833946 - precompile_cache.js:33: NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST: Component returned failure code: 0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsIFile.directoryEntries] when building thunderbird

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=19061665&tree=Thunderbird-Trunk

Executing /builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/objdir-tb/mozilla/dist/bin/xpcshell -g /builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/objdir-tb/mozilla/dist/bin/ -a /builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/objdir-tb/mozilla/dist/bin/extensions/[e-mail] -f /builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/installer/precompile_cache.js -e precompile_startupcache("resource://app/");
/builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/installer/precompile_cache.js:33: NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST: Component returned failure code: 0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsIFile.directoryEntries]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 362, in <module>
    main()
  File "/builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 354, in main
    args.source, gre_path, base)
  File "/builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 142, in precompile_cache
    errors.fatal('Error while running startup cache precompilation')
  File "/builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/mozilla/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 101, in fatal
    self._handle(self.FATAL, msg)
  File "/builds/slave/tb-c-cen-lnx/build/mozilla/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 96, in _handle
    raise ErrorMessage(msg)
mozpack.errors.ErrorMessage: Error: Error while running startup cache precompilation


This is due to the new packager code considering flat extensions as applications.

Comment 1

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

Attachment: Don't scan the entire tree for a root manifest in the packager

It was a different problem than what I originally thought.

Comment 2

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Just to note what's happening here: we're building Lightning alongside Thunderbird, but not letting it install into the dist directory as we don't actually want to ship it built-in. There's a separate step that uploads it.

Comment 3

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/b0dcc10f4768