"Cannot find file libprotobuf-lite.lib -- file exists / no error"

[stephengtuggy]

Describe your environment

Hi. I'm running into a weird and frustrating error message when I run cmake --install .... I'm on Windows 11 Pro (running in a virtual machine, if that matters). I'm using Visual Studio 2022 and CMake 4.0. I did a git clone of opentelemetry-cpp onto my machine under the V:\ drive, then ran the cmake configure, build, and install commands as listed here. I believe this is opentelemetry-cpp version 1.22.0, from the main branch.

Steps to reproduce

To reproduce, run the following in PowerShell for Visual Studio 2022:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DWITH_OTLP_FILE=ON -DWITH_STL=OFF -DWITH_EXAMPLES=ON -DWITH_ABSEIL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
cmake --build .
cmake --install . --prefix ..\..\Vega-Strike-Engine-Source\

What is the expected behavior?

The CMake configuration, generation, build and install steps should all succeed without errors.

What is the actual behavior?

The CMake install command at the end gives me the following:

-- Install configuration: "Release"
CMake Error at _deps/protobuf-build/cmake_install.cmake:39 (file):
  file INSTALL cannot find
  "V:/opentelemetry-cpp/build/_deps/protobuf-build/Release/libprotobuf-lite.lib":
  No error.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  cmake_install.cmake:37 (include)

Sometimes there are build errors as well. And depending on the parameters I pass to CMake, the error might say "File exists" in place of "No error." Then it gets really confusing! Does the file exist, or not?

Additional context

I have confirmed that the file mentioned in the error message does NOT exist. There is no Release folder under protobuf-build.

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[dbarker]

@stephengtuggy Thanks for reporting this! Can you share the opentelemetry-cpp cmake build configuration output from your project? It will look something like:

-- ---------------------------------------------
-- build settings
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- OpenTelemetry: 1.22.0
-- OpenTelemetry ABI: 1

... 

-- ---------------------------------------------
-- versions
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- CMake: 3.31.6
-- GTest: 1.14.0 (find_package)
-- benchmark: 1.8.3 (find_package)
-- Abseil: 20220623
-- opentelemetry-proto: 1.7.0 (fetch_source)
-- Protobuf: 3.21.6.0 (find_package - STATIC_LIBRARY)
-- gRPC: 1.49.2 (find_package - STATIC_LIBRARY)
-- CURL: 8.12.0-DEV (find_package)
-- ZLIB: 1.3.1 ()
-- nlohmann-json: 3.12.0 (find_package)
-- ---------------------------------------------

[dbarker]

It looks like cmake will default to Release for the install command unless you specify --config Debug (to match the -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug set on cmake configure). Please give the following a try.

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DWITH_OTLP_FILE=ON -DWITH_STL=OFF -DWITH_EXAMPLES=ON  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
cmake --build .
cmake --install . --config Debug --prefix ..\..\Vega-Strike-Engine-Source\

[stephengtuggy]

@dbarker Thanks for the reply. My opentelemetry-cpp cmake build configuration is as follows:

