Error when running ninja

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eli310
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Error when running ninja

Post by eli310 »

I really don't know why this is happening

FAILED: host-tools/src/host-tools-stamp/host-tools-configure
cmd.exe /C "cd /D C:\Users\Eli\reactos\output-MinGW-i386\host-tools\bin && C:\RosBE\bin\cmake.exe -UCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE -DARCH:STRING=i386 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/Users/Eli/reactos/output-MinGW-i386/host-tools -DTOOLS_FOLDER=C:/Users/Eli/reactos/output-MinGW-i386/host-tools/bin -DTARGET_COMPILER_ID=GNU -GNinja C:/Users/Eli/reactos && C:\RosBE\bin\cmake.exe -E touch C:/Users/Eli/reactos/output-MinGW-i386/host-tools/src/host-tools-stamp/host-tools-configure"
CMake Error: Error: generator : Ninja
Does not match the generator used previously: Visual Studio 16 2019
Either remove the CMakeCache.txt file and CMakeFiles directory or choose a different binary directory.
[6/10978] Building C object sdk/lib/3rdparty/freetype/CMakeFiles/freetype.dir/src/truetype/truetype.c.obj
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
ret7020
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Re: Error when running ninja

Post by ret7020 »

What version of ReactOS are you trying to build and have you changed the code?
learn_more
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Re: Error when running ninja

Post by learn_more »

You are mixing two different output directories.
A directory configured for visual studio cannot be used to build ninja, which is also exactly what cmake already tells you.
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