"A suitable version of git was not found..." (after merge of: [vcpkg] add env var VCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS)

[sschnug]

A suitable version of git was not found (required v2.7.4) and unable to automatically download a portable one. Please install a newer version of git.

Originally posted by @JackBoosY in #12790 (comment)

This is happening in my CI/CD pipeline now (which was brave enough to track vcpkg/master) and vanishes if i go one commit back towards 8776756 (before the mentioned merge).

(Somehow i wasn't even able to circumvent this by using RUN export VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1)

For me, this is triggered by a Dockerfile looking like:

FROM ubuntu:20.04

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
ENV TZ=Europe/Berlin
RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    build-essential autoconf git libtool pkg-config cmake doxygen ninja-build curl zip unzip tar \
    python3 python3-dev python3-pip python3-numpy \
    && apt-get clean

RUN pip3 install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme breathe pytest grpcio protobuf psutil

WORKDIR /WORKING

RUN export VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE=release

RUN git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg \
    && ./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh \
    && ./vcpkg/vcpkg integrate install \
    && ./vcpkg/vcpkg install abseil \
    && ./vcpkg/vcpkg install protobuf \
    && ./vcpkg/vcpkg install grpc \
    && ./vcpkg/vcpkg install glog \
    && ./vcpkg/vcpkg install gtest \
    && ./vcpkg/vcpkg install benchmark \
    && ./vcpkg/vcpkg install liblemon
    ....

[coryan]

Seems like removing this line:

https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/pull/12790/files#diff-6881438d3612c1d09d825d25d2d08f33L1181

changed vcpkg to always search for tools using extensions (.exe, .cmd, .bat) which is not the right thing on Unices.

[yay]

Can confirm:

$ vcpkg x-history glm   
A suitable version of git was not found (required v2.7.4) and unable to automatically download a portable one. Please install a newer version of git.
$ git version
git version 2.28.0

[paspro]

I confirm this problem when trying to install any package on Ubuntu 20.04

Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-linux... A suitable version of git was not found (required v2.7.4) and unable to automatically download a portable one. Please install a newer version of git.

[Neumann-A]

Thx for finding the oversight. Somehow nobody saw it before although it was so trivial.

[JackBoosY]

Closed this issue via #13790 merged.

[Beafantles]

I still have this problem, even after using git pull.

$ git pull && git --version && ./vcpkg install tiff
Already up to date.
git version 2.28.0
Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
    tiff[core]:x64-linux
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-linux...
A suitable version of git was not found (required v2.7.4) and unable to automatically download a portable one. Please install a newer version of git.

[Neumann-A]

you need to rebootstrap vcpkg after git pull.

[Beafantles]

Oh indeed, it worked! Thank you, I didn't know about that :)