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Trying to get vcvarsall.bat to "stick" #26887
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I’m attempting to get a simple CI action setup for my C language repo on Windows. I have a simple .bat file that assumes cl.exe is accessible, since my normal workflow is to open a new cmd/powershell window, call the vcvars batch file, and then call my build.bat file. I can successfully call the vcvars batch file, but it seems that it doesn’t stick around because calling my batch file immediately fails with:
Linked below is my example yml: github.comrdunnington/rjd/blob/a12fb7fe2610fccbc2d6cd7743422b8b98329529/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
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I figured it out. I needed to use the cmd shell and call the batch file like so: |
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@hwhsu1231 I'm no expert and I don't know your use case, but have you tried using the cmd shell and manually adding it like below? |
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@rdunnington I'm trying to call I've tried what you said in the above: - name: Add directory of 'vcvarsall.bat' into env PATH and call 'vcvarsall.bat'
shell: cmd
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set PATH="%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\" && call vcvarsall.bat x64However, it turns out to be an error: What happened?
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@rdunnington I think I found an alternative solution to my case, which is using export-env-var-powershell to do so. - name: Append the directory of 'vcvarsall.bat' to PATH environment variable
uses: myci-actions/export-env-var-powershell@1
with:
name: PATH
value: $env:PATH;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\BuildHowever, it seems that the result specified by calling
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@hwhsu1231 I'm not really sure what you're trying to do, and I'm not really an expert on this either so I'd just be giving random suggestions at this point. Sorry I can't be of more help . :( |
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@rdunnington It's fine. I already got what I want. :) Link: conan-io/cmake-conan#465 |
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I figured it out. I needed to use the cmd shell and call the batch file like so: