Paul•3w ago

Can't build source using a mac

mac 15.2 node 18.10 npm: 8.19.2 latest rust latest pnpm instructions:

1) git clone https://github.com/get-convex/convex-backend
2) npm clean-install --prefix scripts
3) run cargo run -p local_backend --bin convex-local-backend

1) git clone https://github.com/get-convex/convex-backend
2) npm clean-install --prefix scripts
3) run cargo run -p local_backend --bin convex-local-backend

Getting:

error: failed to run custom build command for `isolate v0.1.0 (/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/crates/isolate)`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/target/debug/build/isolate-d9f57c602cb54e55/build-script-build` (exit status: 1)

error: failed to run custom build command for `isolate v0.1.0 (/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/crates/isolate)`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/target/debug/build/isolate-d9f57c602cb54e55/build-script-build` (exit status: 1)

Similar to: https://github.com/get-convex/convex-backend/issues/7 but that is windows machine.

GitHub

Please consider build instructions for Windows · Issue #7 · get-con...

Hi, I am trying out convex; However, the justfile etc seem to heavily favor a unix environment. This project does provide Windows releases, so I was hoping to perform the same release build. I trie...

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lee•3w ago

i just cloned the repo, ran those commands, and it worked for me. how did you install rust? maybe it's using the wrong version

$ cargo version -v                                     
cargo 1.85.0-nightly (769f622e1 2024-12-14)

$ cargo version -v                                     
cargo 1.85.0-nightly (769f622e1 2024-12-14)

does just rush build -v show more errors? oh and i'm on mac 15.0.1

PaulOP•3w ago

Thanks for the reply. Here's mine:

cargo version -v
cargo 1.83.0 (5ffbef321 2024-10-29)
release: 1.83.0
commit-hash: 5ffbef3211a8c378857905775a15c5b32a174d3b
commit-date: 2024-10-29
host: aarch64-apple-darwin
libgit2: 1.8.1 (sys:0.19.0 vendored)
libcurl: 8.7.1 (sys:0.4.74+curl-8.9.0 system ssl:(SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.6)
ssl: OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023
os: Mac OS 15.2.0 [64-bit]

cargo version -v
cargo 1.83.0 (5ffbef321 2024-10-29)
release: 1.83.0
commit-hash: 5ffbef3211a8c378857905775a15c5b32a174d3b
commit-date: 2024-10-29
host: aarch64-apple-darwin
libgit2: 1.8.1 (sys:0.19.0 vendored)
libcurl: 8.7.1 (sys:0.4.74+curl-8.9.0 system ssl:(SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.6)
ssl: OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023
os: Mac OS 15.2.0 [64-bit]

lee•3w ago

cool looks like it's using the wrong version of rust. how did you install rust? the readme says

We recommend installing Cargo via rustup. The Rust nightly version specified in rust-toolchain Assuming you installed Rust/Cargo with rustup, this will install automatically.

PaulOP•3w ago

I think I used:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh does just rush build -v show more errors?

just rush build -v
cd /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend; "/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/scripts/rush_from_npm-packages.sh" "$@"
Found configuration in /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/npm-packages/rush.json


Rush Multi-Project Build Tool 5.147.1 - https://rushjs.io
Node.js version is 18.12.0 (LTS)


Starting "rush build"


ERROR: Link flag invalid.
Did you run "rush install" or "rush update"?
error: Recipe `rush` failed on line 44 with exit code 1

just rush build -v
cd /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend; "/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/scripts/rush_from_npm-packages.sh" "$@"
Found configuration in /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/npm-packages/rush.json


Rush Multi-Project Build Tool 5.147.1 - https://rushjs.io
Node.js version is 18.12.0 (LTS)


Starting "rush build"


ERROR: Link flag invalid.
Did you run "rush install" or "rush update"?
error: Recipe `rush` failed on line 44 with exit code 1

lee•3w ago

at this point i would start pestering Claude to figure out why the rust version is incorrect

PaulOP•3w ago

Alright, what I'll do. Is I will uninstall rust and start again.

lee•3w ago

you could try just rush install ? i think the cargo build is supposed to do that automatically, but this error indicates it might not have

PaulOP•3w ago

This time failed with:

✘ [ERROR] Could not resolve "jwt-decode"

✘ [ERROR] Could not resolve "jwt-decode"

And a whole host of yarn failures I think it's best if I just focus on getting the latest rust release and then go from there 😄

lee•3w ago

claude suggests rustup show as a command that can tell you why it's using a certain version of rust

PaulOP•3w ago

Alright, I re-installed

cargo version -v

cargo 1.84.0 (66221abde 2024-11-19)
release: 1.84.0
commit-hash: 66221abdeca2002d318fde6efff516aab091df0e
commit-date: 2024-11-19
host: aarch64-apple-darwin
libgit2: 1.8.1 (sys:0.19.0 vendored)
libcurl: 8.7.1 (sys:0.4.74+curl-8.9.0 system ssl:(SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.6)
ssl: OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023
os: Mac OS 15.2.0 [64-bit]

cargo version -v

cargo 1.84.0 (66221abde 2024-11-19)
release: 1.84.0
commit-hash: 66221abdeca2002d318fde6efff516aab091df0e
commit-date: 2024-11-19
host: aarch64-apple-darwin
libgit2: 1.8.1 (sys:0.19.0 vendored)
libcurl: 8.7.1 (sys:0.4.74+curl-8.9.0 system ssl:(SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.6)
ssl: OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023
os: Mac OS 15.2.0 [64-bit]

lee•3w ago

to double check, you're running cargo version -v from the root of the convex-backend repo, right?

