Windows: "The system cannot find the path specified" when using run-cmake and run-vcpkg

The linux and apple builds works with my configuration, but not the windows one. I’m not sure I understand the error, so I r don’t know if it’s a bug from run-cmake or a problem in my configurations.

Here’ s the error:

► Run lukka/run-cmake@v3
tool: D:\a\_temp\909795809\cmake-3.21.1-windows-x86_64\bin\cmake.exe
tool: D:\a\_temp\909795809\ninja.exe
► Setup environment variables for triplet 'x64-windows' using 'vcpkg env'
⏱ elapsed: 2.161 seconds
Error: get_directories_non_recursive(D:\a\kangaru\kangaru\vcpkg_installed\x64-windows\tools): The system cannot find the path specified.
    
    
    
    at CMakeUtils.<anonymous> (D:\a\_actions\lukka\run-cmake\v3\dist\index.js:4765:27)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (D:\a\_actions\lukka\run-cmake\v3\dist\index.js:4717:58)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
Error: run-cmake action execution failed: 'Error: get_directories_non_recursive(D:\a\kangaru\kangaru\vcpkg_installed\x64-windows\tools): The system cannot find the path specified.

Here’s my configuration:

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  build:
    env:
      buildDir: ${{ github.workspace }}/build
    name: ${{ matrix.os }}-hosted-basic
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
        include:
          - os: windows-latest
            triplet: x64-windows
            build-type: RelWithDebInfo
          - os: ubuntu-latest
            triplet: x64-linux
            build-type: RelWithDebInfo
          - os: macos-latest
            triplet: x64-osx
            build-type: RelWithDebInfo
            
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: get-cmake
        uses: lukka/get-cmake@v3.21.1

      - name: Run vcpkg
        uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v6
        with:
          # Just install vcpkg for now, do not install any ports in this step yet.
          setupOnly: true
          # Location of the vcpkg as submodule of the repository.
          vcpkgDirectory: '${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg'
          vcpkgGitCommitId: '57bd7102d9fd880daa1b0958692294c4a125f6d8'
          # Since the cache must be invalidated when content of the vcpkg.json file changes, let's
          # compute its hash and append this to the computed cache's key.
          appendedCacheKey: ${{ hashFiles( '**/vcpkg.json' ) }}
          vcpkgTriplet: ${{ matrix.triplet }}
          # Ensure the vcpkg artifacts are cached, they are generated in the 'CMAKE_BINARY_DIR/vcpkg_installed'.
          additionalCachedPaths: ${{ env.buildDir }}/vcpkg_installed
      - name: 'Run CMake with Ninja, install dependencies with vcpkg, build with CMake'
        uses: lukka/run-cmake@v3
        with:
          cmakeListsOrSettingsJson: CMakeListsTxtBasic
          cmakeListsTxtPath: '${{ github.workspace }}/CMakeLists.txt'
          useVcpkgToolchainFile: true
          cmakeAppendedArgs: '-GNinja -DKANGARU_TEST=ON'
          buildDirectory: ${{ env.buildDir }}

      - name: Test
        working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/build
        # Execute tests defined by the CMake configuration.  
        # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/ctest.1.html for more detail
        run: ctest -C ${{env.build-type}}

Here’s the live error. As you can see from that page ubuntu and macos are working correctly.

[gracicot]

@lukka The workaround worked! I created the directory before running vcpkg and everything is working now. I’m gonna close the issue now, since the problem is actually on the vcpkg side and reported. Thank you very much for your support.

[gracicot]

Updating it to v7 didn’t helped. I’ll try to use egor-tensin/vs-shell@v2 and see if it helps.

Also, I took the v6 first since that was the version in your examples in your readme, maybe changing it would prevent new users to pick an outdated version?