[bug] Error LNK1104 cannot open file 'CONAN_LIB::libpng_libpng16d_DEBUG.lib'

[sinall]

Environment details

• Operating System+version: Windows11
• Compiler+version: VC++2022
• Conan version: 1.50.0 & 1.56.0
• Python version: 3.9.13

Profile:

[settings]
arch=x86_64
build_type=Debug
compiler=Visual Studio
compiler.runtime=MDd
compiler.version=17
os=Windows
os_build=Windows
arch_build=x86_64
[options]
[conf]
[build_requires]
[env]

conanfile.py:

from conans import ConanFile
import os

class MyConan(ConanFile):
	settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"

	requires = (
		"openssl/1.1.1d",
		"boost/1.76.0",
		"di/1.2.0",
		"cpprestsdk/2.10.18",
		"soci/4.0.2",
		"sqlcipher/4.3.0",
		"libzip/1.7.3",
		"libzippp/4.0",
		"bzip2/1.0.8",
		"zlib/1.2.11",
		"zstd/1.4.3",
		"ms-gsl/3.0.1",
		"tesseract/4.1.1",
		"xz_utils/5.2.4",
		"cryptopp/8.5.0",
		"opencv/4.5.2",
		"libwebp/1.1.0",
		"qt/5.15.2",
		"libjpeg/9e",
		"libpng/1.6.38",
		"libtiff/4.4.0",
		"sqlite3/3.39.2",
	)

	generators = "MSBuildDeps"

	default_options = (
		"boost:without_python=False",
		"boost:python_executable=" + os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../packages/Python/Python38/python.exe"),
		"boost:python_version=3.8",
		"soci:with_sqlite3=True",
		"libzip:shared=True",
		"libzippp:with_encryption=True",
	)

	def imports(self):
		dst = os.path.join("..", "..")
		if self.settings.arch == "x86_64":
			dst = os.path.join(dst, "x64")
		dst = os.path.join(dst, str(self.settings.build_type))
		self.copy("*.dll", dst, "bin", excludes=("libEGL*.dll", "libGLESv2*.dll"))

Steps to reproduce

1. Add qt/6.4.1 as requires in conanfile.py
2. QT Versions set 6.4.1-Debug => D:\.conan\3d5de2\1
3. C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\QtMsBuild\Qt.props in Property Manager
4. Add conanbuildinfo.props in Property Manager
5. Build project in VS

Logs

qtvars_x64_Debug.props:

<Qt_LIBS_>D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\res\archdatadir\plugins\styles\qwindowsvistastyled.lib;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\objects-Debug\QWindowsIntegrationPlugin_resources_1\.rcc\qrc_openglblacklists.cpp.obj;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\objects-Debug\QWindowsIntegrationPlugin_resources_2\.rcc\qrc_cursors.cpp.obj;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\res\archdatadir\plugins\platforms\qwindowsd.lib;imm32.lib;oleaut32.lib;shlwapi.lib;winspool.lib;wtsapi32.lib;shcore.lib;comdlg32.lib;d3d9.lib;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\Qt6OpenGLd.lib;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\res\archdatadir\plugins\imageformats\qgifd.lib;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\res\archdatadir\plugins\imageformats\qicod.lib;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\objects-Debug\Widgets_resources_1\.rcc\qrc_qstyle.cpp.obj;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\objects-Debug\Widgets_resources_2\.rcc\qrc_qstyle1.cpp.obj;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\objects-Debug\Widgets_resources_3\.rcc\qrc_qmessagebox.cpp.obj;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\Qt6Widgetsd.lib;dwmapi.lib;uxtheme.lib;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\objects-Debug\Gui_resources_1\.rcc\qrc_qpdf.cpp.obj;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\objects-Debug\Gui_resources_2\.rcc\qrc_gui_shaders.cpp.obj;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\Qt6Guid.lib;d3d11.lib;dxgi.lib;dxguid.lib;gdi32.lib;CONAN_LIB::libpng_libpng16d_DEBUG.lib;harfbuzz.lib;Gdi32.lib;RpcRT4.lib;USP10.lib;freetyped.lib;libpng16d.lib;zlib.lib;bz2.lib;brotlicommon-static.lib;brotlidec-static.lib;brotlienc-static.lib;glib-2.0.lib;WS2_32.lib;Ole32.lib;User32.lib;AdvAPI32.lib;pcre2-8-staticd.lib;pcre2-posix-staticd.lib;pcre2-16-staticd.lib;pcre2-32-staticd.lib;gnuintl.lib;iconv.lib;charset.lib;gmodule-2.0.lib;gobject-2.0.lib;libffi.lib;gthread-2.0.lib;gio-2.0.lib;iphlpapi.lib;DnsAPI.lib;ShLwApi.lib;CONAN_LIB::md4c_md4c_md4c_md4c_DEBUG.lib;CONAN_LIB::freetype_freetyped_DEBUG.lib;d2d1.lib;dwrite.lib;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\Qt6Cored.lib;CONAN_LIB::zlib_zlib_DEBUG.lib;synchronization.lib;mpr.lib;userenv.lib;advapi32.lib;authz.lib;kernel32.lib;netapi32.lib;ole32.lib;shell32.lib;user32.lib;uuid.lib;version.lib;winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;CONAN_LIB::double-conversion_double-conversion_DEBUG.lib;runtimeobject.lib;CONAN_LIB::pcre2_PCRE2_16BIT_pcre2-16-staticd_DEBUG.lib;D:\.conan\3d5de2\1\lib\Qt6EntryPointd.lib;shell32.lib</Qt_LIBS_>

[memsharded]

Hi @sinall

It seems you are using the legacy integrations, visual_studio (as it is generating the conanbuildinfo.props file).
There are new, modern integrations that are more powerful, complete and maintained and they will be maintained in Conan 2.0 (already in beta.7, will be final very soon), while the other generators will be removed. I suggest to update to use the new MSBuildDeps, MSBuildToolchain and MSBuild from: https://docs.conan.io/en/latest/reference/conanfile/tools.html

[sinall]

After I switch to generators = "MSBuildDeps", the problem still exists:

[memsharded]

It seems that we would need more information, apparently it is missing the necessary build_type. Please provide:

• The necessary conanfile you are using
• The exact commands you are using to install the Conan dependencies, and the output when installing them
• What is the Qt.props file? It seems this one is not generated by Conan?
• What is the qtvars_x64_Debug.props file? I am not sure that is the correct filename generated by MSBuildDeps generator?

This could be a recipe issue as well, that the Qt recipe in ConanCenter has something that makes it not work for the MSBuild integration, but we would need more information to understand the issue better.

[sinall]

It seems that we would need more information, apparently it is missing the necessary build_type. Please provide:

• The necessary conanfile you are using
• The exact commands you are using to install the Conan dependencies, and the output when installing them
• What is the Qt.props file? It seems this one is not generated by Conan?
• What is the qtvars_x64_Debug.props file? I am not sure that is the correct filename generated by MSBuildDeps generator?

This could be a recipe issue as well, that the Qt recipe in ConanCenter has something that makes it not work for the MSBuild integration, but we would need more information to understand the issue better.

I have updated the topic body.