505289 - Build fails on Vista or later with UAC enabled

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

link -NOLOGO -OUT:nsinstall.exe -PDB:nsinstall.pdb host_nsinstall_win.obj
k:/home/trunk/src/ff-opt/config/nsinstall -m 644 ../mozilla-config.h /k/home/tru
nk/src/config/nsStaticComponents.h  ../dist/include
make[4]: execvp: k:/home/trunk/src/ff-opt/config/nsinstall: Bad file number
make[4]: *** [export] Error 127
make[4]: Leaving directory `/k/home/trunk/src/ff-opt/config'
make[3]: *** [export_tier_base] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/k/home/trunk/src/ff-opt'
make[2]: *** [tier_base] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/k/home/trunk/src/ff-opt'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/k/home/trunk/src/ff-opt'
make: *** [build] Error 2

nsinstall should have an asInvoker manifest.

Comment 1

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Huh, I thought our build system did this by default... ted?

Comment 2

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Workaround:
__COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker make -f client.mk build

Comment 3

[Benjamin Smedberg]

What version of MSVC are you using? Using MSVC8 and MSVC9, there is an embedded manifest in nsinstall.exe and things work fine with UAC (I did test this!)

Comment 4

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Using MSVC8 Pro.
Clobbering tree didn't help.
It may be a Win7/x64 only issue.

Comment 5

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Works fine using MSVC9. MSVC9 seems to add manifest automatically.

Comment 6

[Benjamin Smedberg]

The manifest should be added by our code: http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/config/rules.mk#1019

Can you remove the @ from that line (to un-hide the command) and see if it is actually being run?

Comment 7

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

(In reply to comment #6)
mt.exe was executed:
link -NOLOGO -OUT:nsinstall.exe -PDB:nsinstall.pdb host_nsinstall_win.obj
if test -f nsinstall.exe.manifest; then \
                mt.exe -NOLOGO -MANIFEST nsinstall.exe.manifest -OUTPUTRESOURCE:
nsinstall.exe\;1; \
                rm -f nsinstall.exe.manifest; \
        fi
But nsinstall.exe.manifest didn't contain the requestedExecutionLevel.

Comment 8

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Attachment: nsinstall.exe.manifest generated by MSVC8

I've removed "rm -f $@.manifest; \" line to get this.

Comment 9

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Attachment: nsinstall.exe.manifest generated by MSVC9

Comment 10

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Benjamin, what's your linker version?
Here is my MSVC8 configuration:
$ link
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 8.00.50727.762
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
$ where link
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\link.exe

This linker do not have a /MANIFESTUAC flag.

Comment 11

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

MANIFESTUAC is new in VC9.

Comment 12

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

(In reply to comment #11)
So MSVC8 linker didn't have tha ability to add requestedExecutionLevel to manifest. If nsinstall works with MSVC8, where did requestedExecutionLevel come from?

Comment 13

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

If you want that in your manifest, you need to have a manifest in the srcdir, ala:
http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/app/firefox.exe.manifest

Comment 14

[Benjamin Smedberg]

ted, would that be nsinstall.exe.manifest?

Comment 15

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

Yeah, but I think you'll have to fix rules.mk, since it doesn't seem to support that for HOST_PROGRAM:
compare http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/config/rules.mk#981
vs. http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/config/rules.mk#1019

Comment 16

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Attachment: like this?

This patch fixed the problem for me.

Comment 17

[Robert Longson [:longsonr]]

The new manifest files are deleted each time the build runs.

Worse that that is that the patch does not seem to fix this issue for me.

Comment 18

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

The manifest file won't be added when building incrementally. Try make clean and then make in both objdir/config and objdir/js/src/config

Comment 19

[Robert Longson [:longsonr]]

That's what I did. 

Copying the nsinstall.exe from mozilla-build into these directories works as a workaround although make clean will remove it each time.

Comment 20

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Strange, I just started a new Firefox debug build with the patch applied and it has so far made it well beyond the point it was failing in config. I've also done a make clean / make in objdir/config and objdir/js/src/config on a Firefox optimized build and it added the manifest to both of these files.

Comment 21

[Robert Longson [:longsonr]]

Maybe it's because I'm doing a srcdir build then?

Comment 22

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

I'm using an object dir outside of my source dir so that is entirely possible... I'll try it out.

Comment 23

[Robert Longson [:longsonr]]

I just tried an objdir build and that works fine.

Comment 24

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

I can confirm that the patch doesn't work without an objdir and that the manifest files are deleted.

Comment 25

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

The manifest stuff didn't work with a srcdir build from the beginning. (see bug 330231)
So I don't consider about that. Please file a follow-up bug if you care. See comment #2 about a workaround.

Comment 26

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

Comment on attachment 390095 [details] [diff] [review]
like this?

Looks good, thanks.

Comment 27

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/b805f71b9350

Comment 28

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)(sick)]

Does the patch really fix this bug? I cannot build on Vista x64 with VC9 and MozillaBuild1.4.

If I try to execute ($dist)/config/nsinstall.exe from explorer, I look the error dialog which said the applicaiton's side-by-side is invalid (I'm not sure the actual message on English Windows).

Note that I also can reproduce it when I execute it as administrator.

Comment 29

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

(In reply to comment #28)
I don't confirm yet, but it should be a different problem.
My problem was that explorer displayed a UAC dialog. (not a side-by-side configuration error dialog.)
Please file a new bug about your problem.

Comment 30

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)(sick)]

When I backed out the patch and removed ($dist)/config/nsinstall.exe, I can build it. Doesn't the patch has a bug?

Comment 31

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

I guess we need to add /MANIFESTUAC:NO (as bug 419665 did) for HOST_PROGRAM.
I still think it's better to open a new bug and block this bug.

Comment 32

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)(sick)]

(In reply to comment #31)
> I guess we need to add /MANIFESTUAC:NO (as bug 419665 did) for HOST_PROGRAM.
> I still think it's better to open a new bug and block this bug.

see bug 508202.

Comment 33

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Attachment: (Bv1-CC) Copy (the useful part of) it to comm-central [Checkin: Comment 35]

NB: I'm not sure c-c actually uses this atm, but just in (future) case.

Comment 34

[Justin Wood (:Callek)]

Comment on attachment 428643 [details] [diff] [review]
(Bv1-CC) Copy (the useful part of) it to comm-central
[Checkin: Comment 35]

We do: seamonkey.exe.manifest thunderbird.exe.manifest and sunbird.exe.manifest

Comment 35

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Comment on attachment 428643 [details] [diff] [review]
(Bv1-CC) Copy (the useful part of) it to comm-central
[Checkin: Comment 35]


http://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/c1b38cb0b079