1203006 - VS2015 build fails in suite due to wchar_t/char16_t mismatch

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1201629

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Edmund Wong (:ewong)]

Getting this after applying bug 1198936's patch.

43:27.60 nsWindowsShellService.cpp
43:27.60 e:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/suite/shell/src/nsWindowsShellService.cpp(476): error C2679: binary '=': no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'wchar_t [4096]' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
43:27.60 e:\mozstuff\mozprgs\trunk\objdir\dist\include\nsStringAPI.h(983): note: could be 'nsString_external::self_type &nsString_external::operator =(nsAString::char_type)'
43:27.60 e:\mozstuff\mozprgs\trunk\objdir\dist\include\nsStringAPI.h(978): note: or       'nsString_external::self_type &nsString_external::operator =(const nsAString::char_type *)'
43:27.60 e:\mozstuff\mozprgs\trunk\objdir\dist\include\nsStringAPI.h(973): note: or       'nsString_external::self_type &nsString_external::operator =(const nsString_external::abstract_string_type &)'
43:27.60 e:\mozstuff\mozprgs\trunk\objdir\dist\include\nsStringAPI.h(968): note: or       'nsString_external::self_type &nsString_external::operator =(const nsString_external::self_type &)'
43:27.60 e:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/suite/shell/src/nsWindowsShellService.cpp(476): note: while trying to match the argument list '(nsString_external, wchar_t [4096])'
43:27.60 e:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/suite/shell/src/nsWindowsShellService.cpp(483): error C2679: binary '=': no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'wchar_t [4096]' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
43:27.60 e:\mozstuff\mozprgs\trunk\objdir\dist\include\nsStringAPI.h(983): note: could be 'nsString_external::self_type &nsString_external::operator =(nsAString::char_type)'
43:27.60 e:\mozstuff\mozprgs\trunk\objdir\dist\include\nsStringAPI.h(978): note: or       'nsString_external::self_type &nsString_external::operator =(const nsAString::char_type *)'
43:27.60 e:\mozstuff\mozprgs\trunk\objdir\dist\include\nsStringAPI.h(973): note: or       'nsString_external::self_type &nsString_external::operator =(const nsString_external::abstract_string_type &)'
43:27.60 e:\mozstuff\mozprgs\trunk\objdir\dist\include\nsStringAPI.h(968): note: or       'nsString_external::self_type &nsString_external::operator =(const nsString_external::self_type &)'
43:27.60 e:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/suite/shell/src/nsWindowsShellService.cpp(483): note: while trying to match the argument list '(nsString_external, wchar_t [4096])'
43:27.62 
43:27.62 In the directory  /e/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/objdir/suite/shell/src
43:27.62 The following command failed to execute properly:
43:27.62 e:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/objdir/_virtualenv/Scripts/python.exe -m mozbuild.action.cl cl -FonsWindowsShellService.obj -c -I../../../dist/stl_wrappers -DAB_CD=en-US -DNO_NSPR_10_SUPPORT -Ie:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/suite/shell/src -I. -I../../../dist/include -Ie:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/objdir/dist/include/nspr -Ie:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/objdir/dist/include/nss -MD -FI ../../../dist/include/mozilla-config.h -DMOZILLA_CLIENT -TP -nologo -Wv:18 -Zc:sizedDealloc- -wd4091 -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0 -W3 -Gy -arch:IA32 -FS -wd4251 -wd4244 -wd4267 -wd4345 -wd4351 -wd4482 -wd4800 -wd4819 -we4553 -GR- -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -Zi -UDEBUG -DNDEBUG -O1 -Oi -Oy -Fdgenerated.pdb e:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/suite/shell/src/nsWindowsShellService.cpp
43:27.63 e:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/mozilla/config/rules.mk:958: recipe for target 'nsWindowsShellService.obj' failed
43:27.63 mozmake.EXE[4]: *** [nsWindowsShellService.obj] Error 1
43:27.63 e:/mozstuff/mozprgs/trunk/mozilla/config/recurse.mk:71: recipe for target 'suite/shell/src/target' failed
43:27.63 mozmake.EXE[3]: *** [suite/shell/src/target] Error 2


+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1198936 +++

When trying to compile Thunderbird using Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 (VC14) with Windows 8.1 SDK on Windows 7 the following errors break compilation:

> [...]/mailnews/import/outlook/src/MapiApi.cpp(299): 
> error C2664: 'int MultiByteToWideChar(UINT,DWORD,LPCCH,int,LPWSTR,int)': cannot convert argument 5 from 'char16_t *' to 'LPWSTR'

> [...]/mailnews/import/outlook/src/MapiApi.cpp(307): 
> error C2664: 'int MultiByteToWideChar(UINT,DWORD,LPCCH,int,LPWSTR,int)': cannot convert argument 5 from 'char16_t *' to 'LPWSTR'

> [...]/mailnews/import/outlook/src/MapiApi.cpp(997): 
> error C2664: 'int MultiByteToWideChar(UINT,DWORD,LPCCH,int,LPWSTR,int)': cannot convert argument 5 from 'char16_t *' to 'LPWSTR'

> [...]/mailnews/import/outlook/src/MapiMessage.cpp(603): 
> error C2664: 'nsresult nsIUnicodeEncoder::Convert(const char16_t *,int32_t *,char *,int32_t *)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'const wchar_t *' to 'const char16_t *'

> [...]/mailnews/import/outlook/src/MapiMessage.cpp(650): 
> error C2665: 'Substring': none of the 8 overloads could convert all the argument types

> [...]/mailnews/import/oexpress/WabObject.cpp(525): 
> error C2664: 'int MultiByteToWideChar(UINT,DWORD,LPCCH,int,LPWSTR,int)': cannot convert argument 5 from 'char16_t *' to 'LPWSTR'

> [...]/mailnews/import/oexpress/WabObject.cpp(533): 
> error C2664: 'int MultiByteToWideChar(UINT,DWORD,LPCCH,int,LPWSTR,int)': cannot convert argument 5 from 'char16_t *' to 'LPWSTR'

Comment 1

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

I already opened 1201629 last week for this:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1201629