps1: Zeile 789
bei InitializeToolset, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\tools.ps1: Zeile 661
bei Build, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\Build.ps1: Zeile 91
bei <ScriptBlock>, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\Build.ps1: Zeile 153
bei <ScriptBlock>, <Keine Datei>: Zeile 1
Ausnahme beim Aufrufen von "Start" mit 0 Argument(en):  "Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden"

E:\dotnet\wpf>

Expected behavior:
Build successful

Minimal repro:
build.cmd

[lindexi]

@deeprobin See #4909

The Perl is used to generate some code, such as RowDefinition

[deeprobin]

@lindexi Oh thank you. Unfortunately I suspect it has something to do with this Native tools bootstrap failed that the build is not running.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get this to work?

[ThomasGoulet73]

Hey @deeprobin,

build.cmd is supposed to download these for you using the versions here. In your case I don't know why they are not downloading.

You could try the steps:

• Try running the command using an admin command prompt, maybe it's unable to create C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng.
• Check if C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng exists, if it exists, delete it and retry the build.
• If it still fails, try running build.cmd -verbosity diag and post the output here.

Thank you

[deeprobin]

Hey @ThomasGoulet73,

* Try running the command using an admin command prompt, maybe it's unable to create `C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng`.

build.cmd successfully created this folder

* Check if `C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng` exists, if it exists, delete it and retry the build.

I have tried with unfortunately the same result

* If it still fails, try running `build.cmd -verbosity diag` and post the output here.

E:\dotnet\wpf>build.cmd -verbosity diag
Processing E:\dotnet\wpf\global.json
strawberry-perl was not found in C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng\native\bin\strawberry-perl\5.28.1.1-1\.
net-framework-48-ref-assemblies was not found in C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng\native\bin\net-framework-48-ref-assemblies\0.0.0.1\.
dotnet-api-docs_net5.0 was not found in C:\Users\robin\.netcoreeng\native\bin\dotnet-api-docs_net5.0\0.0.0.3\.
Native tools bootstrap failed
bei Exec-Process, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\tools.ps1: Zeile 89
bei MSBuild-Core, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\tools.ps1: Zeile 789
bei InitializeToolset, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\tools.ps1: Zeile 661
bei Build, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\Build.ps1: Zeile 91
bei <ScriptBlock>, E:\dotnet\wpf\eng\common\Build.ps1: Zeile 153
bei <ScriptBlock>, <Keine Datei>: Zeile 1
Ausnahme beim Aufrufen von "Start" mit 0 Argument(en):  "Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden"

E:\dotnet\wpf>

[lindexi]

@deeprobin How about use GitHub action to build it?

--> Adding .github\workflows\dotnetcore.yml file to your private WPF repo. Add the code to dotnetcore.yml file:

name: .NET Core

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: windows-latest

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Install Nuget
      uses: nuget/setup-nuget@v1
      with:
        nuget-version: '5.x'
      
    - name: Build
      run: .\build.cmd -pack -ci -configuration Release -prepareMachine /p:Platform=x86

See: dotnet-campus#1