969885 - mozbuild.mozconfig.MozconfigFindException: MOZCONFIG environment variable refers to a path that does not exist: .mozconfig-opt

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 969085

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[(no longer active)]

STR:

$ export MOZCONFIG=.mozconfig-opt
$ ./mach build
...
 0:07.11 creating ./config.status
 0:07.26 Traceback (most recent call last):
 0:07.26   File "./config.status", line 899, in <module>
 0:07.26     config_status(**args)
 0:07.26   File "/Users/ehsan/moz/src/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/config_status.py", line 81, in config_status
 0:07.26     write_mozinfo(os.path.join(topobjdir, 'mozinfo.json'), env, os.environ)
 0:07.26   File "/Users/ehsan/moz/src/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mozinfo.py", line 99, in write_mozinfo
 0:07.26     build_conf = build_dict(config, env)
 0:07.26   File "/Users/ehsan/moz/src/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mozinfo.py", line 30, in build_dict
 0:07.26     the_mozconfig = mozconfig.MozconfigLoader(config.topsrcdir).find_mozconfig(env)
 0:07.26   File "/Users/ehsan/moz/src/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mozconfig.py", line 102, in find_mozconfig
 0:07.26     'does not exist: ' + env_path)
 0:07.26 mozbuild.mozconfig.MozconfigFindException: MOZCONFIG environment variable refers to a path that does not exist: .mozconfig-opt
 0:07.27 *** Fix above errors and then restart with               "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make -f client.mk build"
 0:07.27 make[2]: *** [configure] Error 1
 0:07.27 make[1]: *** [/Users/ehsan/moz/src/obj-ff-opt/Makefile] Error 2
 0:07.27 make: *** [build] Error 2
 0:07.32 0 compiler warnings present.

The .mozconfig-opt file does exist in my source dir.

Workaround:

$ export MOZCONFIG=$PWD/.mozconfig-opt
$ ./mach build

Comment 1

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

Almost certainly a dupe of bug 969085.