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[bug] conan install serf fails in ConanFile.run()

See original GitHub issue

When attempting to install the serf library e.g. with conan install serf/1.3.9@ --build=serf The build fails with the following error message:

[...]
serf/1.3.9: Generator txt created conanbuildinfo.txt
serf/1.3.9: Aggregating env generators
serf/1.3.9: Calling build()
Warning:  ignoring -m option
usage: scons [OPTION] [TARGET] ...

SCons Error: no such option: -6
serf/1.3.9:
serf/1.3.9: ERROR: Package 'de0d7a09fb3ef801ded4c3cc223c5928a5f42e36' build failed
serf/1.3.9: WARN: Build folder /home/myuser/.conan/data/serf/1.3.9/_/_/build/de0d7a09fb3ef801ded4c3cc223c5928a5f42e36
ERROR: serf/1.3.9: Error in build() method, line 111
        self.run("scons {} {}".format(" ".join(escape_str(s) for s in args), " ".join("{}={}".format(k, escape_str(v)) for k, v in kwargs.items())), run_environment=True)
        ConanException: Error 2 while executing scons "-Y" "/home/myuser/.conan/data/serf/1.3.9/_/_/build/de0d7a09fb3ef801ded4c3cc223c5928a5f42e36/source_subfolder" APR="/home/myuser/.conan/data/apr/1.7.0/_/_/package/435690f0682a7e600daf767c97acf6f625b77db0" APU="/home/myuser/.conan/data/apr-util/1.6.1/_/_/package/15462a466576cd30e6c375ccf92dc4b262749330" OPENSSL="/home/myuser/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1g/_/_/package/6af9cc7cb931c5ad942174fd7838eb655717c709" PREFIX="/home/myuser/.conan/data/serf/1.3.9/_/_/package/de0d7a09fb3ef801ded4c3cc223c5928a5f42e36" LIBDIR="/home/myuser/.conan/data/serf/1.3.9/_/_/package/de0d7a09fb3ef801ded4c3cc223c5928a5f42e36/lib" ZLIB="/home/myuser/.conan/data/zlib/1.2.11/_/_/package/6af9cc7cb931c5ad942174fd7838eb655717c709" DEBUG="False" APR_STATIC="True" CFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -O3 -s" LINKFLAGS=" -L'/home/myuser/.conan/data/apr-util/1.6.1/_/_/package/15462a466576cd30e6c375ccf92dc4b262749330/lib' -L'/home/myuser/.conan/data/zlib/1.2.11/_/_/package/6af9cc7cb931c5ad942174fd7838eb655717c709/lib' -L'/home/myuser/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1g/_/_/package/6af9cc7cb931c5ad942174fd7838eb655717c709/lib' -L'/home/myuser/.conan/data/apr/1.7.0/_/_/package/435690f0682a7e600daf767c97acf6f625b77db0/lib' -L'/home/myuser/.conan/data/libiconv/1.16/_/_/package/6af9cc7cb931c5ad942174fd7838eb655717c709/lib' -L'/home/myuser/.conan/data/expat/2.4.1/_/_/package/c215f67ac7fc6a34d9d0fb90b0450016be569d86/lib'" CPPFLAGS="-DXML_STATIC -DAPR_DECLARE_STATIC -DAPU_DECLARE_STATIC -DNDEBUG -I'/home/myuser/.conan/data/apr-util/1.6.1/_/_/package/15462a466576cd30e6c375ccf92dc4b262749330/include' -I'/home/myuser/.conan/data/zlib/1.2.11/_/_/package/6af9cc7cb931c5ad942174fd7838eb655717c709/include' -I'/home/myuser/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1g/_/_/package/6af9cc7cb931c5ad942174fd7838eb655717c709/include' -I'/home/myuser/.conan/data/apr/1.7.0/_/_/package/435690f0682a7e600daf767c97acf6f625b77db0/include' -I'/home/myuser/.conan/data/libiconv/1.16/_/_/package/6af9cc7cb931c5ad942174fd7838eb655717c709/include' -I'/home/myuser/.conan/data/expat/2.4.1/_/_/package/c215f67ac7fc6a34d9d0fb90b0450016be569d86/include'" CC="gcc" SOURCE_LAYOUT="False"

However if I c&p the problematic scons command into my bash terminal, it runs fine and builds libserf as expected. Apparently, somewhere downstream the parameters are spoiled, so that the command fails. Btw, for the sake of testing I have printed the scons command that is passed to self.run() to the screen, c&p of this also works fine. I’m not sure where the -6 that scons complains about it coming from. This looks like a bug to me.

Environment Details (include every applicable attribute)

Operating System+version: WSL2 + RHEL7.9
Compiler+version: gcc 9.3.0 (WSL2), 9.2.0 (RHEL7)
Conan version: 1.43.2 (WSL2), 1.45.0 (RHEL7)
Python version: 3.8.10 (WSL2), 3.9.0 (RHEL7)

Steps to reproduce (Include if Applicable)

conan install serf/1.3.9@ --build=serf

Issue Analytics

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:5 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

uilianriescommented, Feb 8, 2022

I created the PR https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/pull/9301 on Conan Center Index to update scons version and validate this situation.

1reaction

uilianriescommented, Feb 8, 2022

Opened the issue https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/issues/9308 asking for scons fix

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