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[bug] Unhelpful error message about conflicting package versions between requires and build_requires

See original GitHub issue

Having conflicting version overrides for the same package in build_requires and requires results in the following output: ERROR: True. This makes the error hard to find. The error message should be more helpful on what is going wrong.

#4753 might be related.

Environment Details (include every applicable attribute)

Operating System+version: Arch Linux Kernel 5.12.12
Conan version: 1.40.0
Python version: 3.9.5

Steps to reproduce (Include if Applicable)

Try to conan install this example conanfile.txt:

[requires]
libdeflate/1.7
[build_requires]
libdeflate/1.8

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

Configuration:
[settings]
arch=x86_64
build_type=Release
compiler=clang
compiler.cppstd=20
compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11
compiler.version=12
os=Linux
[options]
[build_requires]
[env]

ERROR: True

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:6 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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martin-schulze-viresocommented, Sep 20, 2021

No problem, I just wanted to inform you to avoid duplicating effort.

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martin-schulze-viresocommented, Sep 20, 2021

To be fair: I opened the PR, hit a CI problem and decided to document the original problem with a reproducer as this issue afterwards. So the process might have been a bit confusing.

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