[boost] build failure

[SKNo]

Operating system

Windows

Compiler

MSVC

Steps to reproduce the behavior

git pull
vcpkg upgrade --no-dry-run

Failure logs

error: The control or manifest file for boost-vcpkg-helpers could not be loaded due to the following error. Please remove boost-vcpkg-helpers and try again.)
E:\Lib\vcpkg\ports\boost-vcpkg-helpers: error: boost-vcpkg-helpers dies not exist

Additional context

It happend after git pull (including the latest version of boost)

[Neumann-A]

boost-vcpkg-helpers has been removed. Be aware that vcpkg upgrade is not really a supported command since it is not transactional

[SKNo]

@Neumann-A
I am confused : what would be the command to upgrade all updated softwares and their dependencies after a git pull
Thank you

[Neumann-A]

Either use a manifest which automatically rebuilds everything (and deletes as needed) or delete your installed tree manually and rebuild everything manually.
vcpkg upgrade is not transactional; it just exists for historic reasons.

[SKNo]

Thank you @Neumann-A
I've always looked at vcpkg upgrade as a usefull one-liner similar to conda update --all
Is there an example for such a manifest or should I go through documentations?
Thanks again

[Neumann-A]

Is there an example for such a manifest or should I go through documentations?

Manifest is just a vcpkg.json. All ports have such a file. For usage having only the dependencies field is theoretical enough. You can use --x-manifest-root=<manifest-dir> if you do not want to have the manifest in the same directory as vcpkg.

[LilyWangLL]

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