Unable to build/run tests with cmake on RHEL 7/8

[omajid]

I have been using this command to test that runtime's main branch can build and run tests on RHEL 7 and CMake 3.6.2:

./build.sh --subset clr+libs+libs.tests --test --runtimeconfiguration Release --librariesConfiguration Debug /p:WithoutCategories=IgnoreForCI /p:NoPgoOptimize=true

Some time between April 4 (commit 21490fc) and April 6 (commit bc8be66), this command regressed. Now it fails to build:

  -- Performing Test HAVE_FUNCTIONAL_PTHREAD_ROBUST_MUTEXES
  -- Performing Test HAVE_FUNCTIONAL_PTHREAD_ROBUST_MUTEXES - Success
  -- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python (found version "2.7.5") 
  CMake Error at pal/tests/CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required):
    CMake 3.14.5 or higher is required.  You are running version 3.6.2
  
  
  -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
  See also "/home/tester/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
  See also "/home/tester/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
  ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  ~/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  Executing make install -j 4
  make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
  ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  Failed to build "CoreCLR component".

Is the change that broke this an accident or is this an intentional? Is building/running tests on cmake 3.6.2 a supported configuration?

cc @dleeapho @tmds

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Issue Details

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I have been using this command to test that runtime's main branch can build and run tests on RHEL 7 and CMake 3.6.2:

./build.sh --subset clr+libs+libs.tests --test --runtimeconfiguration Release --librariesConfiguration Debug /p:WithoutCategories=IgnoreForCI /p:NoPgoOptimize=true

Some time between April 4 (commit 21490fc) and April 6 (commit bc8be66), this command regressed. Now it fails to build:

  -- Performing Test HAVE_FUNCTIONAL_PTHREAD_ROBUST_MUTEXES
  -- Performing Test HAVE_FUNCTIONAL_PTHREAD_ROBUST_MUTEXES - Success
  -- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python (found version "2.7.5") 
  CMake Error at pal/tests/CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required):
    CMake 3.14.5 or higher is required.  You are running version 3.6.2
  
  
  -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
  See also "/home/tester/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
  See also "/home/tester/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
  ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  ~/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  Executing make install -j 4
  make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
  ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  Failed to build "CoreCLR component".

Is the change that broke this an accident or is this an intentional? Is building/running tests on cmake 3.6.2 a supported configuration?

cc @dleeapho @tmds

Author:	omajid
Assignees:	-
Labels:	area-Infrastructure-coreclr, untriaged
Milestone:	-

[omajid]

I am also hitting this on RHEL 8:

  -- Performing Test HAVE_FULLY_FEATURED_PTHREAD_MUTEXES
  -- Performing Test HAVE_FULLY_FEATURED_PTHREAD_MUTEXES - Success
  -- Performing Test HAVE_FUNCTIONAL_PTHREAD_ROBUST_MUTEXES
  -- Performing Test HAVE_FUNCTIONAL_PTHREAD_ROBUST_MUTEXES - Success
  -- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python3.6 (found version "3.6.8") 
  CMake Error at pal/tests/CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required):
    CMake 3.14.5 or higher is required.  You are running version 3.11.4
  
  
  -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
  See also "/home/tester/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
  See also "/home/tester/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
  ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  ~/runtime/artifacts/obj/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  Executing make install -j 4
  make: *** No rule to make target 'install'.  Stop.
  ~/runtime/src/coreclr
  Failed to build "CoreCLR component".

[jkoritzinsky]

Building on CMake 3.6.2 should be supported. It looks like the reorganization of the CoreCLR build enabled the pal tests build for you, but we never fixed that to work on 3.6.2. I'll look at fixing this.

[jkoritzinsky]

Can you validate that #50805 fixes your scenario?

[ViktorHofer]

@jkoritzinsky why does the clr subset build tests by default?

[jkoritzinsky]

The pal tests are included in the clr.native subset, which I added as a default subset for clr. I didn't intend to build the pal tests by default (the usual coreclr workflows won't build them), but since they're a small build I don't have super strong feelings about going back and turning it off or keeping it on.

[ViktorHofer]

Do they have any build dependencies like xunit?

[jkoritzinsky]

Nope. They're pure C native executables.