Why binaries from server not used?

If settings and environment of your local project does not match environment of Travis/AppVeyor services (this is where binaries usually uploaded from) you will see Cache miss message and package will be build locally:

-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] Downloading file (try #1 of 10):
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cpp-pm/hunter-cache/master/aa85dd8/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/basic-deps.DONE
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   -> /.../_Base/Cache/meta/aa85dd8/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/basic-deps.DONE
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] File not found
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] Cache miss (no basic dependencies info found: /.../_Base/Cache/meta/aa85dd8/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/basic-deps.DONE)

Reproduce environment

Next information will help you to set your environment.

  • Xcode 6.1 used by default on Travis CI:
  • Xcode 7.3.1 used for osx_image: xcode7.3 on Travis CI:
  • Visual Studio versions on AppVeyor:
  • Docker can be used for reproducing Travis CI Linux environment:
> docker pull quay.io/ruslo/hunter-travis-trusty # pull/update image
> docker run -it quay.io/ruslo/hunter-travis-trusty bash
travis@...:~$ (cd polly && git pull) # fetch last changes
travis@...:~$ (cd hunter && git pull) # - // -
travis@...:~$  cd hunter && TOOLCHAIN=gcc PROJECT_DIR=examples/GTest ./jenkins.py --verbose --clear-except

Starting GUI:

> xhost +
> docker run -it -e DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix quay.io/ruslo/hunter-travis-trusty bash
travis@...:~$ firefox

Information from logs

When HUNTER_STATUS_DEBUG is ON you can find information about servers and cache state.

List of servers used (HUNTER_CACHE_SERVERS):

-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] List of cache servers:
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   * https://github.com/cpp-pm/hunter-cache

Meta information not found on server (cache miss):

-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] Try to download file (try #0 of 3):
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cpp-pm/hunter-cache/master/2695528/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/basic-deps.info
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   -> /.../_Base/Cache/meta/2695528/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/basic-deps.info
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] File not found
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] Cache miss (no basic dependencies info found: /.../_Base/Cache/meta/2695528/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/basic-deps.DONE)

Meta information found on server (cache hit):

-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] Try to download file (try #0 of 3):
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cpp-pm/hunter-cache/master/2695528/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/da39a3e/cache.sha1
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   -> /.../_Base/Cache/meta/2695528/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/da39a3e/cache.sha1
-- [hunter] Cache HIT: GTest
-- [hunter] Cache info: /.../_Base/Cache/meta/2695528/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/da39a3e/cache.sha1

Downloading archive with binaries:

-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] Try to download file (try #0 of 3):
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   https://github.com/cpp-pm/hunter-cache/releases/download/cache/da62fc35901e07d30db7a1c19b7358855978e11f.tar.bz2
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   -> /.../_Base/Cache/raw/da62fc35901e07d30db7a1c19b7358855978e11f.tar.bz2
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] Unpacking:
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   /.../_Base/Cache/raw/da62fc35901e07d30db7a1c19b7358855978e11f.tar.bz2
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   -> /.../_Base/3f0dbc9/6104b67/2695528/Install

See also

Debugging mismatches

If environment looks the same and you’re expecting everything to work fine but still see Cache miss message you can download meta directory and do investigate problem:

> git clone https://github.com/cpp-pm/hunter-cache

Information about missing cache entry:

-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] Downloading file (try #1 of 10):
-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...]   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cpp-pm/hunter-cache/master/aa85dd8/GTest/1.8.0-hunter-p2/93148cb/da39a3e/a49b0e5/356a192/basic-deps.DONE

First aa85dd8 id is about toolchain. You can find the path to toolchain info in logs:

-- [hunter *** DEBUG *** ...] HUNTER_TOOLCHAIN_ID_PATH: /.../_Base/86b1bc9/aa85dd8
> openssl sha1 /.../_Base/86b1bc9/aa85dd8/toolchain.info
SHA1(toolchain.info)= aa85dd86f2feefe76397d7b624ccb6c09d971fe5

You can see that there is no aa85dd8 entry in cache:

> ls hunter-cache/aa85dd8
ls: cannot access 'hunter-cache/aa85dd8': No such file or directory

However in Travis build log toolchain-id is 8928885:

> ls hunter-cache/8928885/toolchain.info
hunter-cache/8928885/toolchain.info

Compare both files to figure out what’s wrong:

> diff hunter-cache/8928885/toolchain.info /.../_Base/86b1bc9/aa85dd8/toolchain.info
...
< #define __GNUC_MINOR__ 8
< #define __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ 1
---
> #define __GNUC_MINOR__ 4
> #define __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ 0
111,112c115,116
< #define __GNUC__ 4
< #define __GNUG__ 4
---
> #define __GNUC__ 5
> #define __GNUG__ 5

It means that local GCC version is 5.4.0 and server version is 4.8.1.