issue with updating to esp32 5.2 and new toolchain gcc 13.2

[milamber]

I had a project using esp32 and esp-idf 5.1 and the previous toolchain. I updated the toolchain and i got some build errors. Then I updated  the esp-idf version to 5.2, visualgdb to 6 and the project to 5.2 but i got python errors. it was looking for python into C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\Python3 while python was installed in C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\Python-3.8.10 . After copying the directory into python3  i get an “ERROR: C:\Users\george\.espressif\espidf.constraints.v5.2.txt doesn’t exist. Perhaps you’ve forgotten to run the install scripts. Please check the installation guide for more information.” where is it getting this setting? i have installed espressif idf but it is in the C:\Espressif directory.

This is the batch file generated

 

REM Run “C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\CMake\bin\cmake.exe ../../.. -G “Ninja” -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/ninja/1.11.1/ninja.exe -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -DCCACHE_ENABLE=0 -DIDF_TARGET=esp32″ in directory “xxxx/build/VisualGDB/Debug” on local computer
cd /d xxxx/build/VisualGDB/Debug
set LANG=en_US.UTF-8
set PATH=C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Espressif\python_env\\idf5.2_py3.8_env\Scripts;C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\Python-3.8.10;C:\SysGCC\esp32\tools\xtensa-esp-elf\esp-13.2.0_20230928\xtensa-esp-elf\bin;C:\SysGCC\esp32\tools\xtensa-esp-elf\esp-13.2.0_20230928\xtensa-esp-elf\bin;C:\SysGCC\esp32\tools\esp32ulp-elf\2.35_20220830\esp32ulp-elf\bin;C:\SysGCC\esp32\tools\riscv32-esp-elf\esp-13.2.0_20230928\riscv32-esp-elf\bin;C:\SysGCC\esp32\tools\idf-exe\1.0.3;C:\SysGCC\esp32\tools\ccache\4.8\ccache-4.8-windows-x86_64;C:\SysGCC\esp32\tools\ninja\1.11.1;%PATH%
set IDF_TOOLS_PATH=
set IDF_PATH=C:\SysGCC\esp32\esp-idf\v5.2
set SYSPROGS_COMPONENTS_DIR=C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/SysprogsComponents
set IDF_GIT_DIR=C:\Program Files\Git\cmd
set IDF_PYTHON_DIR=C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\Python-3.8.10
set IDF_PYTHON_ENV_PATH=C:\Espressif\python_env\\idf5.2_py3.8_env
set CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/ninja/1.11.1/ninja.exe
“C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\CMake\bin\cmake.exe” ../../.. -G “Ninja” -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/ninja/1.11.1/ninja.exe -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -DCCACHE_ENABLE=0 -DIDF_TARGET=esp32

 

and then outpout

IDF_PATH is set to C:\SysGCC\esp32\esp-idf\v5.2
project_name is set to dev_wifi_station
— Found Git: C:/Program Files/Git/cmd/git.exe (found version “2.43.0.windows.1”)
— The C compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
— The CXX compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
— The ASM compiler identification is GNU
— Found assembler: C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.exe
— Detecting C compiler ABI info
— Detecting C compiler ABI info – done
— Check for working C compiler: C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.exe – skipped
— Detecting C compile features
— Detecting C compile features – done
— Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
— Detecting CXX compiler ABI info – done
— Check for working CXX compiler: C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-g++.exe – skipped
— Detecting CXX compile features
— Detecting CXX compile features – done
— Building ESP-IDF components for target esp32
— Checking Python dependencies… python C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies
— pythonC:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.pycheck-python-dependencies <– my debug info
ERROR: C:\Users\george\.espressif\espidf.constraints.v5.2.txt doesn’t exist. Perhaps you’ve forgotten to run the install scripts. Please check the installation guide for more information.
— python C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies
CMake Error at C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/build.cmake:368 (message):
Some Python dependencies must be installed. Check above message for
details.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/build.cmake:505 (__build_check_python)
C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/project.cmake:605 (idf_build_process)
CMakeLists.txt:43 (project)

— Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
————————————————————-
Command exited with code 1
Executable: C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\CMake\bin\cmake.exe
Arguments: ../../.. -G “Ninja” -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/ninja/1.11.1/ninja.exe -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -DCCACHE_ENABLE=0 -DIDF_TARGET=esp32
Command-line action failed

========== Project Rebuild Summary ==========
fuelsensor.esp32 rebuilt in 00:03
========== Rebuild: 0 Succeeded, 1 Failed, 0 Skipped ==========

 

why is it looking into the C:\Users\george\.espressif\ folder? in there 5.0 and 5.1 exist but not 5.2

 

 

 

[support]

Hi,

Please see the following page for more details: https://visualgdb.com/documentation/espidf/#python

[milamber]

followed the instructions but the problem remains.

• cleared the  Python installations via Tools->Options->VisualGDB->General->Python Directory. (look at pic)
• I have deleted the python directories at  %LOCALAPPDATA%\VisualGDB\Python*
• created a new project (blink) based on esp-idf 5.2 (see attchement)  and clicked on the ‘get python’ button

this is the created the following directories

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 1028-E0A7

Directory of C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB

03/06/2024 06:24 PM <DIR> .
02/20/2024 04:15 PM <DIR> ..
06/03/2023 04:02 PM 490 .clang-format
03/06/2024 01:14 AM 166 activation.key
06/03/2023 04:04 PM <DIR> AutoDownloadedSources
02/09/2024 12:15 AM <DIR> CMake
10/03/2023 10:03 PM <DIR> CppEngineDumps
12/03/2023 11:57 PM <DIR> EmbeddedDebugPackages
06/03/2023 03:26 PM 0 FindBSP.cmake
06/03/2023 03:26 PM 536 FindBSP.props
03/06/2024 01:14 AM 1,722 FindComponents.props
06/03/2023 03:26 PM 292 FindFrameworks.cmake
06/03/2023 03:26 PM 178 FindRemoteHost.props
03/06/2024 12:35 AM 1,143 FindToolchain.props
03/06/2024 02:35 AM 8,793 GUIPreferences.xml
03/06/2024 01:19 AM 4,110,696 PackageCatalog.xml
03/06/2024 06:24 PM <DIR> Python-3.8.10
06/03/2023 03:26 PM <DIR> QemuVMs
06/04/2023 12:43 AM <DIR> RemoteSourceCache
03/07/2023 02:00 PM <DIR> SharedFolders
03/06/2024 01:41 AM <DIR> temp
10 File(s) 4,124,016 bytes
11 Dir(s) 182,326,775,808 bytes free

when i compile i get the same error

Running CMake: C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\CMake\bin\cmake.exe ../../.. -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/ninja/1.11.1/ninja.exe -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -DCCACHE_ENABLE=0 -DIDF_TARGET=esp32

— Found Git: C:/Program Files/Git/cmd/git.exe (found version “2.43.0.windows.1”)
— The C compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
— The CXX compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
— The ASM compiler identification is GNU
— Found assembler: C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.exe
— Detecting C compiler ABI info
— Detecting C compiler ABI info – done
— Check for working C compiler: C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.exe – skipped
— Detecting C compile features
— Detecting C compile features – done
— Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
— Detecting CXX compiler ABI info – done
— Check for working CXX compiler: C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-g++.exe – skipped
— Detecting CXX compile features
— Detecting CXX compile features – done
— git rev-parse returned ‘fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git’
— Could not use ‘git describe’ to determine PROJECT_VER.
— Building ESP-IDF components for target esp32
— Checking Python dependencies… python C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies
— pythonC:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.pycheck-python-dependencies
No Python at ‘C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\Python3\python.exe’
— Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
CMake Error at C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/build.cmake:371 (message):
Failed to run Python dependency check. Python: python, Error: 103
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/build.cmake:505 (__build_check_python)
C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/project.cmake:605 (idf_build_process)
CMakeLists.txt:6 (project)

System.Exception: CMake exited with code 1
at a4.b(a a, Object b)

it is looking  for python C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies

where obviously there is none. so i copy the  Python-3.8.10 directory into Python3 and the build fails in the same way

