vulkansdk package not found with MinGW profile

[yh-sb]

Xmake Version

2.9.4

Operating System Version and Architecture

Windows 11 23H2 22631.4037

Describe Bug

This issue is specific only for mingw profile.

When I add vulkansdk package to my root xmake.lua, then I see the following error:

error: The packages(vulkansdk) not found, please run `xmake repo -u` first!

But I have installed VulkanSDK in my system and appropriate env variables are present:

> echo $env:VK_SDK_PATH
C:\VulkanSDK\1.3.290.0

> echo $env:VULKAN_SDK
C:\VulkanSDK\1.3.290.0

Note: I am able to build project with vulkan using old CMake files. Just want to migrate to xmake.
I am also able to build project with msvc windows profile.

From what I found in modules/detect/sdks/find_vulkansdk.lua, neither _find_vulkan_from_paths nor _find_vulkan_from_system find vulkan.

Expected Behavior

vulkansdk package found and project successfully built.

Project Configuration

add_rules("mode.debug", "mode.release", "plugin.compile_commands.autoupdate", {outputdir = "build"})
set_defaultmode("debug")
set_targetdir("$(buildir)")
set_languages("c++20")

if is_plat("mingw") then
    add_ldflags("-static")
end

add_requires("glfw 3.4", "vulkan-hpp", "vulkansdk")

target("vulkan-app")
    add_packages("glfw", "vulkan-hpp", "vulkansdk")
    add_files(
        "main.cpp"
    )

