[BUG] Cannot open menuconfig

[RajatVardam]

Describe the bug
I simply git cloned this project as described in the readme. opened in VS-Code and straight away went for menuconfig. did not touch a thing after cloning. In VS-Code, we get the menuconfig button on the bottom left. It shows errors. If I close this project and open an example from espressif/eso-aws-iot repo, like ota_mqtt example and then try opening menuconfig, it opens like normal. I have cloned this repo in the same location where I have cloned this repo. C:\Users\vfami\esp\esp-idf\components. both repos exist in this directory.

System information

• Hardware board: [ esp32 ]
• IDE used: [ VS-Code with esp-idf extension v5.0.4 ]
• Operating System: [ Windows 10 home latest ]
• Code version: (v202212.00-28-g44d6fe5)
• Project/Demo: [ iot-reference-esp32c3 ]
• If your project is a custom application, please add the relevant code snippet(s) in the section titled "Code to reproduce bug".

Expected behavior
menuconfig should open like normal. I have run ota over mqtt code before this from espressif/eso-aws-iot repo. menuconfig does open there like normal. not here.

Screenshots or console output
[SDK Configuration Editor]
---------------------------ERROR--------------------------

CMake Error at C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/component.cmake:224 (message):
CMake Warning (dev) at build_properties.temp.cmake:8:

Syntax Warning in cmake code at column 51



Argument not separated from preceding token by whitespace.

Call Stack (most recent call first):

C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/scripts/component_get_requirements.cmake:3 (include)

This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

-----------------------END OF ERROR-----------------------
[SDK Configuration Editor]
---------------------------ERROR--------------------------

CMake Error at
C:/Users/vfami/.espressif/tools/cmake/3.24.0/share/cmake-3.24/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake:1253
(define_property):

define_property command is not scriptable

Call Stack (most recent call first):

C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake:1 (include)
C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/idf.cmake:43 (include)
C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/project.cmake:12 (include)
C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/components/iot-reference-esp32c3/CMakeLists.txt:6 (include)
C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/scripts/component_get_requirements.cmake:106 (include)
C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/scripts/component_get_requirements.cmake:124 (__component_get_requirements)

Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/build.cmake:553 (__component_get_requirements)
C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/project.cmake:530 (idf_build_process)
CMakeLists.txt:8 (project)

-----------------------END OF ERROR-----------------------
[SDK Configuration Editor]
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Users/vfami/esp/esp-idf/components/iot-reference-esp32c3/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

[SDK Configuration Editor]
---------------------------ERROR--------------------------

cmake failed with exit code 1, output of the command is in the C:\Users\vfami\esp\esp-idf\components\iot-reference-esp32c3\build\log\idf_py_stderr_output_4300 and C:\Users\vfami\esp\esp-idf\components\iot-reference-esp32c3\build\log\idf_py_stdout_output_4300

-----------------------END OF ERROR-----------------------
[SDK Configuration Editor]
---------------------------ERROR--------------------------

SDK Configuration editor confserver process exited with code: 2
-----------------------END OF ERROR-----------------------

Steps to reproduce bug
Example:
1. open the above mentioned project in VS-Code and straight go for menuconfig.

Code to reproduce bug
nothing was changed in the code. No file was modified.

[ActoryOu]

Hi @RajatVardam,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
We will be looking further into this issue as soon as we can, thank you for your patience!

[ActoryOu]

Hi @RajatVardam,
It seems like a bug in esp-idf, refer to this discussion.
Could you try on another esp-idf version? ESP-IDF v5.1.1 works fine in my environment.

Thanks.

[RajatVardam]

Tried it. no change. upgraded to esp-idf v5.1.1 main and also went through the discussion tagged. error is exactly the same as it was before.
edit: all my other projects work fine on esp-idf v5.0.4 only this one has a menuconfig problem. also, I tried other versions too i.e 4.4 and 4.3. nothing changes.

[ActoryOu]

Could you help to provide your component_properties.temp.cmake under build folder?
Note that it's deleted automatically.

[ActoryOu]

I'm going to close this issue for now. Feel free to reopen it with new info.

Thank you.