Build Failure on Windows 11, Visual Studio Developer Tools

[ValorZard]

What version of Racket are you using? git main branch

What program did you run? nmake

What should have happened? Build properly

If you got an error message, please include it here. https://pastebin.com/9p8bZdPe

I tried again, and got a slightly different error

raco setup: --- installing collections ---                         [11:05:08]
raco setup: installing: <collects>/racket
raco setup: --- post-installing collections ---                    [11:05:08]
raco setup: --- checking package dependencies ---                  [11:05:08]
racket\Racket.exe -G racket\etc -X racket\collects -U -G build\config\ -l- pkg/dirs-catalog --link --check-metadata --immediate racket\share\pkgs-catalog pkgs racket\src\expander racket\src\zuo\zuo-doc
Finding packages
racket\Racket.exe -G racket\etc -X racket\collects -U -G build\config\ racket\src\pkgs-config.rkt --pkgs-catalog https://pkgs.racket-lang.org https://pkgs.racket-lang.org
Updating build-stamp in racket\etc\config.rktd
racket\Racket.exe -G racket\etc -X racket\collects racket\src\pkgs-check.rkt racket\share\pkgs-catalog
Package links are in sync
racket\Racket.exe -G racket\etc -X racket\collects -N raco -l- raco pkg update --all --auto --no-setup --scope installation
No updates available; no packages installed in installation scope
racket\Racket.exe -G racket\etc -X racket\collects -N raco -l- raco pkg install --no-setup --pkgs --skip-installed --scope installation --deps search-auto racket-lib main-distribution main-distribution-test
00: Resolved "racket-lib" via file:///C:/github/racket/racket/share/pkgs-catalog
01: Resolving "main-distribution" via https://pkgs.racket-lang.org
Resolving "main-distribution-test" via https://pkgs.racket-lang.org
Using cached17548488941754848894141 for git://github.com/racket/main-distribution
Downloading repository git://github.com/racket/main-distribution-test commit 8d2afad3ef35760da305fdcb372276ab0c2d691b
01: Resolved "base" via file:///C:/github/racket/racket/share/pkgs-catalog
01: Resolving "racket-win32-i386-3" via https://pkgs.racket-lang.org
00: Resolving "db-win32-i386" via https://pkgs.racket-lang.org
failed
 in in-place {2}
 in build-one
 in loop
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: ' racket\src\build\zuo.exe . in-place MAKE="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.44.35207\bin\HostX86\x86\nmake.exe"  VM="cs"  JOBS=""  CPUS=""  CONFIGURE_ARGS_qq=''  CONFIGURE_ARGS=""  CS_CROSS_SUFFIX=""  RACKET=""  PLAIN_RACKET=""  BOOTFILE_RACKET=""  SCHEME=""  CS_HOST_WORKAREA_PREFIX=""  PB_BRANCH="v10.3.0-pre-release.2-1"  PB_REPO="https://github.com/racket/pb"  SINGLE_BRANCH_FLAG="--single-branch"  EXTRA_REPOS_BASE=""  PKGS="main-distribution main-distribution-test"  PKG_UPDATE_OPTIONS=""  PLT_SETUP_OPTIONS=""  SRC_CATALOG="https://pkgs.racket-lang.org"  SETUP_MACHINE_FLAGS=""  PREFIX=""  RACKETBC_SUFFIX="bc"  RACKETCS_SUFFIX=""  DESTDIR=""' : return code '0x1'
Stop.

C:\github\racket>

Please include any other relevant details Windows 11, Visual Studio 2022

[ndykman]

I have gotten Racket to build from the git repository on Windows 11 using Visual Studio 2022 and 2026 build tools, so this is likely an issue in getting the environment setup.

A critical step that is easy to miss is that if you are working from the git repository: after you do nmake and that builds raco.exe you need to then run ..\raco pkg install -i racket-lib and then nmake install. This will make sure the needed OpenSSL libraries are there.