I'm learning Fake 5 (F# Make) and I'm going through the Getting Started tutorial. When I run the following code I receive an error message : tryscript.fsx (6,7)-(6,54): Error FS0001: The type 'Fake.IO.IGlobbingPattern' is not compatible with the type 'seq<'a>'
#r "paket: nuget Fake.IO.FileSystem //"
open Fake.IO.Globbing.Operators
let csProjectFiles = !! "src/app/**/*.csproj"
csProjectFiles
|> Seq.iter (fun x -> printfn "ProjectFile: %s" x)
// for projectFile in csProjectFiles do
// printfn "F# ProjectFile: %s" projectFile
But if I comment out two lines starting at csProjectFiles |> ... and uncomment the last two lines I will get the expected output of file names.
According to documentation and Ionide tooltips the !! should return a sequence of file names. Can someone advise me what I might be doing wrong?
P.S. I'm using Fake 5.3.1 installed using dotnet tool install fake-cli -g
UPD. I don't have any solution for this issue. It resolved itself after Windows 10 got an update and I removed Nuget package caches in %HOMEPATH\.nuget, %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Nuget, and deleted .fake folder and lock file in the same folder as FAKE script and then reran script again.
If you are still facing similar issue developers ask for extended log fake -vv run <yourScriptName>.fsx after you clear all the caches, and archived contents of %HOMEPATH%\.nuget\packages\netstandard.library after this run.
Just for completeness sake, the reported issue can be found here: https://github.com/fsharp/FAKE/issues/2062
If anyone encounters this issue please open a new issue (and link the old one) and provide the following information:
Can you clean everything and send the output of fake -vv run tryscript.fsx and attach the logfile? Something is indeed fishy with the NetStandard.Library package
Can you also compress and attach the folder C:\Users\.nuget\packages\netstandard.library and then try to delete it (and again create a logfile for that)?
I'd assume this was either a caching issue or an F# compiler bug or both.
Related
I'm trying to add helpful messages for arbitrary builds. If the build fails the user can, for example, install the package with different arguments.
My interface idea is to provide a function, build-with-message, that would be called with something like this:
build-with-message
''Building ${pkg.name}. Alternative invocations are: ..''
pkg
My implementation is based on builtins.seq
build-with-message = msg : pkg :
seq
(self.runCommand "issue-message" {} ''mkdir $out; echo ${msg}'')
pkg;
When I build a package with build-with-message I never see the message. My hunch is that seq evaluates the runCommand far enough to see that a set is returned and moves on to building the package. I tried with deepSeq as well, but a deepSeq build fails on runCommand. I also tried calling out some attributes from the runCommand, e.g.
(self.runCommand "issue-message" {} ''mkdir $out; echo ${msg}'').drvPath
(self.runCommand "issue-message" {} ''mkdir $out; echo ${msg}'').out
My thought being that calling for one of these would prompt the rest of the build. Perhaps I'm not calling the right attribute, but in any case the ones I've tried don't work.
So:
Is there a way to force the runCommand to build in the above scenario?
Is there already some builtin that just lets me issue messages on top of arbitrary builds?
Here's me answering my own question again, consider this a warning.
Solution:
I've in-lined some numbered comments to help with the explanation.
build-with-message = msg : pkg :
let runMsg /*1*/ = self.runCommand "issue-message"
{ version = toString currentTime; /*2*/ } ''
cat <<EOF
${msg}
EOF
echo 0 > $out /*3*/
'';
in seq (import runMsg /*4*/) pkg; /*5*/
Explanation:
runMsg is the derivation that issues the message.
Adding a version based on the current time ensures that the build of runMsg will not be in /nix/store. Otherwise, each unique message will only be issued for the first build.
After the message is printed, a 0 is saved to file as the output of the derivation.
The import loads runMsg--a derivation, and therefore serialized as the path $out. Import expects a nix expression, which in this case is just the number 0 (a valid nix expression).
