run-vcpkg: VCPKG failing to build library

I hope this is the right place. I don’t have any issues using vcpkg + cmake on any of my desktops (win + linux) but with run-vcpkg action, I am getting the following issue:

   Running 'vcpkg install,--recurse,--clean-after-build,--x-install-root,/home/runner/work/Client/Client/vcpkg/installed,--triplet,x64-linux' in directory '/home/runner/work/Client/Client' ...
  Running command '/home/runner/work/Client/Client/vcpkg/vcpkg' with args 'install,--recurse,--clean-after-build,--x-install-root,/home/runner/work/Client/Client/vcpkg/installed,--triplet,x64-linux' in current directory '/home/runner/work/Client/Client'.
  Error: discord-game-sdk:x64-linux@2.5.6#4 is only supported on '((x64 & (windows | osx | linux)) | (x86 & windows)) & !uwp & !static'

As you can see, the tuple is correctly selecting x64-linux for this library. I can build on archlinux and ubuntu just fine manually but not on github with this action module.

Here’s my vcpkg.json file:

{
  "name": "my-client",
  "version-string": "1.0.0",
  "dependencies": [
    {
      "name": "pthreads",
      "version>=": "3.0.0#10"
    },
    {
      "name": "poco",
      "version>=": "1.11.1"
    },
    {
      "name": "openssl",
      "version>=": "1.1.1n#1"
    },
    {
      "name": "fluidsynth",
      "version>=": "2.2.6"
    },
    {
      "name": "lua",
      "version>=": "5.4.4#1"
    },
    {
      "name": "discord-game-sdk",
      "version>=": "2.5.6#4"
    }
  ],
  "builtin-baseline": "91dd61bd441a68b4017b61011d0350b2e6aeeccf"
}

And here’s the run step where I include the action:

    - name: run-vcpkg
      # You may pin to the exact commit or the version.
      # uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@97a66cd144358612fab189bf2836619f392ef083
      uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v10.7
      with:
        vcpkgDirectory: ${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg
        # Run the installation of package by running `vcpkg install` on the directory of the discovered 'vcpkg.json' file. Default is false.
        runVcpkgInstall: true
        vcpkgGitCommitId: 91dd61bd441a68b4017b61011d0350b2e6aeeccf
        # Specify the URL Git repository to download vcpkg from
        vcpkgGitURL: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git
        # Avoid to update vcpkg (launching git) in the specified 'vcpkgDirectory'. This is useful when vcpkg is being checkout independently of the run-vcpkg action. Default is false.
        # doNotUpdateVcpkg: # optional
        # Disable the automatic caching mechanism by setting it to true. Default is false.
        # doNotCache: # optional
        # Specify the glob expression used to discover the vcpkg.json whose content's hash is added to the cache key. On Windows runners using `github.workspace` context to form the expression would not work as expected since it contains backslashes. Use instead `**/path/to/vcpkg.json` to match the desired `vcpkg.json` file.
        vcpkgJsonGlob: '**/vcpkg.json'

Is there an explicit “dynamic/static” setting I was supposed to provide somewhere? It seems odd that the tuple is matching the reported constraints and I can build fine with the same vcpkg on all my machines.

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Created a year ago
Comments: 17 (4 by maintainers)

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I’m also trying to understand what the correct way to achieve this. Unless I misunderstood, it should be done through expressions, but it is not working.

netcorefan1 on Apr 3, 2023

Have a look at the quick start code of this repo (in the README). At the end it shows how to change the triplet used.

quyykk on Feb 13, 2023

I don’t need to change the triplet for all of my packages, just one package specifically to use the -static variant when on Ubuntu. And I don’t want all of my packages to be static either.

You’ll need to write a custom triplet then, see this link.

That is absolutely horrific. Thanks for the link. I was expecting a vpkg optional switch flag or something. Is there no other alternative?

TheMaverickProgrammer on Mar 5, 2023

Have a look at the quick start code of this repo (in the README). At the end it shows how to change the triplet used.

I don’t see it: https://github.com/lukka/CppCMakeVcpkgTemplate/blob/main/vcpkg.json

I checked the rest of the README and at the bottom it shows the triplet matrix – which IIRC is used for all packages on a per platform-basis.

I don’t need to change the triplet for all of my packages, just one package specifically to use the -static variant when on Ubuntu. And I don’t want all of my packages to be static either.

TheMaverickProgrammer on Feb 19, 2023

Haha yes I mean dynamic. 😃

TheMaverickProgrammer on Feb 12, 2023