How to force the usage of $C $CXX environment when building, or else to specify compilers manually from command line?

[Animeshz]

• Node Version: 14.15.4
• Platform: Linux ccff68f8f312 4.19.128-microsoft-standard Make 0.6.x work #1 SMP Tue Jun 23 12:58:10 UTC 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Compiler: The one issue is created for, cc -v -> 6.3.0, while $CXX -> 10.2.0
• Module: node-addon-api

Verbose output (from npm or node-gyp):

gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
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gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.5.3 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v14.15.4/node-v14.15.4-headers.tar.gz
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v14.15.4/node-v14.15.4-headers.tar.gz
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v14.15.4/SHASUMS256.txt
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v14.15.4/SHASUMS256.txt
gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
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gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/work/project/keyboard-kt/src/jsMain/cpp/windows/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/root/.cache/node-gyp/14.15.4/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/root/.cache/node-gyp/14.15.4',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/root/.cache/node-gyp/14.15.4/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/work/project/keyboard-kt/src/jsMain/cpp/windows',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
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gyp info ok 
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
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gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Warning: File 'KeyboardKtWindowsX64.target.mk' has modification time 0.34 s in the future
make: Entering directory '/work/project/keyboard-kt/src/jsMain/cpp/windows/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/KeyboardKtWindowsX64/JsKeyboardHandler.o
In file included from /work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:2636,
                 from ../JsKeyboardHandler.cpp:1:
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h: In instantiation of 'static void Napi::details::ThreadSafeFinalize<ContextType, Finalizer, FinalizerDataType>::FinalizeFinalizeWrapperWithDataAndContext(napi_env, void*, void*) [with ContextType = std::nullptr_t; Finalizer = long long int; FinalizerDataType = void; napi_env = napi_env__*]':
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:4661:11:   required from 'static Napi::TypedThreadSafeFunction<ContextType, DataType, CallJs> Napi::TypedThreadSafeFunction<ContextType, DataType, CallJs>::New(napi_env, const Napi::Function&, ResourceString, size_t, size_t, ContextType*, Finalizer, FinalizerDataType*) [with ResourceString = const char*; Finalizer = long long int; FinalizerDataType = void; ContextType = std::nullptr_t; DataType = EventData; void (* CallJs)(Napi::Env, Napi::Function, ContextType*, DataType*) = EmitEventToJs; napi_env = napi_env__*; size_t = long long unsigned int]'
../JsKeyboardHandler.cpp:68:102:   required from here
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:255:27: error: expression cannot be used as a function
  255 |     finalizeData->callback(Env(env), finalizeData->data,
      |     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  256 |         static_cast<ContextType*>(rawContext));
      |         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:2636,
                 from ../JsKeyboardHandler.cpp:1:
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h: In instantiation of 'static Napi::Value Napi::details::vf_fallback<T>::From(napi_env, const T&) [with T = void (*)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&); napi_env = napi_env__*]':
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:1079:22:   required from 'static Napi::Value Napi::Value::From(napi_env, const T&) [with T = void (*)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&); napi_env = napi_env__*]'
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:1253:66:   required from 'void Napi::Object::Set(const char*, const ValueType&) [with ValueType = void (*)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&)]'
../JsKeyboardHandler.cpp:77:30:   required from here
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:1050:12: error: no matching function for call to 'Napi::Value::Value(napi_env__*&, void 
(* const&)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&))'
 1050 |     return Value(env, value);
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:492:8: note: candidate: 'Napi::Value::Value(napi_env, napi_value)'
  492 | inline Value::Value(napi_env env, napi_value value) : _env(env), _value(value) {
      |        ^~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:492:46: note:   no known conversion for argument 2 from 'void (* const)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&)' to 'napi_value' {aka 'napi_value__*'}
  492 | inline Value::Value(napi_env env, napi_value value) : _env(env), _value(value) {
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:489:8: note: candidate: 'Napi::Value::Value()'
  489 | inline Value::Value() : _env(nullptr), _value(nullptr) {
      |        ^~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:489:8: note:   candidate expects 0 arguments, 2 provided
In file included from ../JsKeyboardHandler.cpp:1:
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:222:9: note: candidate: 'constexpr Napi::Value::Value(const Napi::Value&)'
  222 |   class Value {
      |         ^~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:222:9: note:   candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:222:9: note: candidate: 'constexpr Napi::Value::Value(Napi::Value&&)'
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:222:9: note:   candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided
In file included from /work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:2636,
                 from ../JsKeyboardHandler.cpp:1:
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h: In instantiation of 'static Napi::Value Napi::details::vf_fallback<T>::From(napi_env, const T&) [with T = Napi::Value (*)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&); napi_env = napi_env__*]':
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:1079:22:   required from 'static Napi::Value Napi::Value::From(napi_env, const T&) [with T = Napi::Value (*)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&); napi_env = napi_env__*]'
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:1253:66:   required from 'void Napi::Object::Set(const char*, const ValueType&) [with ValueType = Napi::Value (*)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&)]'
../JsKeyboardHandler.cpp:78:40:   required from here
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:1050:12: error: no matching function for call to 'Napi::Value::Value(napi_env__*&, Napi::Value (* const&)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&))'
 1050 |     return Value(env, value);
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:492:8: note: candidate: 'Napi::Value::Value(napi_env, napi_value)'
  492 | inline Value::Value(napi_env env, napi_value value) : _env(env), _value(value) {
      |        ^~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:492:46: note:   no known conversion for argument 2 from 'Napi::Value (* const)(const Napi::CallbackInfo&)' to 'napi_value' {aka 'napi_value__*'}
  492 | inline Value::Value(napi_env env, napi_value value) : _env(env), _value(value) {
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:489:8: note: candidate: 'Napi::Value::Value()'
  489 | inline Value::Value() : _env(nullptr), _value(nullptr) {
      |        ^~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi-inl.h:489:8: note:   candidate expects 0 arguments, 2 provided
In file included from ../JsKeyboardHandler.cpp:1:
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:222:9: note: candidate: 'constexpr Napi::Value::Value(const Napi::Value&)'
  222 |   class Value {
      |         ^~~~~
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:222:9: note:   candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:222:9: note: candidate: 'constexpr Napi::Value::Value(Napi::Value&&)'
/work/support-files/headers/node-addon-api/napi.h:222:9: note:   candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided
make: *** [Release/obj.target/KeyboardKtWindowsX64/JsKeyboardHandler.o] Error 1
KeyboardKtWindowsX64.target.mk:119: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/KeyboardKtWindowsX64/JsKeyboardHandler.o' failed
make: Leaving directory '/work/project/keyboard-kt/src/jsMain/cpp/windows/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.128-microsoft-standard
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "build"
gyp ERR! cwd /work/project/keyboard-kt/src/jsMain/cpp/windows
gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.4
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v7.1.2
gyp ERR! not ok

I guess due to outdated compiler pick, the build is failing. I wanna specify them manually, tried searching in docs, didn't found any :(

[Animeshz]

Seems like a similar issue #838 was closed without resolution.

[Animeshz]

Similar issue #63 closed without resolution.

[Animeshz]

Oh, it wasn't the issue of the node-gyp it was using the compilers in the environment variables. It was actually me, doing wrong things that was failing the compilation.