Gitlab-ci & MSBUILD & Library path

[LaurentGirard 0]

Using Gitlab Saas for a VCL Delphi Project (Alexandria 11.3), I'd like to implement a Gitlab CI to run unit tests and build the application. 
I have no problem for the unit tests build and run (DUnitX framework)
But I'm facing a problem with the main application. This one is using some external components (LMD Components and Konopka components) : the CI doesn't find these components within the build stage, despite a lot of searches on the net,

If I remove from my project these external components, then it works fine. But I need them ....

I cannot find a solution.

Can somebody help me please ?

 

Here's my gitlab-ci.yml file

before_script:
  - $env:BDS="C:/Program Files (x86)/Embarcadero/Studio/22.0"
  - $env:BDSINCLUDE="C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\Include"
  - $env:BDSCOMMONDIR="C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio/22.0"
  - $env:BDSCatalogRepositoryAllUsers="C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\CatalogRepository"
  - $env:FrameworkDir="C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319"
  - $env:FrameworkVersion=4.5
  - $env:PATH=$env:FrameworkDir;"$env:BDS\bin";$env:PATH
  - $env:LANGDIR="FR"
  - $env:PLATFORM=""
  - $env:PlatformSDK=""

stages:
  - compil

compil-job:
  tags:
    - delphi 
  stage: compil
  
  script:
    - echo "building project..."
    - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe /m /nologo <myProject>.dproj /target:Build /p:DCC_BuildAllUnits=true /p:"Config=Release" /p:"Platform=Win64"
    - echo "building complete."
  

 

[Uwe Raabe 1891]

Not sure it is related, but there is a very inconsistent use of slash and backslash in the $env values.

[LaurentGirard 0]

You're right, I can make this more consistent. What are your recommendations on this subject? slash ? Backslash ? double backslash ? ...

 

But unfortunately this doesn't change the failed compilation result.

 

[Darian Miller 336]

If you run that build manually, does it work?   Is your CI work being done on a machine that Delphi was installed on? (Or are files just copied to a build server?)

[LaurentGirard 0]

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If you run that build manually, does it work?

No, it doesn' work 

 

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   Is your CI work being done on a machine that Delphi was installed on? (Or are files just copied to a build server?)

My CI run on a windows server on which gitlab runner and of course Delphi and all its components are installed. On this server, the compilation using Delphi IDE works fine.

 

Below is the log of the Gitrlab CI job : 

Running with gitlab-runner 16.5.0 (853330f9)
  on Delphi 3vozL1wki, system ID: s_867c15c8db7f
Preparing the "shell" executor
00:00
Using Shell (pwsh) executor...
Preparing environment
00:01
Running on SRV-JENKINS...
Getting source from Git repository
00:04
Fetching changes with git depth set to 20...
Reinitialized existing Git repository in C:/GitLab-Runner/builds/3vozL1wki/0/axioroute/tests/testsci/.git/
Checking out 6f8ab724 as detached HEAD (ref is master)...
Removing tests/calculatorTests.exe
Removing tests/dunitx-results.xml
git-lfs/3.4.0 (GitHub; windows amd64; go 1.20.6; git d06d6e9e)
Skipping Git submodules setup
Downloading artifacts
00:02
Version:      16.5.0
Git revision: 853330f9
Git branch:   16-5-stable
GO version:   go1.20.10
Built:        2023-10-20T15:57:25+0000
OS/Arch:      windows/amd64
Downloading artifacts for build-job (5694869986)...
Runtime platform                                    arch=amd64 os=windows pid=5032 revision=853330f9 version=16.5.0
Downloading artifacts from coordinator... ok        host=cdn.artifacts.gitlab-static.net id=5694869986 responseStatus=200 OK token=64_etzum
Downloading artifacts for test-job (5694869988)...
Runtime platform                                    arch=amd64 os=windows pid=2628 revision=853330f9 version=16.5.0
Downloading artifacts from coordinator... ok        host=cdn.artifacts.gitlab-static.net id=5694869988 responseStatus=200 OK token=64_etzum
Executing "step_script" stage of the job script
00:02
$ $env:BDS="C:/Program Files (x86)/Embarcadero/Studio/22.0"
$ $env:BDSINCLUDE="C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\Include"
$ $env:BDSCOMMONDIR="C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio/22.0"
$ $env:BDSCatalogRepositoryAllUsers="C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\CatalogRepository"
$ $env:FrameworkDir="C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319"
$ $env:FrameworkVersion=4.5
$ $env:PATH=$env:FrameworkDir;"$env:BDS\bin";$env:PATH
C:/Program Files (x86)/Embarcadero/Studio/22.0\bin
C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319
$ $env:LANGDIR="FR"
$ $env:PLATFORM=""
$ $env:PlatformSDK=""
$ echo "building project..."
building project...
$ C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe /m /nologo calculator.dproj /target:Build /p:DCC_BuildAllUnits=true /p:"Config=Release" /p:"Platform=Win64"
La génération a démarré 06/12/2023 16:45:22.
     1>Projet "C:\GitLab-Runner\builds\3vozL1wki\0\axioroute\tests\testsci\calculator.dproj" sur le nœud 1 (Build cible(s)).
     1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin\CodeGear.Common.Targets(307,5): warning : Expected configuration file missing - C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\EnvOptions.proj [C:\GitLab-Runner\builds\3vozL1wki\0\axioroute\tests\testsci\calculator.dproj]
     1>CreateProjectDirectories:
         Création du répertoire ".\Win64\Release\".
       BuildVersionResource:
         C:/Program Files (x86)/Embarcadero/Studio/22.0\bin\cgrc.exe -c65001 calculator.vrc -focalculator.res 
         CodeGear Resource Compiler/Binder
         Version 1.2.2 Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Embarcadero Technologies Inc.
         
         Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Resource Compiler Version 6.0.5724.0
         
         Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
         
         
         Suppression du fichier "calculator.vrc".
         Suppression du fichier "calculator.$manifest".
       _PasCoreCompile:
         C:/Program Files (x86)/Embarcadero/Studio/22.0\bin\dcc64.exe -$D0 -$L- -$Y- --no-config -B -Q -TX.exe -AGenerics.Collections=System.Generics.Collections;Generics.Defaults=System.Generics.Defaults;WinTypes=Winapi.Windows;WinProcs=Winapi.Windows;DbiTypes=BDE;DbiProcs=BDE;DbiErrs=BDE @C:\Projet\Composants\Gitlab\tests\testsci\bin\Win64\Release\calculator.cmds -DRELEASE;;FRAMEWORK_VCL -EC:\Projet\Composants\Gitlab\tests\testsci\bin\Win64\Release -NU.\Win64\Release -NSWinapi;System.Win;Data.Win;Datasnap.Win;Web.Win;Soap.Win;Xml.Win;System;Xml;Data;Datasnap;Web;Soap;Vcl;Vcl.Imaging;Vcl.Touch;Vcl.Samples;Vcl.Shell; -NO.\Win64\Release  calculator.dpr   
         Embarcadero Delphi for Win64 compiler version 35.0
         Copyright (c) 1983,2022 Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
     1>forms\fCalculator.pas(7): error F2613: Unité 'RzEdit' non trouvée. [C:\GitLab-Runner\builds\3vozL1wki\0\axioroute\tests\testsci\calculator.dproj]
     1>Génération du projet "C:\GitLab-Runner\builds\3vozL1wki\0\axioroute\tests\testsci\calculator.dproj" terminée (Build cible(s)) -- ÉCHEC.
ÉCHEC de la build.
       "C:\GitLab-Runner\builds\3vozL1wki\0\axioroute\tests\testsci\calculator.dproj" (Build cible) (1) ->
       (_CheckBuildEnvironment cible) -> 
         C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin\CodeGear.Common.Targets(307,5): warning : Expected configuration file missing - C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\EnvOptions.proj [C:\GitLab-Runner\builds\3vozL1wki\0\axioroute\tests\testsci\calculator.dproj]
       "C:\GitLab-Runner\builds\3vozL1wki\0\axioroute\tests\testsci\calculator.dproj" (Build cible) (1) ->
       (_PasCoreCompile cible) -> 
         forms\fCalculator.pas(7): error F2613: Unité 'RzEdit' non trouvée. [C:\GitLab-Runner\builds\3vozL1wki\0\axioroute\tests\testsci\calculator.dproj]
    1 Avertissement(s)
    1 Erreur(s)
Temps écoulé 00:00:00.66
Cleaning up project directory and file based variables
00:01
ERROR: Job failed: exit status 1

 

 

[Darian Miller 336]

Ah - "Expected configuration file missing - C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\EnvOptions.proj"
 

See my blog post for setting up Jenkins, it has the workaround: https://ideasawakened.com/post/getting-started-with-ci-cd-using-delphi-and-jenkins-on-windows

"Copy the EnvOptions.proj file to the APPDATA folder of the user account which will execute the builds. (For example: C:\Users\JenkinsUserName\Roaming\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0) If you have custom paths for libraries and component packages, edit the DelphiLibraryPath for each target platform that you will use to match your build machine paths. You will get a warning message in your builds if this file is not found..."

 

[aehimself 388]

3 hours ago, Darian Miller said:

Copy the EnvOptions.proj file to the APPDATA folder of the user account which will execute the builds

As an alternate, the path where this file is attempted to be loaed from can be changed in Program Files\Embarcadero\Studio\xx\bin\Codegear.Common.Targets inside the PropertyGroup tag. This is what we ended up using on Azure DevOps at work:

 

Be careful, though. Changing these to a static path will result all users on the same machine to use the very same environment.proj and/or envoptions.proj. This might be, or might not be wanted.