--
-- 3.21.6.0
-- Performing Test protobuf_HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
-- Performing Test protobuf_HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT - Failed
-- Could NOT find ZLIB (missing: ZLIB_LIBRARY ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE=$<TARGET_FILE:protobuf::protoc>
-- Using the single-header code from V:/opentelemetry-cpp/build/_deps/nlohmann_json-src/single_include/
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- build settings
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- OpenTelemetry: 1.22.0
-- OpenTelemetry ABI: 1
-- CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR: AMD64
-- CXX: MSVC 19.44.35214.0
-- CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: Debug
-- CXXFLAGS: /DWIN32 /D_WINDOWS /W3 /EHsc /Zc:__cplusplus
-- CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:
-- CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
-- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- opentelemetry-cpp build options
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- WITH_API_ONLY: OFF
-- WITH_NO_DEPRECATED_CODE: OFF
-- WITH_ABI_VERSION_1: ON
-- WITH_ABI_VERSION_2: OFF
-- OTELCPP_VERSIONED_LIBS: OFF
-- OTELCPP_MAINTAINER_MODE: OFF
-- WITH_STL: OFF
-- WITH_GSL: OFF
-- WITH_NO_GETENV: OFF
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- opentelemetry-cpp cmake component options
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- WITH_OTLP_GRPC: OFF
-- WITH_OTLP_HTTP: OFF
-- WITH_OTLP_FILE: ON
-- WITH_HTTP_CLIENT_CURL: OFF
-- WITH_ZIPKIN: OFF
-- WITH_PROMETHEUS: OFF
-- WITH_ELASTICSEARCH: OFF
-- WITH_OPENTRACING: OFF
-- WITH_ETW: ON
-- OPENTELEMETRY_BUILD_DLL:
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- feature preview options
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- WITH_ASYNC_EXPORT_PREVIEW: OFF
-- WITH_THREAD_INSTRUMENTATION_PREVIEW: OFF
-- WITH_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_PREVIEW: OFF
-- WITH_OTLP_GRPC_SSL_MTLS_PREVIEW: OFF
-- WITH_OTLP_GRPC_CREDENTIAL_PREVIEW: OFF
-- WITH_OTLP_RETRY_PREVIEW: OFF
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- third-party options
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- WITH_NLOHMANN_JSON: ON
-- WITH_CURL_LOGGING: OFF
-- WITH_OTLP_HTTP_COMPRESSION: OFF
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- examples and test options
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- WITH_BENCHMARK: ON
-- WITH_EXAMPLES: ON
-- WITH_EXAMPLES_HTTP: OFF
-- WITH_FUNC_TESTS: ON
-- BUILD_W3CTRACECONTEXT_TEST: OFF
-- BUILD_TESTING: OFF
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- versions
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- CMake: 3.31.6-msvc6
-- GTest:  ()
-- benchmark:  ()
-- opentelemetry-proto: 1.7.0 (fetch_repository)
-- Protobuf: 3.21.6 (fetch_repository - STATIC_LIBRARY)
-- nlohmann-json: 3.12.0 (fetch_repository)
-- ---------------------------------------------
-- Building WITH_STL=OFF
-- Installing components:
-- Install COMPONENT api
--   TARGETS: opentelemetry_api
--   TARGETS_ALIAS: opentelemetry-cpp::api
--   COMPONENT_DEPENDS:
--   THIRDPARTY_DEPENDS:
--   FILES_DIRECTORY: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/api/include/opentelemetry
--   FILES_DESTINATION: include
--   FILES_MATCHING: PATTERN;*.h
-- Install COMPONENT sdk
--   TARGETS: opentelemetry_sdk;opentelemetry_common;opentelemetry_resources;opentelemetry_version;opentelemetry_logs;opentelemetry_trace;opentelemetry_metrics
--   TARGETS_ALIAS: opentelemetry-cpp::sdk;opentelemetry-cpp::common;opentelemetry-cpp::resources;opentelemetry-cpp::version;opentelemetry-cpp::logs;opentelemetry-cpp::trace;opentelemetry-cpp::metrics
--   COMPONENT_DEPENDS: api
--   THIRDPARTY_DEPENDS: Threads
--   FILES_DIRECTORY: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/sdk/include/opentelemetry/
--   FILES_DESTINATION: include/opentelemetry
--   FILES_MATCHING: PATTERN;*.h
-- Install COMPONENT ext_common
--   TARGETS: opentelemetry_ext
--   TARGETS_ALIAS: opentelemetry-cpp::ext
--   COMPONENT_DEPENDS: api
--   THIRDPARTY_DEPENDS:
--   FILES_DIRECTORY: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/ext/include/opentelemetry/ext
--   FILES_DESTINATION: include/opentelemetry/
--   FILES_MATCHING: PATTERN;*.h
-- Install COMPONENT exporters_otlp_common
--   TARGETS: opentelemetry_otlp_recordable;opentelemetry_proto
--   TARGETS_ALIAS: opentelemetry-cpp::otlp_recordable;opentelemetry-cpp::proto
--   COMPONENT_DEPENDS: api;sdk
--   THIRDPARTY_DEPENDS: Protobuf
--   FILES_DIRECTORY: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp
--   FILES_DESTINATION: include/opentelemetry/exporters
--   FILES_MATCHING: PATTERN;*.h;PATTERN;otlp_http*.h;EXCLUDE;PATTERN;otlp_grpc*.h;EXCLUDE;PATTERN;otlp_file*.h;EXCLUDE
-- Install COMPONENT exporters_otlp_file
--   TARGETS: opentelemetry_exporter_otlp_file_client;opentelemetry_exporter_otlp_file;opentelemetry_exporter_otlp_file_log;opentelemetry_exporter_otlp_file_metric
--   TARGETS_ALIAS: opentelemetry-cpp::otlp_file_client;opentelemetry-cpp::otlp_file_exporter;opentelemetry-cpp::otlp_file_log_record_exporter;opentelemetry-cpp::otlp_file_metric_exporter
--   COMPONENT_DEPENDS: api;sdk;exporters_otlp_common
--   THIRDPARTY_DEPENDS:
--   FILES_DIRECTORY: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp
--   FILES_DESTINATION: include/opentelemetry/exporters
--   FILES_MATCHING: PATTERN;otlp_file*.h
-- Install COMPONENT exporters_ostream
--   TARGETS: opentelemetry_exporter_ostream_span;opentelemetry_exporter_ostream_metrics;opentelemetry_exporter_ostream_logs
--   TARGETS_ALIAS: opentelemetry-cpp::ostream_span_exporter;opentelemetry-cpp::ostream_metrics_exporter;opentelemetry-cpp::ostream_log_record_exporter
--   COMPONENT_DEPENDS: api;sdk
--   THIRDPARTY_DEPENDS:
--   FILES_DIRECTORY: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/exporters/ostream/include/opentelemetry/exporters/ostream
--   FILES_DESTINATION: include/opentelemetry/exporters
--   FILES_MATCHING: PATTERN;*.h
-- Install COMPONENT exporters_in_memory
--   TARGETS: opentelemetry_exporter_in_memory;opentelemetry_exporter_in_memory_metric
--   TARGETS_ALIAS: opentelemetry-cpp::in_memory_span_exporter;opentelemetry-cpp::in_memory_metric_exporter
--   COMPONENT_DEPENDS: api;sdk
--   THIRDPARTY_DEPENDS:
--   FILES_DIRECTORY: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/exporters/memory/include/opentelemetry/exporters/memory
--   FILES_DESTINATION: include/opentelemetry/exporters
--   FILES_MATCHING: PATTERN;*.h
-- Install COMPONENT exporters_etw
--   TARGETS: opentelemetry_exporter_etw
--   TARGETS_ALIAS: opentelemetry-cpp::etw_exporter
--   COMPONENT_DEPENDS: api;sdk
--   THIRDPARTY_DEPENDS: nlohmann_json
--   FILES_DIRECTORY: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/exporters/etw/include/opentelemetry/exporters/etw
--   FILES_DESTINATION: include/opentelemetry/exporters
--   FILES_MATCHING: PATTERN;*.h
-- Configuring done (66.6s)
-- Generating done (0.5s)
-- Build files have been written to: V:/opentelemetry-cpp/build

I am trying your --config suggestion as we speak.

[stephengtuggy]

It worked!! Thanks! The install command finished successfully this time.

[dbarker]

Great! I'll close this issue.