776405 - Intermittent configure failures for win32-on-win64 builds - 'Breakpad tools do not support compiling on WINNT while targeting WINNT. Use --disable-crashreporter'

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Exhibit A:
From #build on irc:
<ted> well that's exciting: https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=13682580&tree=Try
<ted> configure: error: Breakpad tools do not support compiling on WINNT while targeting WINNT.  Use --disable-crashreporter.
<ted> that's in a
<ted> if (test "$OS_ARCH" != "$HOST_OS_ARCH"); then

Opt build, slave w64-ix-slave51, try rev e8c115e0bda9. Rebuilds on w64-ix-slave54 & w64-ix-slave26 were able to configure.

Exhibit B:
https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=13758098&tree=Try for mounir. Debug build, slave w64-ix-slave31, try rev e1413f1c6566. A rebuild got past the error on w64-ix-slave34.

These are the only two instances I can find in grepping over 14 days of try logs (opt & debug). Any ideas on what might be happening Ted ?

Comment 1

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

No. That IRC snippet was from my *own* try build, I was flummoxed. A rebuild succeeded, so it wasn't an error in the patches I pushed.

Comment 2

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Not just try either:
https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=13764979&tree=Mozilla-Inbound
WINNT 5.2 mozilla-inbound build on 2012-07-23 00:21:12 PDT for push fda9279d7031
slave: w64-ix-slave80

Comment 3

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=13936290&tree=Mozilla-Inbound

Comment 4

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=13992722&tree=Mozilla-Inbound

Comment 5

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Not actually just win32-on-win64, we've had them intermittently on win64 all along, we just haven't cared.

https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=14176217&tree=Mozilla-Inbound

Comment 6

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

I have no idea what's going on here. Given the error message I don't see how the test can fail. The only thing that's remotely suspicious to me is that the test is wrapped in unnecessary parentheses, which means that it will be executed in a subshell. Perhaps there's some weirdness there?
http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/configure.in#5807

Comment 7

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

It would certainly not hurt to remove those parentheses.

Comment 8

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=14387774&tree=Mozilla-Inbound

Comment 9

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=14392130&tree=Services-Central

Comment 10

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

Attachment: Remove parentheses

Removes a couple of superfluous parentheses.

Comment 11

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/47720e51836f

Comment 12

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/47720e51836f