errors and warnings / manifest / W4337

W4337 warning

build.load-order entry that names no file of the build

area: manifest (x4xxx)
fails the build: with --deny-warnings

An entry of build.load-order (or of a flavor's build.flavor-load-order) names no file of the build, so the build leaves it out of the TOC. Entries are paths from the package root: a source is src/… (build.src), a library's file is its output path (libs/LibStub/LibStub.lua), and a glob must match at least one of them. A source is matched by its case, as the build orders it (src/Core.lua is not src/core.lua; the message names the file's spelling). A typo, a file that moved, or a file outside build.src (an addon's libs/ folder kept next to src/) all end up here, and the AddOn then loads without that file.

Fix the path, move the file under build.src, or make the libraries dependencies.

Example

× failswowlua.jsonjson

{    "package": {        "name": "playground",        "version": "0.1.0",        "wowlua": "^0.13"    },    "flavors": {        "camelot": {}    },    "build": {        "load-order": ["src/Libs/libs.xml", "src/main.lua"]    }}

src/main.lualua

print("loaded")

✓ compileswowlua.jsonjson

{    "package": {        "name": "playground",        "version": "0.1.0",        "wowlua": "^0.13"    },    "flavors": {        "camelot": {}    },    "build": {        "load-order": ["src/main.lua"]    }}

src/main.lualua

print("loaded")

The compiler reports it like this:

warning[W4337]: `build.load-order` entry `src/Libs/libs.xml` names no file of the build
 = in wowlua.json
 = help: entries are paths from the package root (`src/…` for sources), or the output path of a library's file; the build leaves this one out

Offline

terminal

$ wowlua explain W4337
W4337 (warning): build.load-order entry that names no file of the build

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