UnicodeDecodeError when checking Msvc tool

[yihuajack]

When I run gvsbuild build gtk4 --msys-dir='E:/Program_Files/msys64', the build failed with error:

Checking Msvc tool
Exception in thread Thread-1 (_readerthread):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "E:\Program_Files\Python310\lib\threading.py", line 1016, in _bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "E:\Program_Files\Python310\lib\threading.py", line 953, in run
self.target(self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "E:\Program_Files\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1497, in _readerthread
buffer.append(fh.read())
UnicodeDecodeError: 'gbk' codec can't decode byte 0xab in position 706: illegal multibyte sequence
╭─────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ────────────────────────────────╮
│ C:\Users\Yihua.local\pipx\venvs\gvsbuild\lib\site-packages\gvsbuild\build.py:404 in build │
│ │
│ 401 │ │ │ v = opts.dict[co] │
│ 402 │ │ │ pv = f"'{v}'" if type(v) is str else repr(v) │
│ 403 │ │ │ log.message_indent(f"'{co}': {pv}, ") │
│ ❱ 404 │ builder = Builder(opts) │
│ 405 │ builder.preprocess() │
│ 406 │ │
│ 407 │ to_build = __get_projects_to_build(opts) │
│ │
│ ╭─────────────────────────────────────────── locals ───────────────────────────────────────────╮ │
│ │ archives_download_dir = WindowsPath('C:/gtk-build/src') │ │
│ │ build_dir = WindowsPath('C:/gtk-build') │ │
│ │ capture_out = False │ │
│ │ cargo_opts = None │ │
│ │ check_hash = False │ │
│ │ clean = False │ │
│ │ clean_built = False │ │
│ │ configuration = <Configuration.release: 'release'> │ │
│ │ debug = False │ │
│ │ deps = True │ │
│ │ enable_gi = False │ │
│ │ export_dir = None │ │
│ │ fast_build = False │ │
│ │ ffmpeg_enable_gpl = False │ │
│ │ from_scratch = False │ │
│ │ git_expand_dir = None │ │
│ │ keep_going = False │ │
│ │ keep_tools = False │ │
│ │ log_single = False │ │
│ │ log_size = 0 │ │
│ │ make_zip = False │ │
│ │ msbuild_opts = None │ │
│ │ msys_dir = WindowsPath('E:/Program_Files/msys64') │ │
│ │ net_target_framework = None │ │
│ │ net_target_framework_version = None │ │
│ │ ninja_opts = None │ │
│ │ opts = <gvsbuild.utils.base_project.Options object at │ │
│ │ 0x000001DAFAD449A0> │ │
│ │ p = 'gtk4' │ │
│ │ patches_root_dir = WindowsPath('C:/Users/Yihua/.local/pipx/venvs/gvsbuild/lib/s… │ │
│ │ platform = <Platform.x64: 'x64'> │ │
│ │ print_out = False │ │
│ │ projects = ['gtk4'] │ │
│ │ prop_file = WindowsPath('C:/Users/Yihua/.local/pipx/venvs/gvsbuild/lib/s… │ │
│ │ py_wheel = False │ │
│ │ skip = [] │ │
│ │ tools_root_dir = None │ │
│ │ use_env = False │ │
│ │ verbose = False │ │
│ │ vs_install_path = None │ │
│ │ vs_ver = <VsVer.vs2022: '17'> │ │
│ │ win_sdk_ver = None │ │
│ │ zip_continue = False │ │
│ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │
│ │
│ C:\Users\Yihua.local\pipx\venvs\gvsbuild\lib\site-packages\gvsbuild\utils\builder.py:127 in │
│ init │
│ │
│ 124 │ │ │ os.makedirs(self.zip_dir, exist_ok=True) │
│ 125 │ │ │
│ 126 │ │ self.__check_tools(opts) │
│ ❱ 127 │ │ self.__check_vs(opts) │
│ 128 │ │
│ 129 │ def _create_msbuild_opts(self, python): │
│ 130 │ │ rt = [f"/nologo /p:Platform={self.opts.platform}"] │
│ │
│ ╭─────────────────────────────────────────── locals ───────────────────────────────────────────╮ │
│ │ opts = <gvsbuild.utils.base_project.Options object at 0x000001DAFAD449A0> │ │
│ │ self = <gvsbuild.utils.builder.Builder object at 0x000001DAFAA8D690> │ │
│ │ vs_part = 'vs2022' │ │
│ │ vs_zip_parts = { │ │
│ │ │ '12': 'vs2013', │ │
│ │ │ '14': 'vs2015', │ │
│ │ │ '15': 'vs2017', │ │
│ │ │ '16': 'vs2019', │ │
│ │ │ '17': 'vs2022' │ │
│ │ } │ │
│ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │
│ │
│ C:\Users\Yihua.local\pipx\venvs\gvsbuild\lib\site-packages\gvsbuild\utils\builder.py:405 in │
│ __check_vs │
│ │
│ 402 │ │ │
│ 403 │ │ if not opts.vs_install_path: │
│ 404 │ │ │ opts.vs_install_path = self.__find_vs_path_with_vs_version( │
│ ❱ 405 │ │ │ │ self.__dump_vs_loc() │
│ 406 │ │ │ ) │
│ 407 │ │ log.message(f"Using Visual Studio at {opts.vs_install_path}") │
│ 408 │ │ output = self.__check_good_vs_install(opts, opts.vs_install_path, True) │
│ │
│ ╭───────────────────────────────── locals ──────────────────────────────────╮ │
│ │ opts = <gvsbuild.utils.base_project.Options object at 0x000001DAFAD449A0> │ │
│ │ self = <gvsbuild.utils.builder.Builder object at 0x000001DAFAA8D690> │ │
│ ╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │
│ │
│ C:\Users\Yihua.local\pipx\venvs\gvsbuild\lib\site-packages\gvsbuild\utils\builder.py:327 in │
│ __dump_vs_loc │
│ │
│ 324 │ │ ) │
│ 325 │ │ try: │
│ 326 │ │ │ completed_process.check_returncode() │
│ ❱ 327 │ │ │ vs_installs = json.loads(completed_process.stdout) │
│ 328 │ │ │ return self.__extract_paths(vs_installs) │
│ 329 │ │ except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: │
│ 330 │ │ │ log.log(f"Unable to call vswhere.exe to find Visual Studio with error {e}") │
│ │
│ ╭─────────────────────────────────────────── locals ───────────────────────────────────────────╮ │
│ │ completed_process = CompletedProcess(args=['C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual │ │
│ │ Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe', '-all', '-products', '', '-format', │ │
│ │ 'json', '-utf8'], returncode=0, stderr='') │ │
│ │ self = <gvsbuild.utils.builder.Builder object at 0x000001DAFAA8D690> │ │
│ │ vswhere = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual │ │
│ │ Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' │ │
│ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │
│ │
│ E:\Program_Files\Python310\lib\json_init.py:339 in loads │
│ │
│ 336 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ s, 0) │
│ 337 │ else: │
│ 338 │ │ if not isinstance(s, (bytes, bytearray)): │
│ ❱ 339 │ │ │ raise TypeError(f'the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, ' │
│ 340 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ f'not {s.class.name}') │
│ 341 │ │ s = s.decode(detect_encoding(s), 'surrogatepass') │
│ 342 │
│ │
│ ╭───────── locals ─────────╮ │
│ │ cls = None │ │
│ │ kw = {} │ │
│ │ object_hook = None │ │
│ │ object_pairs_hook = None │ │
│ │ parse_constant = None │ │
│ │ parse_float = None │ │
│ │ parse_int = None │ │
│ │ s = None │ │
│ ╰──────────────────────────╯ │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
TypeError: the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not NoneType