 

Run “C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\CMake\bin\cmake.exe ../../.. -G “Ninja” -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/ninja/1.11.1/ninja.exe -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -DCCACHE_ENABLE=0 -DIDF_TARGET=esp32″ in directory “C:\d\FS\EmbeddedProject1\EmbeddedProject1/build/VisualGDB/Debug” on local computer
C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\CMake\bin\cmake.exe ../../.. -G “Ninja” -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/ninja/1.11.1/ninja.exe -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -DCCACHE_ENABLE=0 -DIDF_TARGET=esp32
— git rev-parse returned ‘fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git’
— Could not use ‘git describe’ to determine PROJECT_VER.
— Building ESP-IDF components for target esp32
— Checking Python dependencies… python C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies
— pythonC:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.pycheck-python-dependencies
ERROR: C:\Users\george\.espressif\espidf.constraints.v5.2.txt doesn’t exist. Perhaps you’ve forgotten to run the install scripts. Please check the installation guide for more information.
— python C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies
CMake Error at C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/build.cmake:368 (message):
Some Python dependencies must be installed. Check above message for
details.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/build.cmake:505 (__build_check_python)
C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/cmake/project.cmake:605 (idf_build_process)
CMakeLists.txt:6 (project)

— Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
————————————————————-
Command exited with code 1
Executable: C:\Users\george\AppData\Local\VisualGDB\CMake\bin\cmake.exe
Arguments: ../../.. -G “Ninja” -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/SysGCC/esp32/tools/ninja/1.11.1/ninja.exe -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -DCCACHE_ENABLE=0 -DIDF_TARGET=esp32
Directory: C:\d\FS\EmbeddedProject1\EmbeddedProject1/build/VisualGDB/Debug
Command-line action failed

========== Project Build Summary ==========
EmbeddedProject1 built in 00:03
========== Build: 0 Succeeded, 1 Failed, 0 Skipped ==========

it is looking to find the C:\Users\george\.espressif\espidf.constraints.v5.2.txt file which doesnt exist, is the the directory where espresiff keeps in vscode installation?

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[support]

Hi,

Please do not manually copy any directories without understanding what causes the underlying problem. This only entangles the issue further and makes it harder to troubleshoot.

You can try exporting the ESP-IDF configuration command used by VisualGDB to a batch file as shown here. If the batch file shows incorrect IDF_PYTHON_ENV_PATH value, please let us know and we will look into it.

If the value looks correct, and ESP-IDF still doesn’t work, it could be a bug in ESP-IDF. Please consider reporting it to Espressif. If they suggest a configuration command line that fixes the problem, we can help you configure VisualGDB to use it instead.

[milamber]

i did that in my first post . it is the first thing in the post. i found where espressif for vscode installs by default in 5.2 (C:\Users\george\esp\v5.2.1\esp-idf) and copied espidf.constraints.v5.2.txt to where visualgdb expected it (where espressif installed until 5.1 C:\Users\george\.espressif) and the problem was solved.

 

i understand its a hack but the documentation provided didnt help solve.

I can delete everything and try again but i have done it a few times already with the same result. it seems that the installation of espressif somehow affects visualgdb although i thought that the 2 were independent.

I would be happy to troubleshoot if you want me to.

 

 

[milamber]

it seems there is a double \\ after python_env in the batch file

set IDF_PYTHON_ENV_PATH=C:\Espressif\python_env\\idf5.2_py3.8_env

[milamber]

apparently when i execute

python C:/SysGCC/esp32/esp-idf/v5.2/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies
Constraint file: C:\Users\george\.espressif\espidf.constraints.v5.2.txt
Requirement files:
- C:\SysGCC\esp32\esp-idf\v5.2\tools\requirements\requirements.core.txt
Python being checked: C:\Espressif\python_env\idf5.2_py3.8_env\Scripts\python.exe
Python requirements are satisfied.

it looks into this file C:\Users\george\.espressif\espidf.constraints.v5.2.txt why is that in 5.2?

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