Additional Information and Error Logs

xmake f -p mingw -vD -y

PS D:\dev\cpp\vulkan-app> xmake f -p mingw -vD -y
checking for architecture ... x86_64
checking for mingw directory ... C:\Program Files\mydevtools\MinGW-w64
checkinfo: cannot runv(unzip.exe -v), No such file or directory
checking for unzip ... no
checking for 7z ... C:\Program Files\mydevtools\xmake\winenv\bin\7z
checking for git ... ok
checkinfo: cannot runv(gzip.exe --version), No such file or directory
checking for gzip ... no
checking for ping ... ok
pinging the host(gitlab.com) ... 2 ms
pinging the host(github.com) ... 35 ms
pinging the host(gitee.com) ... 151 ms
git rev-parse HEAD
finding vulkan from pkgconfig ..
checkinfo: cannot runv(pkg-config.exe --version), No such file or directory
checking for pkg-config ... no
checkinfo: cannot runv(pkgconf.exe --version), No such file or directory
checking for pkgconf ... no
checking for pkgconfig::vulkan ... no
checking for cmake ... no
checking for cl.exe ... C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX64\x64\cl.exe
checking for Microsoft Visual Studio (x64) version ... 2022
checking for Microsoft C/C++ Compiler (x64) version ... 19.40.33812
checking for cmake ... no
checking for cmake ... no
checking for cmake ... ok
checking for xmake-repo::opengl ... opengl 
finding glfw from xmake ..
checking for xmake::glfw ... glfw 3.4
finding vulkan-hpp from xmake ..
checking for xmake::vulkan-hpp ... vulkan-hpp v1.3.290
finding vulkansdk from xmake ..
checking for xmake::vulkansdk ... no
finding vulkansdk from find_vulkansdk ..
finding vulkansdk from vcpkg ..
finding vulkansdk from conan ..
finding vulkansdk from pkgconfig ..
finding vulkansdk from system ..
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc ... C:\Program Files\mydevtools\MinGW-w64\bin\x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
checking for the c compiler (cc) ... x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
> "C:\\Program Files\\mydevtools\\MinGW-w64\\bin\\x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc" -c -m64 -o C:\Users\Y\AppData\Local\Temp\.xmake\240829\_91A698D61C054B0085236E66D4DBA120.o C:\Users\Y\AppData\Local\Temp\.xmake\240829\_775FB00633BC4F66BF87D39CCDE5CF30.c
checking for C:\Program Files\mydevtools\MinGW-w64\bin\x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc ... ok
checking for flags (-fdiagnostics-color=always) ... ok
> x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc "-fdiagnostics-color=always" "-m64"
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ ... C:\Program Files\mydevtools\MinGW-w64\bin\x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
checking for the c++ compiler (cxx) ... x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ ... C:\Program Files\mydevtools\MinGW-w64\bin\x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
checking for the linker (ld) ... x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
> "C:\\Program Files\\mydevtools\\MinGW-w64\\bin\\x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++" -o C:\Users\Y\AppData\Local\Temp\.xmake\240829\_91A698D61C054B0085236E66D4DBA120.b C:\Users\Y\AppData\Local\Temp\.xmake\240829\_91A698D61C054B0085236E66D4DBA120.o -m64 -lvulkansdk
C:/Program Files/mydevtools/MinGW-w64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/15.0.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lvulkansdk: No such file or directory
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> checking for c links(vulkansdk)
> checking for c snippet(find_package/vulkansdk)
checkinfo: ...gramdir\core\sandbox\modules\import\core\tool\linker.lua:75: @programdir\core\sandbox\modules\os.lua:378: execv(C:\Program Files\mydevtools\MinGW-w64\bin\x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ -o C:\Users\Y\AppData\Local\Temp\.xmake\240829\_91A698D61C054B0085236E66D4DBA120.b C:\Users\Y\AppData\Local\Temp\.xmake\240829\_91A698D61C054B0085236E66D4DBA120.o -m64 -lvulkansdk) failed(1)
stack traceback:
    [C]: in function 'error'
    [@programdir\core\base\os.lua:973]:
    [@programdir\core\sandbox\modules\os.lua:378]: in function 'execv'
    [@programdir\modules\core\tools\gcc.lua:583]:
    [C]: in function 'xpcall'
    [@programdir\core\base\utils.lua:275]:
    [@programdir\core\tool\linker.lua:222]: in function 'link'
    [...gramdir\core\sandbox\modules\import\core\tool\linker.lua:73]: in function 'link'
    [@programdir\modules\lib\detect\check_cxsnippets.lua:249]:
    [C]: in function 'xpcall'
    [@programdir\core\base\utils.lua:275]: in function 'trycall'
    [@programdir\core\sandbox\modules\try.lua:117]: in function 'try'
    [@programdir\modules\lib\detect\check_cxsnippets.lua:236]:
    [@programdir\modules\package\manager\system\find_package.lua:103]:
    [@programdir\modules\package\manager\find_package.lua:84]: in function '_find_package_with_builtin_rule'
    [@programdir\modules\package\manager\find_package.lua:130]: in function '_find_package'
    [@programdir\modules\package\manager\find_package.lua:194]:
    [@programdir\modules\lib\detect\find_package.lua:109]:
    [@programdir\core\package\package.lua:1852]: in function '_fetch_library'
    [@programdir\core\package\package.lua:2022]: in function 'fetch'
    [...modules\private\action\require\impl\install_packages.lua:335]: in function 'jobfunc'
    [@programdir\modules\async\runjobs.lua:241]:
    [C]: in function 'xpcall'
    [@programdir\core\base\utils.lua:275]: in function 'trycall'
    [@programdir\core\sandbox\modules\try.lua:117]: in function 'try'
    [@programdir\modules\async\runjobs.lua:223]: in function 'cotask'
    [@programdir\core\base\scheduler.lua:406]:

checking for vulkansdk ... no
error: @programdir\core\main.lua:329: @programdir\modules\private\action\require\install.lua:53: The packages(vulkansdk) not found, please run `xmake repo -u` first!
stack traceback:
    [C]: in function 'error'
    [@programdir\core\base\os.lua:973]:
    [@programdir\modules\private\action\require\install.lua:53]: in function '_check_missing_packages'
    [@programdir\modules\private\action\require\install.lua:87]:
    [@programdir\actions\config\main.lua:391]:
    [C]: in function 'xpcall'
    [@programdir\core\base\utils.lua:275]:
    [@programdir\core\base\task.lua:491]: in function 'run'
    [@programdir\core\main.lua:327]: in function 'cotask'
    [@programdir\core\base\scheduler.lua:406]:

stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'error'
        @programdir\core\base\os.lua:973: in function 'base/os.raiselevel'
        (...tail calls...)
        @programdir\core\main.lua:329: in upvalue 'cotask'
        @programdir\core\base\scheduler.lua:406: in function <@programdir\core\base\scheduler.lua:399>

[waruqi]

you can open a pr to improve find_vulkansdk.lua to find it from mingw env.