Now, since the runMsg output will not be available until after it has been built, the seq command will build it (issuing the message) and then build pkg.
Discussion:
I take note of Robert Hensing's comment to my question--this may not be something Nix was not intended for. I'm not arguing against that. Moving on.
Notice that issuing a message like so will add a file to your nix store for every message issued. I don't know if the message build will be garbage collected while pkg is still installed, so there's the possibility of polluting the nix store if such a pattern is overused.
I also think it's really interesting that the result of the runMsg build was to install a nix expression. I suppose this opens the door to doing useful things.
I have a situation where in a Fake script I am trying to grab all the unit test dll's from a path using the Glob (!!) operator.
The issue is that on my machine the glob expansion doesn't work, on other similar Windows 10 machines at work, its fine and finds the dlls.
Below is an example:
let path = [function to generate path]
trace path [would look something like "c:\git\project\src\**\*UnitTest*"]
!! path.ToLower()
|> Seq.iter (fun file -> trace file ) [this would not output anything]
I've tried numerous things:
uninstalling older versions of F#
reinstalling the lastest version
ensuring F# is in my Path
The versions of software I am using are:
Fake v4.63.2
Windows 10
F#4.1
No errors or exceptions are thrown.
Whats the best way to trouble shoot if its an F# or a Fake issue?
How could I work out what version of F# Fake is using?
Update
I've reinstalled F# 4.1 and performed a test using fsi.exe with the following command:
Microsoft (R) F# Interactive version 4.1
<snip>
#r #"packages/FAKE/tools/FakeLib.dll";;
open Fake;;
!! "**\*UnitTests.dll" |> Seq.iter (fun x -> trace x);;
C:\git\project1\bin\Debug\project1.UnitTests.dll
C:\git\project2\bin\Debug\project2.UnitTests.dll
!! "**\*UnitTests.dll".ToLower() |> Seq.iter (fun x -> trace x);;
C:\git\project1\bin\Debug\project1.UnitTests.dll
C:\git\project2\bin\Debug\project2.UnitTests.dll
All the test dlls were found, both with and without the call to ToLower().
When I remove the ToLower() from the script, it now works on my machine.
However, on other peoples machines removing ToLower() on the path causes them not to find any files.
So, is Fake using a different version of the fsi.exe?
I've opened a github issue to see if that sheds any light on it: https://github.com/fsharp/FAKE/issues/1772
In F# as in all .NET languages, the backslash is used for escape sequences in strings.
You need to escape the backslash or use a verbatim string, eg :
let path = "c:\\git\\project\\src\\**\\*UnitTest*"
or
let path = #"c:\git\project\src\**\*UnitTest*"
Fake can work with forward slashes as well :
let path = "c:/git/project/src/**/*UnitTest*"
You'll have to use forward slashes anyway if you want your build script to run on Linux.
An even better option is to use relative paths. Your build script most likely is stored in your project folder. You can write
let path = "src/**/*UnitTest*"
Using the following script, I was able to reproduce the issue and work out that the issue was due to how Windows 10 handles the original casing of the company name, in the path.
I confirmed this by changing company name to ** in the file path expression, the operator worked and found all the dlls.
I remember changing the capitalisation of the company name, from all caps to lower case. If I remove the ToLower() on the path, then the script works fine and finds all the dlls.
This hidden issue, combined with how FAKE does a case sensitive search, doesn't help either.
Powershell
packages\FAKE\tools\FAKE.exe glob.test.fsx
glob.test.fsx
#r #"packages/FAKE/tools/FakeLib.dll"
open Fake
let thePath = """C:\git\company/projectname/**/bin/Debug/*UnitTests.dll"""
sprintf "the path is %s" thePath |> trace
!! thePath.ToLower() |> Seq.iter (fun f -> trace f)
I had a look at the process executing in ProcMon and did not see the original casing of the directory. The NTFS file system is still see this directory as its original casing (see comments below).
I re-image my machine every few months, so this will disappear soon but it was good to understand what was going on.
