Conan editable mode tests

Test project for conan-io/conan#13177

Tested with:

• Conan client version: 1.59.0
• Windows 10
• Python 3.10.5

Quick Reproduction of Error state (TLDR)

To reproduce run the following commands:

cd project_a_comp
conan editable add . prj_a_comp/1.0.0@test/develop
conan install . -s:b build_type=Release -s:h build_type=Debug
conan build .
cd ../project_b_comp
conan install . -s:b build_type=Release -s:h build_type=Debug
conan build .

You will get a CMake Error: Library 'prj_a_comp' not found in package.

I am not sure how to fix this via package info?

For more details on how this test was created, keep reading..

Normal approach (editable mode, but without components)

This works as expected as far as I can tell.

Setup project A

mkdir project_a
cd project_a
conan new prj_a/1.0.0 -m cmake_lib

Make project A editable and build it:

conan editable add . prj_a/1.0.0@test/develop
conan install . -s:b build_type=Release -s:h build_type=Debug
conan build .

Build project B

mkdir project_b
cd project_b
conan new prj_b/1.0.0 -m cmake_exe

Modify project B to require and link project A package (prj_a/1.0.0@test/develop).

Build project B (link against 'editable' project A):

cd project_b
conan install . -s:b build_type=Release -s:h build_type=Debug
conan build .
build/Debug/prj_b

Success

It works!

Component-based approach (broken: editable mode with components)

This is probably broken as far as I can tell. It matches the 'normal' approach in all regards except that it uses components.

Setup project A with components

mkdir project_a_comp
cd project_a_comp
conan new prj_a_comp/1.0.0 -m cmake_lib

Modify conanfile.py to use component name for cppinfo: self.cpp_info.components[COMPONENT_NAME_PROJECT_A].libs = ["prj_a_comp"]

Modify test_package to link component (prj_a_comp::ProjectAComp) instead of whole package (prj_a_comp::prj_a_comp).

Make component-based project A editable and build it:

cd project_a_comp
conan editable add . prj_a_comp/1.0.0@test/develop
conan install . -s:b build_type=Release -s:h build_type=Debug
conan build .

Build component-based project B with project A in editable mode

mkdir project_b_comp
cd project_b_comp
conan new prj_b_comp/1.0.0 -m cmake_exe

Modify component-based project B to require and link component-based project A package (prj_a_comp/1.0.0@test/develop).

Make sure to link against the component this time (prj_a_comp::ProjectAComp) instead of the full package (prj_a_comp::prj_a_comp).

Build component-based project B (link against 'editable' component-based project A):

cd project_b_comp
conan install . -s:b build_type=Release -s:h build_type=Debug
conan build .

Error

The Conan build (conan build .) of component-based project B fails with the following error:

-- Conan: Component target declared 'prj_a_comp::ProjectAComp'
-- Conan: Target declared 'prj_a_comp::prj_a_comp'
CMake Error at build/generators/cmakedeps_macros.cmake:39 (message):
  Library 'prj_a_comp' not found in package.  If 'prj_a_comp' is a system
  library, declare it with 'cpp_info.system_libs' property
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  build/generators/prj_a_comp-Target-debug.cmake:24 (conan_package_library_targets)
  build/generators/prj_a_compTargets.cmake:26 (include)
  build/generators/prj_a_comp-config.cmake:16 (include)
  CMakeLists.txt:4 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "conan_editable_test/project_b_comp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
ERROR: conanfile.py (prj_b_comp/1.0.0): Error in build() method, line 37
        cmake.configure()
        ConanException: Error 1 while executing cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="conan_editable_test/project_b_comp/build/generators/conan_toolchain.cmake" -DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0091="NEW" "conan_editable_test\project_b_comp\."

Conan fails to find the library prj_a_comp for that component.

Workaround 1: use Conan cache, not editable mode

In order to build component-based project B, we can turn off the editable mode of component-based project A.

This can be used as workaround because Conan editable mode seems to be broken.

conan editable remove prj_a_comp/1.0.0@test/develop
cd project_a_comp
conan create . test/develop -s:b build_type=Release -s:h build_type=Debug
cd ../project_b_comp
conan install . -s:b build_type=Release -s:h build_type=Debug
conan build .

The build works. Conan create of project B also works.

This example shows that Conan components in general work correctly and are configured correctly in this test.

However, now we have disabled editable mode.

Workaround 2: use editable mode, but don't use components

See section 'Normal approach' above...

Conclusion

It looks like the error only happens when combining both Conan features: editable mode + components.