Wireshark source build errors during msbuild

Question

After 51 minute of building source, I get 2 warnings and 4 errors. It looks as though its looking for the "guide docs" that don't exist? I'm using the Wireshark source files "as is" and have made no modifications to the build scripts, etc. I did a clean, prepared the sources with no issues, then ran the build. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Build FAILED.

   "C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\Wireshark.sln" (default target) (1) ->
   "C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\docbook\generate_user-guide.xml.vcxproj.metaproj" (default target) (31) ->
   "C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\docbook\generate_user-guide.xml.vcxproj" (default target) (101) ->
   (CustomBuild target) ->
     asciidoc : warning : user-guide.asciidoc: line 3: {include:/cygdrive/c/wireshark-2.2.0/docbook/user-guide-docinfo.xml}: file does not exist [C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\docbook\generate_user-guide.xml.vcxproj]
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\Wireshark.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\docbook\generate_developer-guide.xml.vcxproj.metaproj" (default target) (30) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\docbook\generate_developer-guide.xml.vcxproj" (default target) (100) ->
asciidoc : warning : developer-guide.asciidoc: line 3: {include:/cygdrive/c/wireshark-2.2.0/docbook/developer-guide-docinfo.xml}: file does not exist [C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\docbook\generate_developer-guide.xml.vcxproj]
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\Wireshark.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\ui\ui.vcxproj.metaproj" (default target) (61) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\ui\ui.vcxproj" (default target) (108) ->
(CustomBuild target) ->
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(170,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1. [C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\ui\ui.vcxproj]
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\Wireshark.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\epan\dfilter\dfilter.vcxproj.metaproj" (default target) (18) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\epan\dfilter\dfilter.vcxproj" (default target) (110) ->
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(170,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1. [C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\epan\dfilter\dfilter.vcxproj]
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\Wireshark.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\text2pcap.vcxproj.metaproj" (default target) (56) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\text2pcap.vcxproj" (default target) (124) ->
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(170,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1. [C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\text2pcap.vcxproj]
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\Wireshark.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\wiretap\wiretap.vcxproj.metaproj" (default target) (72) ->
"C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\wiretap\wiretap.vcxproj" (default target) (125) ->
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(170,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1. [C:\wireshark-2.2.0\buildx64\wiretap\wiretap.vcxproj]
2 Warning(s)
4 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:51:07.21

Answer 1

Now we're getting somewhere:

Generating scanner.c, scanner_lex.h
C:/cygwin64/bin/flex.exe -> /usr/bin/flex.exe
C:/Development/wireshark/tools/runlex.sh: line 86: C:/Program: No such file or directory
flex: could not create --header-file=./_lex.h
/usr/bin/flex.exe failed: exit status 1

Looking at line 86 or tools\runlex.sh indicates that it relies on sed, expecting to be using the Cygwin version. I suspect that somewhere on your path there is a non-Cygwin version in C:\Program Files\..., possibly C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin.

Can you look in the CMakeCache.txt file in your build directory for SED_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH= and post the whole line, that will hopefully show you where the offending sed lives?

To fix this remove the offending directory from the path, delete CMakeCache.txt and re-run the CMake and build steps.