Can't make "Visual Studio build" install listed dependencies in vcpkg.json using manifest mode in Azure DevOps

[amasciotta]

I have a fairly simple VS 2022 solution, which uses vcpkg in manifest mode. I can build locally without issues, but I can’t make my Azure DevOps pipeline to install the dependencies listed in the vcpkg.json file.

I'm building using VS2022 and the windows-2022 image on Azure DevOps on a hosted agent.

Here is my azure-pipelines.yaml

trigger:
- master

pool:
  vmImage: windows-2022

steps:

- checkout: self
  submodules: recursive

- task: NuGetCommand@2
  displayName: 'Restore of NuGet packages'
  inputs:
    command: 'restore'
    restoreSolution: 'AD.Diva.sln'

- task: VSBuild@1
  displayName: 'Build AD.Diva'
  inputs:
    solution: 'AD.Diva.sln'
    vsVersion: '17.0'
    msbuildArgs: '-verbosity:diag'
    platform: 'x64'
    configuration: 'Release'
    msbuildArchitecture: 'x64'

- task: CopyFiles@2
  displayName: 'Copy .artifactignore to the target directory'
  inputs:
    Contents: '.artifactignore'
    TargetFolder: 'x64\Release'

- task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
  displayName: 'Publish AD.Diva'
  inputs:
    targetPath: 'x64\Release'
    artifact: 'AD.Diva'
    publishLocation: 'pipeline'

The build fails because it can’t find the includes that should have been installed by vcpkg. What is happening is that the build step simply does not install the required dependencies listed in the vcpkg.json file. Here is the log of the failing job.

PrepareForBuild:
  Creating directory "x64\Release\".
  Creating directory "x64\Release\AD. BEMStub.tlog\".
InitializeBuildStatus:
  Creating "x64\Release\AD. BEMStub.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild" because "AlwaysCreate" was specified.
ClCompile:
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.35.32215\bin\HostX64\x64\CL.exe /c /I.. /BEM.MT_AD. Common/include /Zi /nologo /W4 /WX- /diagnostics:column /sdl /MP /O2 /Oi /GL /D _WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00 /D NDEBUG /D _CONSOLE /D _UNICODE /D UNICODE /Gm- /EHsc /MD /GS /Gy /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /std:c++20 /permissive- /Fo"x64\Release\\" /Fd"x64\Release\vc143.pdb" /external:W4 /Gd /TP /FC /errorReport: queue main.cpp Receiver.cpp
  main.cpp
  Receiver.cpp
##[error]AD. BEMStub\Receiver.h(8,10): Error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'asio.hpp': No such file or directory (compiling source file main.cpp)
D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\Receiver.h(8,10): fatal  error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'asio.hpp': No such file or directory (compiling source file main.cpp) [D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\AD. BEMStub.vcxproj]
##[error]AD. BEMStub\Receiver.h(8,10): Error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'asio.hpp': No such file or directory (compiling source file Receiver.cpp)
D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\Receiver.h(8,10): fatal  error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'asio.hpp': No such file or directory (compiling source file Receiver.cpp) [D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\AD. BEMStub.vcxproj]
Done Building Project "D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\AD. BEMStub.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.
Done Building Project "D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.sln" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

"D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva\AD. Diva.vcxproj" (default target) (2) ->
"D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Library\AD. Diva.Library.vcxproj" (default target) (3) ->
(ClCompile target) -> 
  D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Library\src\Settings.cpp(2,10): fatal  error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'toml.hpp': No such file or directory [D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Library\AD. Diva.Library.vcxproj]
  D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Library\src\ConcreteLoggers.cpp(3,10): fatal  error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'colorconsole.hpp': No such file or directory [D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Library\AD. Diva.Library.vcxproj]

"D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Sandbox\AD. Diva.Sandbox.vcxproj" (default target) (5) ->
  D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Sandbox\src\Info.cpp(3,10): fatal  error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'magic_enum.hpp': No such file or directory [D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Sandbox\AD. Diva.Sandbox.vcxproj]
  D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Sandbox\src\main.cpp(5,10): fatal  error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'AudioFile.h': No such file or directory [D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.Sandbox\AD. Diva.Sandbox.vcxproj]

"D:\a\1\s\AD. Diva.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\AD. BEMStub.vcxproj" (default target) (7) ->
  D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\Receiver.h(8,10): fatal  error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'asio.hpp': No such file or directory (compiling source file main.cpp) [D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\AD. BEMStub.vcxproj]
  D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\Receiver.h(8,10): fatal  error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'asio.hpp': No such file or directory (compiling source file Receiver.cpp) [D:\a\1\s\AD. BEMStub\AD. BEMStub.vcxproj]

0 Warning(s)
    6 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:03:24.29

The projects in the solution all share the following vcpkg settings:

The vcpkg.json file is very simple:

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg/master/scripts/vcpkg.schema.json",
  "name": "ad-diva",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "dependencies": [
    "color-console",
    "audiofile",
    "toml11",
    "asio"
  ]
}

I've also tried to run msbuild on a new clone of my repo inside a clean machine with only VS2022 and vcpkg, and everything works as expected: in the first steps of the build process, msbuild installs the required vcpkg dependencies and then the build goes on with no issues.

What am I missing here?

[jimwang118]

1. When vs uses vcpkg in manifest mode, you need to restart vs and reopen your own project. This is a known bug and we will fix it in a future release.
2. You need to confirm whether the corresponding port in the vcpkg_installed directory under the project directory is installed.
   If you have any other questions, please let me know in time.

[amasciotta]

The problem occurs in Azure DevOps: locally everything works fine! I can't restart/reopen my project, nor I can check the vcpkg_intsalled directory on the build machine, since I'm using a hosted build agent.

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[ras0219-msft]

This looks like vcpkg may not be integrated into MSBuild on the hosted agent. Can you try adding a vcpkg integrate install step before your build?

[jimwang118]

Thanks for posting this issue. Please reopen this issue if this is still a problem for you.