Could not compile cargo-contract

[cambriadaniele]

I followed all of the instructions at ink setup.
When I try
cargo install cargo-contract --force --locked

I am met with

The following warnings were emitted during compilation:

warning: Git command failed with status: exit code: 128
warning: Could not find `.git/HEAD` searching from `C:\Users\irene\.cargo\registry\src\github.aaakk.us.kg-1ecc6299db9ec823\cargo-contract-1.4.0` upwards!

error: failed to run custom build command for `cargo-contract v1.4.0`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `C:\Users\irene\AppData\Local\Temp\cargo-installCZ4eCS\release\build\cargo-contract-d9b40539990646c2\build-script-build` (exit code: 1)
  --- stdout
  cargo:warning=Git command failed with status: exit code: 128
  cargo:rustc-env=CARGO_CONTRACT_CLI_IMPL_VERSION=1.4.0-unknown-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
  cargo:warning=Could not find `.git/HEAD` searching from `C:\Users\irene\.cargo\registry\src\github.aaakk.us.kg-1ecc6299db9ec823\cargo-contract-1.4.0` upwards!
  Creating template zip: template_dir 'C:\Users\irene\.cargo\registry\src\github.aaakk.us.kg-1ecc6299db9ec823\cargo-contract-1.4.0\templates\new', destination archive 'C:\Users\irene\AppData\Local\Temp\cargo-installCZ4eCS\release\build\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\out\template.zip'
  Done: C:\Users\irene\.cargo\registry\src\github.aaakk.us.kg-1ecc6299db9ec823\cargo-contract-1.4.0\templates\new written to C:\Users\irene\AppData\Local\Temp\cargo-installCZ4eCS\release\build\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\out\template.zip
  Setting cargo working dir to '\\?\C:\Users\irene\.cargo\registry\src\github.aaakk.us.kg-1ecc6299db9ec823\cargo-contract-1.4.0\ink_linting'
  Invoking cargo: "cargo" "build" "--release" "--locked" "--target-dir=C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out" "--manifest-path=\\\\?\\C:\\Users\\irene\\.cargo\\registry\\src\\github.aaakk.us.kg-1ecc6299db9ec823\\cargo-contract-1.4.0\\ink_linting\\Cargo.toml"

  --- stderr
     Compiling memchr v2.4.1
  error: linking with `dylint-link` failed: exit code: 1
    |
    = note: "dylint-link" "/NOLOGO" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rustcCcpzhy\\symbols.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.0.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.1.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.10.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.11.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.12.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.13.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.14.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.15.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.2.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.3.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.4.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.5.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.6.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.7.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.8.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.build_script_build.939bb886-cgu.9.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.24kgch2o1wiy9l7r.rcgu.o" "/LIBPATH:C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\deps" "/LIBPATH:C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libstd-0e86be82be543cbf.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libpanic_unwind-1418be57859dbbd0.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_demangle-cbdef1658b50527b.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libstd_detect-2952dad96795da85.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libhashbrown-a49c61bf9c9570e3.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libminiz_oxide-d94dfc3cbd355f3d.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libadler-0995998aa8edf869.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_std_workspace_alloc-16e9dafccc300199.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libunwind-ff83b89183763c13.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcfg_if-e0505b1d8a4e4ed4.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\liblibc-a28f8a2486d32f40.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\liballoc-b18f1d4e7b249e99.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_std_workspace_core-8a529c1d61edafb9.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcore-c43137ced9ed8c36.rlib" "C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcompiler_builtins-8fd9f33244e0ec56.rlib" "advapi32.lib" "userenv.lib" "kernel32.lib" "ws2_32.lib" "bcrypt.lib" "msvcrt.lib" "/NXCOMPAT" "/LIBPATH:C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib" "/OUT:C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out\\release\\build\\memchr-ef33bd9432c77047\\build_script_build-ef33bd9432c77047.exe" "/OPT:REF,NOICF" "/DEBUG" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\intrinsic.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\liballoc.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libcore.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\irene\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libstd.natvis"
    = note: Error: environment variable not found: RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN

            Stack backtrace:
               0: <unknown>
               1: <unknown>
               2: <unknown>
               3: <unknown>
               4: <unknown>
               5: <unknown>
               6: <unknown>
               7: <unknown>
               8: <unknown>
               9: <unknown>
              10: BaseThreadInitThunk
              11: RtlUserThreadStart


  error: could not compile `memchr` due to previous error
  Encountered error: `"cargo" "build" "--release" "--locked" "--target-dir=C:\\Users\\irene\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cargo-installCZ4eCS\\release\\build\\cargo-contract-6026e236656f8c0d\\out" "--manifest-path=\\\\?\\C:\\Users\\irene\\.cargo\\registry\\src\\github.aaakk.us.kg-1ecc6299db9ec823\\cargo-contract-1.4.0\\ink_linting\\Cargo.toml"` failed with exit code: Some(101)
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
error: failed to compile `cargo-contract v1.4.0`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `C:\Users\irene\AppData\Local\Temp\cargo-installCZ4eCS`

I tried:

• Following AlephZero's installation guide
• uninstalling and reinstalling rust, multiple times, trying different things.
• manually adding environment variable RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN, and when I use rustup show I see it's correctly pointing to stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc as I saw on Substrate's troubleshooting

[HCastano]

@athei you were looking at some Windows stuff recently, does this ring a bell?

[agryaznov]

this seems to be a duplicate of #649

[athei]

Yes it is the duplicate. Rustup broken :/

[ascjones]

Closing as duplicate of #649

Possibly we should consider making the linting install optional so it doesn't cause these problems.