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[Windows] Release configuration fails when running ninja install

When building ParaView superbuild v5.5.0 with the options used for the release of ParaView : paraviewSuperbuildWindow550.cmake, ninja install fails with the following.

  -- Install configuration: "Debug"
  Copying C:\pv\pv5.5.0\install\bin\vtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.5.dll ==> bin
  Copying C:\pv\pv5.5.0\install\bin\vtkCommonCore-pv5.5.dll ==> bin
  Copying C:\pv\pv5.5.0\install\bin\vtkParallelCore-pv5.5.dll ==> bin
  Copying C:\pv\pv5.5.0\install\bin\vtkUtilitiesPythonInitializer-pv5.5.dll ==> bin
  Copying C:\pv\pv5.5.0\install\bin\vtkPVServerManagerApplication-pv5.5.dll ==> bin
  CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:41 (message):
    Failed to install pvdataserver:

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "C:/pv/paraview-superbuild/superbuild/cmake/scripts/fixup_bundle.windows.py", line 364, in <module>
        main(sys.argv[1:])
      File "C:/pv/paraview-superbuild/superbuild/cmake/scripts/fixup_bundle.windows.py", line 356, in main
        _install_binary(main_exe, is_excluded, bundle_dest, libdir, installed, manifest, dry_run=opts.dry_run)
      File "C:/pv/paraview-superbuild/superbuild/cmake/scripts/fixup_bundle.windows.py", line 277, in _install_binary
        deps.extend(dep.dependencies.values())
      File "C:/pv/paraview-superbuild/superbuild/cmake/scripts/fixup_bundle.windows.py", line 106, in dependencies
        deplib = Library.create_from_reference(dep, self)
      File "C:/pv/paraview-superbuild/superbuild/cmake/scripts/fixup_bundle.windows.py", line 145, in create_from_reference
        raise RuntimeError('Unable to find the %s library from %s: %s' % (ref, loader.path, ', '.join(paths)))

    RuntimeError: Unable to find the api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
    library from C:\WINDOWS\SysWow64\KERNEL32.dll: C:\WINDOWS\SysWow64, lib,
    C:/Qt/Qt5.9.1/5.9.1/msvc2013_64/lib/cmake/Qt5/../../../bin, C:\Program
    Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin, C:\Program Files
    (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\bin\x86, , C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
    SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
    Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\bin, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
    Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\tools, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
    Studio 12.0\Common7\ide, C:\Program Files (x86)\HTML Help Workshop, ,
    C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\,
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\, C:\WINDOWS\SysWow64, ,
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
    12.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow, C:\Program Files
    (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\amd64, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
    Studio 12.0\VC\BIN\amd64, C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319,
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\VCPackages,
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE, C:\Program
    Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools, C:\Program Files
    (x86)\HTML Help Workshop, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
    12.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools\x64, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
    Visual Studio 12.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools, C:\Program Files
    (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\bin\x64, C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
    Kits\8.1\bin\x86, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
    SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\x64\, , C:\Program Files\Microsoft
    MPI\Bin\, C:\Program Files\zSpace\Tracking\4.4.0.6-svn-44950, C:\Program
    Files (x86)\zSpace\Tracking\4.4.0.6-svn-44950, C:\Program Files
    (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\, C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\,
    C:\Windows\system32, C:\Windows, C:\Windows\System32\Wbem,
    C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\, C:\Program Files
    (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL, C:\Program
    Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL, C:\Program Files
    (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT, C:\Program
    Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT, C:\Program Files
    (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common, C:\Program Files\Git\cmd, C:\Program
    Files\CMake\bin, C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows
    Performance Toolkit\, C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
    Server\110\Tools\Binn\, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
    SDKs\TypeScript\1.0\, C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
    Server\120\Tools\Binn\, C:\WINDOWS\system32, C:\WINDOWS,
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem, C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\,
    C:\Users\mwestphal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts\,
    C:\Users\mwestphal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\,
    C:\Users\mwestphal\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps,
    C:\Qt\Qt5.9.1\5.9.1\msvc2013_64\bin, ,

ctest -R cpack is working well though, which explains why this may not have been caugth.

How to reproduce :

  • cmake-gui
  • configure and generate paraview superbuild correctly with Ninja
  • ninja
  • ninja install
Edited by Ben Boeckel