1932207 - mach bootstrap fails on Windows with FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Build System :: Bootstrap Configuration, defect, P3)

Description

[Jon Coppeard (:jonco)]

Attachment: error.txt

The mach bootstrap command fails with the following exception:

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

  File "C:\mozilla-source\alloc\python\mozboot\mozboot\mach_commands.py", line 50, in bootstrap
    bootstrapper.bootstrap(command_context.settings)
  File "c:\mozilla-source\alloc\python\mozboot\mozboot\bootstrap.py", line 442, in bootstrap
    self._check_for_dev_drive(checkout_root)
  File "c:\mozilla-source\alloc\python\mozboot\mozboot\bootstrap.py", line 532, in _check_for_dev_drive
    file_system_info = subprocess.check_output(
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\mozilla-build\python3\Lib\subprocess.py", line 466, in check_output
    return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\mozilla-build\python3\Lib\subprocess.py", line 548, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "c:\mozilla-source\alloc\third_party\python\sentry_sdk\sentry_sdk\integrations\stdlib.py", line 190, in sentry_patched_popen_init
    rv = old_popen_init(self, *a, **kw)  # type: ignore
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\mozilla-build\python3\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\mozilla-build\python3\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Full command output attached.

Comment 1

[Jon Coppeard (:jonco)]

The problem was that powershell wasn't found in PATH. I've got this working now so feel free to close. It would be nice if it could report the actual problem though.

Comment 2

[Alex Hochheiden [:ahochheiden]]

Attachment: Bug 1932207 - Add a graceful error message if PowerShell is not on path during bootstrap r?#build

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/7db56b0aa7d3
Add a graceful error message if PowerShell is not on path during bootstrap r=firefox-build-system-reviewers,sergesanspaille

Comment 4

[pstanciu]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7db56b0aa7d3