Thanks to all those that helped narrow the issue down.
I'm just learning F#, and setting up a FAKE build harness for a hello-world-like application. (Though the phrase "Hell world" does occasionally come to mind... :-) I'm using a Mac and emacs (generally trying to avoid GUI IDEs by preference).
After a bit of fiddling about with documentation, here's how I'm invoking the F# compiler via FAKE:
let buildDir = #"./build-app/" // Where application build products go
Target "CompileApp" (fun _ -> // Compile application source code
!! #"src/app/**/*.fs" // Look for F# source files
|> Seq.toList // Convert FileIncludes to string list
|> Fsc (fun p -> // which is what the Fsc task wants
{p with //
FscTarget = Exe //
Platform = AnyCpu //
Output = (buildDir + "hello-fsharp.exe") }) // *** Writing to . instead of buildDir?
) //
That uses !! to make a FileIncludes of all the sources in the usual way, then uses Seq.toList to change that to a string list of filenames, which is then handed off to the Fsc task. Simple enough, and it even seems to work:
...
Starting Target: CompileApp (==> SetVersions)
FSC with args:[|"-o"; "./build-app/hello-fsharp.exe"; "--target:exe"; "--platform:anycpu";
"/Users/sgr/Documents/laboratory/hello-fsharp/src/app/hello-fsharp.fs"|]
Finished Target: CompileApp
...
However, despite what the console output above says, the actual build products go to the top-level directory, not the build directory. The message above looks like the -o argument is being passed to the compiler with an appropriate filename, but the executable gets put in . instead of ./build-app/.
So, 2 questions:
Is this a reasonable way to be invoking the F# compiler in a FAKE build harness?
What am I misunderstanding that is causing the build products to go to the wrong place?
This, or a very similar problem, was reported in FAKE issue #521 and seems to have been fixed in FAKE pull request #601, which see.
Explanation of the Problem
As is apparently well-known to everyone but me, the F# compiler as implemented in FSharp.Compiler.Service has a practice of skipping its first argument. See FSharp.Compiler.Service/tests/service/FscTests.fs around line 127, where we see the following nicely informative comment:
// fsc parser skips the first argument by default;
// perhaps this shouldn't happen in library code.
Whether it should or should not happen, it's what does happen. Since the -o came first in the arguments generated by FscHelper, it was dutifully ignored (along with its argument, apparently). Thus the assembly went to the default place, not the place specified.
Solutions
The temporary workaround was to specify --out:destinationFile in the OtherParams field of the FscParams setter in addition to the Output field; the latter is the sacrificial lamb to be ignored while the former gets the job done.
The longer term solution is to fix the arguments generated by FscHelper to have an extra throwaway argument at the front; then these 2 problems will annihilate in a puff of greasy black smoke. (It's kind of balletic in its beauty, when you think about it.) This is exactly what was just merged into the master by #forki23:
// Always prepend "fsc.exe" since fsc compiler skips the first argument
let optsArr = Array.append [|"fsc.exe"|] optsArr
So that solution should be in the newest version of FAKE (3.11.0).
The answers to my 2 questions are thus:
Yes, this appears to be a reasonable way to invoke the F# compiler.
I didn't misunderstand anything; it was just a bug and a fix is in the pipeline.
More to the point: the actual misunderstanding was that I should have checked the FAKE issues and pull requests to see if anybody else had reported this sort of thing, and that's what I'll do next time.
I'm trying to execute a simple erlang program of adding two numbers.
I'm trying to do this in Eclipse on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
When i execute this program, I'm getting the error as shown below:
** exception error: undefined function add:addfunc/0
How do i go about solving this error? Thanks in advance.
This program when executed in the erlang shell is working fine. But when it comes to eclipse it's giving me this error. Not this, any program for that matter is giving me the similar error. Guess I would be missing something about the eclipse configuration.
EDIT:
Anyways, This is the sample add program,
-module(add).
