[bug] generator 'MSBuildDeps': 'settings.build_type' doesn't exist

Environment Details (include every applicable attribute)

• Operating System+version: Windows 2022 GitHub runner
• Compiler+version: N/A
• Conan version: 1.52.0
• Python version: 3.10.6

Steps to reproduce (Include if Applicable)

Performing a conan install with the msbuilddeps as generator on a Windows setup with conan 1.52.0

(Will update this ticket with more relevant information later today, for now it is a placeholder, to reference it on our commits)

Logs (Executed commands with output) (Include/Attach if Applicable)

See the full output of the failed runner: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/runs/8185049789?check_suite_focus=true

  File "C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.10.6\x64\lib\site-packages\conans\client\generators\__init__.py", line 177, in write_generators
    generator = generator_class(conanfile)
  File "C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.10.6\x64\lib\site-packages\conan\tools\microsoft\msbuilddeps.py", line 95, in __init__
    self.configuration = conanfile.settings.build_type
  File "C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.10.6\x64\lib\site-packages\conans\model\settings.py", line 266, in __getattr__
    self._check_field(field)
  File "C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.10.6\x64\lib\site-packages\conans\model\settings.py", line 262, in _check_field
    raise undefined_field(self._name, field, self.fields, self._parent_value)
conans.errors.ConanException: 'settings.build_type' doesn't exist
'settings' possible configurations are none

ERROR: Error in generator 'MSBuildDeps': 'settings.build_type' doesn't exist

'settings' possible configurations are none
JSON file created at 'D:\a\Cura\Cura\cura_inst/conan_install_info.json'

[jellespijker]

@parachvte The issue should be resolved now. Try the instructions on our Wiki https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/wiki/Running-Cura-from-Source/

It might be a good idea to clear your conan cache first.

conan remove "*@ultimaker*" -f

I hope the see some nice PRs coming our way. Let me known if you run into other troubles and don’t hesitate to open a ticket for a question or an issue on the Cura repo.

[jellespijker]

Hi @parachvte and @memsharded There seems to be a mismatched between recipes of our private cura Artifactory repository and our public cura-ce Artfiactory repository. Which has gone unnoticed because the CI pipelines and devs are all working from our private repo. We just ran into this issue because our community manager @MariMakes tries to install the Cura development environment as described in our Wiki.

I will double check the potential recipes in the different repo’s against each other. But I think it is save to say that this is not a Conan specific bug.

This also seems like a good time to gently remind @memsharded of the benefits of having something like https://github.com/conan-io/conan/issues/12024#issuecomment-1237287633 😉

But in my opinion it would be even better if we can have an option on the Artifactory server which allows me to specify that anonymously users can only download recipes and sources but not binaries. Because that is basically the root issue which I’m trying to solve