[lldb-dev] LLDB build searching for the wrong Python, again.

Thu Sep 3 15:50:15 PDT 2020

I've figured out some of the *what* but I still don't understand the *why*.

I checked the Windows registry, and found some remnants referencing Python
3.6.  I doubt that's related, but I obliterated them anyway.

I scrutinized the very noisy output of Cmake and discovered two things:

1.  Cmake found my Python 3.8, right where it should be, then it said,
"Could NOT find Python3 (missing: Development)".  I'm not sure why it
didn't think that version has the development files--it does.
2.  Next, Cmake found Python 3.7 buried in the Visual Studio 2019
installation tree.  (I keep forgetting that VS smuggles other software onto
the machine.)  I have no idea HOW Cmake found this version.  It's not
anywhere in the PATH.  It's not referenced by any other environment
variables.  If it's referenced from the Windows registry, I couldn't find
it.  It's just magic, I guess.

So I spun up the Visual Studio Installer and removed every package that
mentioned Python.  I then trashed my build tree and started again.

This time, Cmake selected my Python 3.8 tree, apparently satisfied that it
does indeed have the development files.  (Why does the presence of an
unreferenced Python 3.7 cause Cmake to think the easy-to-find 3.8
installation doesn't have development files???  Sounds like a Cmake bug to
me.)

So, for the moment, I have a working build again.

It's interesting to note that, in the four or five times since last fall
that I've been bit by the wrong-version-of-Python-while-building-LLDB bug,
the "solution" has been different.  I wonder what it'll be next time.

Thanks to the folks who sent me advice off-list.

Adrian.

On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 1:42 PM Adrian McCarthy <amccarth at google.com> wrote:

> After rebasing, my local LLDB builds have again broken because it goes
> looking for the wrong Python DLL.  I'm searching through git logs, but I'm
> not seeing a related change.
>
> Does anyone know what causes CMake to get confused about which Python
> versions are installed?
>
> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: *cannot open file 'python37_d.lib'*
>
> Why is it looking for 3.7?  My CMake command uses every hint I know about
> to ensure that it finds Python 3.8:
>
> cmake -GNinja -DLLVM_TEMPORARILY_ALLOW_OLD_TOOLCHAIN=ON
> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DLLDB_TEST_DEBUG_TEST_CRASHES=1
> -DPYTHON_HOME="C:\Program Files\Python*38*"
> -DLLDB_PYTHON_HOME="C:\Program Files\Python*38*"
> -DPython3_ROOT_DIR="C:\Program Files\Python*38*"
> -DPython3_FIND_REGISTRY=LAST
> -DLLDB_TEST_COMPILER=D:\src\llvm\build\ninja_dbg\bin\clang.exe
> ..\..\llvm-project\llvm -DLLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB=OFF
> -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lld;lldb;clang-tools-extra;compiler-rt"
>
> My environment doesn't reference any other version of Python:
>
> D:\src\llvm\llvm-project>set | find /I "python"
> Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.24.28314\bin\HostX64\x64;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\Common7\IDE\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team
> Explorer;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\bin\Roslyn;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\Team Tools\Performance
> Tools\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\Team Tools\Performance Tools;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\Shared\Common\VSPerfCollectionTools\vs2019\\x64;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\Shared\Common\VSPerfCollectionTools\vs2019\;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.18362.0\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
> Kits\10\bin\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\\MSBuild\Current\Bin;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\Common7\Tools\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\corpam;C:\Windows\ccmsetup;C:\Program
> Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program
> Files\Git\usr\bin;D:\src\util\GnuWin32\bin;C:\Program
> Files\doxygen\bin;C:\Program
> Files\Notepad++;D:\src\llvm\build\ninja_dbg\bin;D:\src\llvm\llvm-project\clang\tools\clang-format;C:\Program
> Files\Python38;D:\src\llvm\llvm-project\llvm\utils\git-svn\;D:\src\util;D:\src\util\swigwin-3.0.12;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2019\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\Ninja
> __VSCMD_PREINIT_PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\corpam;C:\Windows\ccmsetup;C:\Program
> Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program
> Files\Git\usr\bin;D:\src\util\GnuWin32\bin;C:\Program
> Files\doxygen\bin;C:\Program
> Files\Notepad++;D:\src\llvm\build\ninja_dbg\bin;D:\src\llvm\llvm-project\clang\tools\clang-format;*C:\Program
> Files\Python38*
> ;D:\src\llvm\llvm-project\llvm\utils\git-svn\;D:\src\util;D:\src\util\swigwin-3.0.12
>
> D:\src\llvm\llvm-project>where python
> C:\Program Files\Python38\python.exe
>
> D:\src\llvm\build\ninja_dbg>which python
> /c/Program Files/Python38/python
>
> I do not have 3.7 on my machine.  For a long while now, I've had to keep
> exactly one version of Python on my machine specifically to prevent LLDB
> builds from trying to mix versions.
>
> But I'm stumped once again.
>
> Clues appreciated,
> Adrian.
>
>
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