Re: [build] "Unknown target type EXE"

From: René Ferdinand Rivera Morell (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-02-09 03:13:17

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 7:32 AM John Maddock via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> I've managed to get various architectures tested in qemu-emulation in
> this PR: https://github.com/boostorg/config/pull/366, with help from
> https://github.com/uraimo/run-on-arch-action
>
> However, for armv7 alone I see:
>
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/build/type.jam:158:
> in type.validate from module type
>
> error: Unknown target type EXE
> (builtin):-1: in sequence.transform from module sequence
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/build/generators.jam:239:
>
> in generator.__init__ from module object(installed-exe-generator)@4
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/tools/stage.jam:568:
> in class_at_installed-exe-generator.__init__ from module
> object(installed-exe-generator)@4
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/kernel/class.jam:90:
> in new from module class
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/tools/stage.jam:596:
> in load from module stage
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/kernel/modules.jam:295:
>
> in import from module modules
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/tools/builtin.jam:27:
> in load from module builtin
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/kernel/modules.jam:295:
>
> in import from module modules
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/build-system.jam:12:
> in load from module build-system
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/kernel/modules.jam:295:
>
> in import from module modules
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/tools/build/src/kernel/bootstrap.jam:139:
>
> in boost-build from module
>
> /home/runner/work/config/boost-root/boost-build.jam:17: in module scope
> from module
>
> This is while running ./b2 headers.
>
> The initialization/setup code is the same for each architecture as
> they're run in a GHA matrix so I don't think I've goofed in the CI script.
>
> Anyone any ideas what might cause this?
>

It's theoretically possible that it's running into a bug in the engine on
the code gen side. But otherwise no immediate idea what could be going on.

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