The action starts to fail to setup stable version with `error: unknown function: help.print_and_exit`

[sameh-farouk]

it was running nicely till today CI start to fail to install v, here are the logs

Run vlang/setup-v@v1
Resolved  as 
Downloading vlang ...
Determining the default branch
Retrieving the default branch name
Default branch 'master'
Creating directory: /home/runner/work/vgrid/vgrid/vlang/vlang_linux_x64
Downloading the archive
Downloaded archive 'https://codeload.github.com/vlang/v/legacy.tar.gz/refs/heads/master'
Writing archive to disk
Extracting the archive
/usr/bin/tar xz --warning=no-unknown-keyword --overwrite -C /home/runner/work/vgrid/vgrid/vlang/vlang_linux_x64/282aca22-2b51-4431-85ad-c768b[27](https://github.com/threefoldtech/vgrid/runs/7091283045?check_suite_focus=true#step:3:28)baf4c -f /home/runner/work/vgrid/vgrid/vlang/vlang_linux_x64/[28](https://github.com/threefoldtech/vgrid/runs/7091283045?check_suite_focus=true#step:3:29)2aca22-2b51-44[31](https://github.com/threefoldtech/vgrid/runs/7091283045?check_suite_focus=true#step:3:32)-85ad-c768b27baf4c.tar.gz
Resolved version vlang-v-64b8284
Running make...
cmd/v/v.v:149:15: error: unknown function: help.print_and_exit 
  147 | fn invoke_help_and_exit(remaining []string) {
  148 |     match remaining.len {
  149 |         0, 1 { help.print_and_exit('default') }
      |                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  150 |         2 { help.print_and_exit(remaining[1]) }
  151 |         else {}
cmd/v/v.v:150:12: error: unknown function: help.print_and_exit 
  148 |     match remaining.len {
  149 |         0, 1 { help.print_and_exit('default') }
  150 |         2 { help.print_and_exit(remaining[1]) }
      |                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  151 |         else {}
  152 |     }
make: *** [GNUmakefile:97: all] Error 1
Error: Command failed: make
cmd/v/v.v:149:15: error: unknown function: help.print_and_exit 
  147 | fn invoke_help_and_exit(remaining []string) {
  148 |     match remaining.len {
  149 |         0, 1 { help.print_and_exit('default') }
      |                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  150 |         2 { help.print_and_exit(remaining[1]) }
  151 |         else {}
cmd/v/v.v:150:12: error: unknown function: help.print_and_exit 
  148 |     match remaining.len {
  149 |         0, 1 { help.print_and_exit('default') }
  150 |         2 { help.print_and_exit(remaining[1]) }
      |                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  151 |         else {}
  152 |     }
make: *** [GNUmakefile:97: all] Error 1

my workflow file wasn't changed recently, I'm using the action with the below configuration:

- name: Set up V version latest
      uses: vlang/setup-v@v1
      with:
        stable: true

[watzon]

Can confirm that this is an issue

[sameh-farouk]

Any updates?

[medvednikov]

@ulises-jeremias can you have a look please?

[ulises-jeremias]

Working on this right now. I'll send an update soon!

[ulises-jeremias]

@sameh-farouk as it is mentioned in the README. It is needed to use check-latest: true when using the stable property.

# Set this option if you want the action to use the stable version of V.
# Will be ignored if `check-latest` is false.
stable: false

can you try with this instead?

- name: Set up V version latest
  uses: vlang/setup-v@v1
    with:
      check-latest: true
      stable: true

if the issue persists, I'll take a look again

[sameh-farouk]

what is mentioned in the docs is that stable will be ignored if I use both check-latest and stable. I should be able to use the stable release in my pipeline, and this is what needs to be fixed.

[zztkm]

Hi, @ulises-jeremias @sameh-farouk

I was getting the same error, but by running vlang/setup-v@v1 before actions/checkout as in the linked commit, it stopped failing.

zztkm/microcms-v-sdk@70b48de

I hope this helps.

[srackham]

The error does not seem to be specific to setup-v, I got the same error on a Windows runner using shell commands, not setup-v . Fixed by moving V build to start of job as suggested by @zztkm. The preceding step that seemed to trigger the error was:

- uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
  with:
    msystem: MINGW64
    update: true
    install: mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre2

[ttytm]

Related to what I'm noticing here: ArtemkaKun/v-project-basement#1 (comment)

Can run without adding a version. As soon as I add a version it runs into a make error.

Edit:
Sample workflows:
Version included:
https://github.com/tobealive/bartender/actions/runs/4778689241/jobs/8495274271#step:3:23
Version removed:
https://github.com/tobealive/bartender/actions/runs/4778703542/jobs/8495301795