[CI][C++] test-build-vcpkg-win job fails with Test not available without configuration. (Missing "-C <config>"?)

[raulcd]

Describe the bug, including details regarding any error messages, version, and platform.

The test-build-vcpkg-win has been failing for the last days with the following error:

Test not available without configuration.  (Missing "-C <config>"?)
      Start  1: arrow-array-test
 1/78 Test  #1: arrow-array-test ......................***Not Run   0.00 sec
      Start  2: arrow-buffer-test
Test not available without configuration.  (Missing "-C <config>"?)
 2/78 Test  #2: arrow-buffer-test .....................***Not Run   0.00 sec
      Start  3: arrow-extension-type-test
Test not available without configuration.  (Missing "-C <config>"?)
 3/78 Test  #3: arrow-extension-type-test .............***Not Run   0.00 sec
      Start  4: arrow-misc-test
Test not available without configuration.  (Missing "-C <config>"?)
 4/78 Test  #4: arrow-misc-test .......................***Not Run   0.00 sec
      Start  5: arrow-public-api-test
Test not available without configuration.  (Missing "-C <config>"?)
 5/78 Test  #5: arrow-public-api-test .................***Not Run   0.00 sec
      Start  6: arrow-scalar-test

Those are the commits between the last success and the first failure:
72d20ad...6f6b3b4

Component(s)

C++, Continuous Integration

[raulcd]

I can't seem to reproduce the issue as the job is failing now building grpc:

Installing 96/110 grpc[codegen,core]:x64-windows@1.44.0#1...
Building grpc[codegen,core]:x64-windows@1.44.0#1...
C:\vcpkg\buildtrees\versioning_\versions\grpc\6b15dbb6b2a6f81d7ae885b5b8f273b729b8d0ba: info: installing overlay port from here
-- Note: grpc only supports static library linkage. Building static library.
-- Downloading https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/591d56e1300b6d11948e1b821efac785a295989c.tar.gz -> grpc-grpc-591d56e1300b6d11948e1b821efac785a295989c.tar.gz...
-- Extracting source C:/vcpkg/downloads/grpc-grpc-591d56e1300b6d11948e1b821efac785a295989c.tar.gz
-- Applying patch 00001-fix-uwp.patch
-- Applying patch 00002-static-linking-in-linux.patch
-- Applying patch 00003-undef-base64-macro.patch
-- Applying patch 00004-link-gdi32-on-windows.patch
-- Applying patch 00005-fix-uwp-error.patch
-- Applying patch 00006-fix-uwp-error.patch
-- Applying patch 00009-use-system-upb.patch
-- Applying patch 00010-add-feature-absl-sync.patch
-- Applying patch 00011-fix-csharp_plugin.patch
-- Applying patch snprintf.patch
-- Applying patch 00012-fix-use-cxx17.patch
-- Applying patch 00013-build-upbdefs.patch
-- Applying patch 00014-pkgconfig-upbdefs.patch
-- Using source at C:/vcpkg/buildtrees/grpc/src/85a295989c-6cf7bf442d.clean
-- Found external ninja('1.10.2').
-- Configuring x64-windows
CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_execute_required_process.cmake:112 (message):
    Command failed: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Enterprise/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/CMake/Ninja/ninja.exe" -v
    Working Directory: C:/vcpkg/buildtrees/grpc/x64-windows-rel/vcpkg-parallel-configure
    Error code: 1
    See logs for more information:
      C:\vcpkg\buildtrees\grpc\config-x64-windows-out.log

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  D:/a/crossbow/crossbow/arrow/cpp/vcpkg_installed/x64-windows/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.cmake:238 (vcpkg_execute_required_process)
  buildtrees/versioning_/versions/grpc/6b15dbb6b2a6f81d7ae885b5b8f273b729b8d0ba/portfile.cmake:47 (vcpkg_cmake_configure)
  scripts/ports.cmake:175 (include)


error: building grpc:x64-windows failed with: BUILD_FAILED
Elapsed time to handle grpc:x64-windows: 16 s

See https://github.com/ursacomputing/crossbow/actions/runs/8644307783/job/23699171219 and https://github.com/ursacomputing/crossbow/actions/runs/8639597931/job/23686197211
This is happening on nightlties and maint-16.0.0

[raulcd]

@kou any idea what might be happening here? Should I open a separate issue with the build failure? Do you think is a blocker for the release or should we update the issue once we deliver vcpkg?

[kou]

It seems that this is a CMake 3.29.1 problem:

• [grpc] Build error on x64-windows microsoft/vcpkg#38068
• [vcpkg-cmake-config] Wrong *Config.cmake files for CMake 3.29.1 microsoft/vcpkg#37968

Recent Windows image has CMake 3.29.1: actions/runner-images@69f74ae

[kou]

Issue resolved by pull request 41151
#41151