[grpc] install error on x64-linux

[ShineSea]

Describe the bug
When I install grpc, the log kept getting stuck in the Fixing pkgconfig file, and did not enter the Installing step. Waiting time exceeds 30 minutes.

Environment

• OS: x64-linux (Centos 7)
• Compiler: GNU 13.3.0

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. ./vcpkg install grpc
2. Console Information:
   Computing installation plan...
   The following packages will be built and installed:
   grpc[codegen,core]:[email protected]
   Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-linux...
   Compiler found: /usr/local/bin/c++
   Restored 0 package(s) from /root/.cache/vcpkg/archives in 8.45 us. Use --debug to see more details.
   Installing 1/1 grpc[codegen,core]:[email protected]...
   Building grpc[codegen,core]:[email protected]...
   -- Using cached grpc-grpc-v1.65.5.tar.gz.
   -- Cleaning sources at /root/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/grpc/src/v1.65.5-472dc5d7e8.clean. Use --editable to skip cleaning for the packages you specify.
   -- Extracting source /root/workspace/vcpkg/downloads/grpc-grpc-v1.65.5.tar.gz
   -- Applying patch 00001-fix-uwp.patch
   -- Applying patch 00002-static-linking-in-linux.patch
   -- Applying patch 00004-link-gdi32-on-windows.patch
   -- Applying patch 00005-fix-uwp-error.patch
   -- Applying patch 00006-utf8-range.patch
   -- Applying patch 00015-disable-download-archive.patch
   -- Applying patch 00016-fix-plugin-targets.patch
   -- Applying patch 00017-fix-NAN-on-Win11.patch
   -- Applying patch 00018-fix-windows-event-engine.patch
   -- Using source at /root/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/grpc/src/v1.65.5-472dc5d7e8.clean
   -- Configuring x64-linux
   -- Building x64-linux-dbg
   -- Building x64-linux-rel
   -- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/gpr.pc
   -- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc++.pc
   -- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc++_unsecure.pc
   -- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc.pc
   -- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc_unsecure.pc

[FrankXie05]

@ShineSea Is your CPU or memory usage full?

[ShineSea]

@FrankXie05 Thank you for your reply.I just checked the CPU usage, and the pkg-config process is using around 100%.I also modified the \ scripts\cmake\vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig.cmake myself, changed debug_message to message and reinstalled it. The console log is as follows:

Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
    grpc[codegen,core]:[email protected]
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-linux...
Compiler found: /usr/local/bin/c++
Restored 0 package(s) from /root/.cache/vcpkg/archives in 13.2 us. Use --debug to see more details
Installing 1/1 grpc[codegen,core]:[email protected]...
Building grpc[codegen,core]:[email protected]...
-- Using cached grpc-grpc-v1.65.5.tar.gz.
-- Cleaning sources at /root/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/grpc/src/v1.65.5-472dc5d7e8.clean. Use --eecify.
-- Extracting source /root/workspace/vcpkg/downloads/grpc-grpc-v1.65.5.tar.gz
-- Applying patch 00001-fix-uwp.patch
-- Applying patch 00002-static-linking-in-linux.patch
-- Applying patch 00004-link-gdi32-on-windows.patch
-- Applying patch 00005-fix-uwp-error.patch
-- Applying patch 00006-utf8-range.patch
-- Applying patch 00015-disable-download-archive.patch
-- Applying patch 00016-fix-plugin-targets.patch
-- Applying patch 00017-fix-NAN-on-Win11.patch
-- Applying patch 00018-fix-windows-event-engine.patch
-- Using source at /root/workspace/vcpkg/buildtrees/grpc/src/v1.65.5-472dc5d7e8.clean
-- Configuring x64-linux
-- Building x64-linux-dbg
-- Building x64-linux-rel
-- RELEASE Files: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/gpr.pc;/root/worksparpc++.pc;/root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc++_unsecure.pc;/root/workg/grpc.pc;/root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc_unsecure.pc
-- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/gpr.pc
-- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc++.pc
-- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc++_unsec
-- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc.pc
-- Fixing pkgconfig file: /root/workspace/vcpkg/packages/grpc_x64-linux/lib/pkgconfig/grpc_unsecur
-- Using pkg-config from: /bin/pkg-config
-- Checking package (RELEASE): gpr
-- pkg-config --exists gpr output:
-- Checking package (RELEASE): grpc++

It seems

execute_process(
        COMMAND "${PKGCONFIG}" --print-errors --exists "${package_name}"
        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}"
        RESULT_VARIABLE error_var
        OUTPUT_VARIABLE output
        ERROR_VARIABLE  output
        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
        ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
    )

This command is stuck, and now it has been waiting for more than 15 minutes without a response. Is there any way to solve this problem?

[ShineSea]

I waited for a few hours and the installation was successful.

[FrankXie05]

When grpc is built, pkg-config requires resources to ensure the build proceeds. 🧐
vcpkg can only logically reduce the number of calls to pkg-config to reduce build time.

[FAKERINHEART]

you should use pkgconf instead of the old pkg-config
https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf

[dg0yt]

pkg-config is just pkgconf on modern systems. Some versions of pkgconf, and also some distributions, are known to make problems.