PaulOP•3w ago

no, a new terminal

lee•3w ago

oh so what is cargo version from the root of convex-backend

PaulOP•3w ago

I'm doing another install, I see at the beginning:

paul@MacBookPro convex-backend % cargo run -p local_backend --bin convex-local-backend
info: syncing channel updates for 'nightly-2024-12-16-aarch64-apple-darwin'
info: latest update on 2024-12-16, rust version 1.85.0-nightly (c26db435b 2024-12-15)

paul@MacBookPro convex-backend % cargo run -p local_backend --bin convex-local-backend
info: syncing channel updates for 'nightly-2024-12-16-aarch64-apple-darwin'
info: latest update on 2024-12-16, rust version 1.85.0-nightly (c26db435b 2024-12-15)

cargo version yields: cargo 1.85.0-nightly (769f622e1 2024-12-14) and I still get:

error: failed to run custom build command for `isolate v0.1.0 (/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/crates/isolate)`

error: failed to run custom build command for `isolate v0.1.0 (/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/crates/isolate)`

lee•3w ago

any more to that error message? i would guess we're back to figuring out the just rush install and just rush build errors

PaulOP•3w ago

This is the rest: https://pastebin.com/raw/LqYVA8Z3 Which gives the following:

cd /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend; "/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/scripts/rush_from_npm-packages.sh" "$@"
Found configuration in /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/npm-packages/rush.json


Rush Multi-Project Build Tool 5.147.1 - https://rushjs.io
Node.js version is 18.12.0 (LTS)


Starting "rush build"


ERROR: Link flag invalid.
Did you run "rush install" or "rush update"?
error: Recipe `rush` failed on line 44 with exit code 1

cd /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend; "/Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/scripts/rush_from_npm-packages.sh" "$@"
Found configuration in /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend/npm-packages/rush.json


Rush Multi-Project Build Tool 5.147.1 - https://rushjs.io
Node.js version is 18.12.0 (LTS)


Starting "rush build"


ERROR: Link flag invalid.
Did you run "rush install" or "rush update"?
error: Recipe `rush` failed on line 44 with exit code 1

ballingt•3w ago

The Yarn errors in here may be because you have yarn installed globally, or have some yarn config files sitting around You should delete .pnp.cjs wherever it is

PaulOP•3w ago

I'm cloning the repo and not doing any changes. Yarn is installed globally though. there's no such file in the root, unless it's in other subfolders?

ballingt•3w ago

The errors say ../../../../../../.pnp.cjs:37:31: so maybe your home directory maybe a directory you have convex checked out under

PaulOP•3w ago

this is the directory structure. /Users/paul/development/src/github/convex-backend

ballingt•3w ago

ok, so the directories to check are /Users/, /Users/paul, /Users/paul/development, /Users/paul/development/src, and /Users/pault/development/src/github unless you want to count those ..

PaulOP•3w ago

I removed yarn 😄. Although I need it for some projects. 😭

ballingt•3w ago

you probably dont' need it installed globally like this, it breaks everything under it that uses esbuild

PaulOP•3w ago

Same issue though. 🙁

ballingt•3w ago

https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/3338 Still have the yarn errors? @Paul What's your goal here, building convex-backend requires some setup, do you just want to run a binary?

PaulOP•3w ago

this is the full log: https://pastebin.com/raw/a6Dv94pP

lee•3w ago

does

ls /Users/.pnp.cjs /Users/paul/.pnp.cjs /Users/paul/development/.pnp.cjs /Users/paul/development/src/.pnp.cjs /Users/paul/development/src/github/.pnp.cjs

print anything?

ballingt•3w ago

  ../../convex prepare:   The Yarn Plug'n'Play manifest forbids importing "jwt-decode" here because it's not listed as a dependency of this package:
  ../../convex prepare:     ../../../../../../.pnp.cjs:37:31:

  ../../convex prepare:   The Yarn Plug'n'Play manifest forbids importing "jwt-decode" here because it's not listed as a dependency of this package:
  ../../convex prepare:     ../../../../../../.pnp.cjs:37:31:

PaulOP•3w ago

the goal is to run from source and then to start making changing and having a poke around 😄

ballingt•3w ago

This error message says there's still a .pnp.cjs there

PaulOP•3w ago

ls: /Users/.pnp.cjs: No such file or directory
ls: /Users/paul/development/.pnp.cjs: No such file or directory
ls: /Users/paul/development/src/.pnp.cjs: No such file or directory
ls: /Users/paul/development/src/github/.pnp.cjs: No such file or directory
/Users/paul/.pnp.cjs

ls: /Users/.pnp.cjs: No such file or directory
ls: /Users/paul/development/.pnp.cjs: No such file or directory
ls: /Users/paul/development/src/.pnp.cjs: No such file or directory
ls: /Users/paul/development/src/github/.pnp.cjs: No such file or directory
/Users/paul/.pnp.cjs

lee•3w ago

yep there it is 😄

PaulOP•3w ago

What's the issue?

ballingt•3w ago

That's what you need to delete

lee•3w ago

rm /Users/paul/.pnp.cjs (or mv /Users/paul/.pnp.cjs /Users/paul/backup.pnp.cjs)

ballingt•3w ago

The thread I linked has more nuanced solutions (pnpIgnorePatterns)

PaulOP•3w ago

Alright I will check that out. I'm rebuilding again... Thanks @Lee and @Tom! 👏

ballingt•3w ago

Sounds like we could write a script to look for these files as a pre-check, if this error message had been at the top or the bottom do you think you would have been able to figure out what to do? It's hard to write code that works on every machine when people have different setups

PaulOP•3w ago

Convex is now running from source. Thank you for the help. Would never have figured it was yarn .pnp lol

Can't build source using a mac

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