However, the output of the command vswhere -all -products * -format json -utf8 is normal:

[
{
"instanceId": "4fd71066",
"installDate": "2022-03-29T16:13:19Z",
"installationName": "VisualStudio/17.4.1+33110.190",
"installationPath": "E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise",
"installationVersion": "17.4.33110.190",
"productId": "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Enterprise",
"productPath": "E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe",
"state": 4294967295,
"isComplete": true,
"isLaunchable": true,
"isPrerelease": false,
"isRebootRequired": false,
"displayName": "Visual Studio Enterprise 2022",
"description": "面向任何规模团队提供的可缩放、端到端解决方案",
"channelId": "VisualStudio.17.Release",
"channelUri": "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/channel",
"enginePath": "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service",
"installedChannelId": "VisualStudio.17.Release",
"installedChannelUri": "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/channel",
"releaseNotes": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes-v17.4#17.4.1",
"thirdPartyNotices": "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=661288",
"updateDate": "2022-11-16T12:47:38.0091272Z",
"catalog": {
"buildBranch": "d17.4",
"buildVersion": "17.4.33110.190",
"id": "VisualStudio/17.4.1+33110.190",
"localBuild": "build-lab",
"manifestName": "VisualStudio",
"manifestType": "installer",
"productDisplayVersion": "17.4.1",
"productLine": "Dev17",
"productLineVersion": "2022",
"productMilestone": "RTW",
"productMilestoneIsPreRelease": "False",
"productName": "Visual Studio",
"productPatchVersion": "1",
"productPreReleaseMilestoneSuffix": "1.0",
"productSemanticVersion": "17.4.1+33110.190",
"requiredEngineVersion": "3.4.2244.14676"
},
"properties": {
"campaignId": "2030",
"channelManifestId": "VisualStudio.17.Release/17.4.1+33110.190",
"nickname": "",
"setupEngineFilePath": "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe"
}
}
]