Windows CMake: "Cannot open include file: 'VersionInfo.h': No such file or directory"

[Xavian]

Hello MaNGOS Community,

 

I am excited at the prospect of joining this project, but first I need to ensure I can compile and debug in VS 2022.  I'm running into a roadblock that I've been unable to figure out on my own.  So, now it's time to ask for help.    I am not familiar with CMake on Windows, but everything seems to be working correctly with the exception of on little hiccup:

CMake build fails with a single error when "Building RC object src\realmd\CMakeFiles\realmd.dir\__\__\cmake\win\VersionInfo.rc.res": "Cannot open include file: 'VersionInfo.h': No such file or directory".  Searching the Git Hub repos of all MaNGOS Core projects does not reveal an include file named "VersionInfo.h".  I was guessing that "VersionInfo.h" would be generated somehow during the guild process.  But that's just the problem: I'm guessing.  Is this include file supposed to be generated during the CMake compile process; perhaps while running "EnsureVersion.cmake"?

Any help would be profoundly appreciated and may even earn this team a dedicated and passionate developer.  Have a blessed day!

 

Best Regards,

Xavian

[Xavian]

Well, I was successful in building Mangos Two in Visual Studio 2022.

After digging through the CMake configuration and banging my head against a nice firm brick wall, I found an inconsistency in .\src\realmd\CMakeLists.txt. "/VersionInfo.h" was appended to ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}}.  See below.

target_include_directories(realmd
    PUBLIC
        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}}/VersionInfo.h
        ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
)

This does not jive with the same configuration line in .\src\mangosd\CMakeLists.txt.  So after .\src\realmd\CMakeLists.txt was updated to match .\src\mangosd\CMakeLists.txt...

target_include_directories(realmd
    PUBLIC
        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}}
        ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
)

And now the project builds and installs as expected.   Good times!