[waruqi]

But I have installed VulkanSDK in my system and appropriate env variables are present:

It should be found. You can add some logs to debug here.

xmake/xmake/modules/detect/sdks/find_vulkansdk.lua

Line 39 in 2a2ee54

local linkinfo = find_library(libname, paths, {suffixes = {libsuffix}})

[yh-sb]

The problem somewhere with {plat = opt.plat} or opt in:

xmake/xmake/core/sandbox/modules/import/lib/detect/find_library.lua

Line 62 in 87630c8

local filepath = find_file(target.filename(name, kind, {plat = opt.plat}), paths, opt)

If plat is windows, find_file.lua searches for vulkan-1.lib which is correct. But if plat is mingw - it tries to search libvulkan-1.a or libvulkan-1.dll six times. So, the filename prefix lib and extension .a in case of mingw - definitely wrong for VulkanSDK.

At the end, filepath in find_library.lua becomes empty and nothing found.

[waruqi]

xmake/xmake/core/sandbox/modules/import/lib/detect/find_library.lua

it will continue to find vulkan-1.lib if not found.

xmake/xmake/core/sandbox/modules/import/lib/detect/find_library.lua

Line 70 in 87630c8

filepath = find_file(target.filename(name, kind, {plat = "windows"}), paths, opt)

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xmake/xmake/core/sandbox/modules/import/lib/detect/find_library.lua

it will continue to find vulkan-1.lib if not found.

xmake/xmake/core/sandbox/modules/import/lib/detect/find_library.lua

Line 70 in 87630c8

filepath = find_file(target.filename(name, kind, {plat = "windows"}), paths, opt)

[star-hengxing]

We need to improve vulkan package and find script.

diff --git a/xmake/modules/detect/sdks/find_vulkansdk.lua b/xmake/modules/detect/sdks/find_vulkansdk.lua
index 6ddeddd27..3d7b70993 100644
--- a/xmake/modules/detect/sdks/find_vulkansdk.lua
+++ b/xmake/modules/detect/sdks/find_vulkansdk.lua
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ function _find_vulkan_from_paths(paths, opt)

     -- find library
     local result = {links = {}, linkdirs = {}, includedirs = {}}
-    local linkinfo = find_library(libname, paths, {suffixes = {libsuffix}})
+    local linkinfo = find_library(libname, paths, {suffixes = {libsuffix}, plat = "mingw"})
+    print(linkinfo)
     if linkinfo then
         result.sdkdir = path.directory(linkinfo.linkdir)
         result.bindir = path.join(result.sdkdir, binsuffix)

$ mingw
$ xmake f -c
checking for platform ... mingw
checking for architecture ... x86_64
checking for mingw directory ... C:/Users/star/scoop/apps/msys2/2024-07-27/mingw64
{
  link = "vulkan-1",
  filename = "vulkan-1.lib",
  kind = "static",
  linkdir = "C:\Users\star\scoop\apps\vulkan\current\lib"
}

{
  link = "vulkan-1",
  filename = "vulkan-1.lib",
  kind = "static",
  linkdir = "C:\Users\star\scoop\apps\vulkan\current\lib"
}

{
  link = "vulkan-1",
  filename = "vulkan-1.lib",
  kind = "static",
  linkdir = "C:\Users\star\scoop\apps\vulkan\current\lib"
}

warning: The library vulkan for x86_64 is not found!

[waruqi]

you can open a pr to improve it if it works.

[yh-sb]

Two PR are created:

• Fix vulkansdk searching for mingw platform #5549
• Fix vulkansdk searching for mingw platform xmake-repo#5096

[waruqi]

thanks