CodeQL CLI faild in docker container: Could not auto-detect a suitable build method

[FaiqueAli]

Hi Guys,
I am exploring codeql cli to use in my c++ project.
I am able to generate .sarif file on my local machine but when I execute the same code in a windows docker container to create the codeql database I am getting an error by using the below command..

codeql database create --language=cpp "C:\\xxx\\DB-codeql"

[build-stdout] CodeQL C++ autobuilder
[build-stdout] Working directory: C:\xxx
[build-stdout] Attempting to locate build script
[build-stderr] Error: Could not auto-detect a suitable build method
[ERROR] Spawned process exited abnormally (code 1; tried to run: [C:\codeql\tools\win64\tracer.exe,
C:\codeql\tools\win64\runner.exe, cmd.exe, /C, type, NUL, &&, C:\codeql\cpp\tools\autobuild.cmd])
A fatal error occurred: Exit status 1 from command: [C:\codeql\tools\win64\runner.exe, cmd.exe, /C, type, NUL, &&,
C:\codeql\cpp\tools\autobuild.cmd]

also highlights

[build-stderr] Error: Could not auto-detect a suitable build method

I am using cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" ../ and make to build my project

I found the issue over the internet but could not get any fix.

[smowton]

This means looking at the current working directory there was no obvious way to build your code -- a Makefile, CMakeLists.txt or similar. Given the ../ I'm guessing your working directory is an empty build subdir? If so, try using the -c option to specify a build command: here -c 'cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" ../' -c make seems like it would do. Also because you're running database create from within a build directory you'll need to use -s to specify your source root and therefore which .c/cpp/h files to consider as user code. Here -s .. seems like it should do.

[FaiqueAli]

Thank you for your valuable comments I am now able to build using script but once it finish the compilation of the code it pops up another error..

No source code was seen and extracted to C:\xxx.
This can occur if the specified build commands failed to compile or process any code.

For codebases written in Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python, do not specify
an explicit --command.
For other languages, the --command must specify a "clean" build which compiles
all the source code files without reusing existing build artefacts.

I am using the GNU MinGW compiler to compile my code.
it seems that the MinGW compiler version 12.2.0(GNU) is not supported by codeql see here

I also have seen some other post saying that I need to modify my codeql configuration file

codeql/cpp/tools/win64/compiler-tracing.spec

.
but I am not sure how can I modify in a container also how to define my compile name in this configuration file..

could you please let me know what are the possibilities for this to generate codeQL database.

Thanks :)

[aibaars]

@FaiqueAli shall we close this issue and continue on github/codeql#10132 ?

[FaiqueAli]

yes sure..