-export([addfunc/0]).
addfunc() ->
5 + 6.
This message tells you that module add doesn't have an exported function addfunc/0.
Ensure the function you want to be called has exactly that name, doesn't expect any
parameters, is
exported, the module is
compiled, the search path includes the compiled beam file and that there is no module clashes using code:clash()
Update
It's not clear how erlide (eclipse erlang plug-in you seem to use) compiles and runs a program. Try to compile source using erlc or inside erl shell. That way you'll have much easier controllable environment and you'll better understand what's going on.
I got exactly the same problem -for a tail recursive fibonacci function- below:
-module(math2).
-export([fibonacci/1]).
fibonacci(0) -> 0;
fibonacci(1) -> 1;
fibonacci(M) -> fibonacci(M-1) + fibonacci(M-2).
In the end, had realized that this is a compile-time exception. Then, have opened a new tab on my shell and tried with erlc, instead of erl.
$ erlc math2.erl
Now I am also able to see math2.beam file created.
Called fibonacci with 10:
4> math2:fibonacci(10).
55
and it worked!
I think you have not compiled the code and you are trying to run the program.
In eclipse, using the "Run" icon, trigger the run; which will get you to the erl shell in the console window.
There you do -
cd("C:\Learning_ERL\src").
And you should see output like-
(Learning-ERL#DALAKSHM-MNFSM)7> cd("C:\Learning_ERL\src").
c:/Learning_ERL/src
ok
Then compile the code -
c(add)
you should see something like this on the erl shell-
(Learning-ERL#DALAKSHM-MNFSM)10> c(add).
{ok,add}
Now you should be seeing a new file called - add.beam in the same directory as that of your erl source file - add.erl
add.beam is a bytecode file
Now you should be able to run the program without any error
How do you try to execute your code?
In your editor, right-click and choose "Run as"->"Erlang application". The VM that is launched will have your project loaded automatically and when editing/saving a file it will get reloaded. When launching, a console appears and you can call your code from there.
If it still doesn't work, what message do you get for m(add).?
I am trying to run xUnit tests (from an F# module, if it makes any difference) using TestDriven.NET, but whatever I do I get this error:
It looks like you're trying to execute an xUnit.net unit test.
For xUnit 1.5 or above (recommended):
Please ensure that the directory containing your 'xunit.dll' reference also contains xUnit's
test runner files ('xunit.dll.tdnet', 'xunit.runner.tdnet.dll' etc.)
For earlier versions:
You need to install support for TestDriven.Net using xUnit's 'xunit.installer.exe' application.
You can find xUnit.net downloads and support here:
http://www.codeplex.com/xunit
I tried following the suggestions, i.e. I copied the files
xunit.dll.tdnet
xunit.extensions.dll
xunit.gui.clr4.exe
xunit.runner.tdnet.dll
xunit.runner.utility.dll
xunit.runner.utility.xml
xunit.xml
to the folder with xunit.dll and I ran xunit.installer.exe. How can I get it to work?
I just figured out that I forgot to make the test a function in F# (so it was just a value). The error message can't be more misleading though!
You have two problems:
your Fact is broken:-
If you hover over the
please work
bit, you'll see something like: unit -> int
For a Fact to be picked up by an xUnit runner, it needs to yield `unit (void).
Hence, one key thing to get right first is to not return anything. In other words, replace your 123 with () (or an Assertion).
You can guard against this by putting a :unit stipulation on the test:-
[<Fact>]
let ``please work`` () : unit = 123
This will force a compilation error.
TestDriven.NET is reporting it cannot find the xunit.tdnet modules
It's critical to get step 1 right first. Then retry and the problem should be gone
If it remains...
Either try the VS-based runner which should work as long as it's installed and xunit.dll is getting to your output dir or look at the docs for your version of TD.NET for detailed troubleshooting notes (exec summary is if the .tdnet file was in your out dir or you undo and redo the xunit.installer from the folder containing the packages it should just work, esp if you are on latest)