I've opened https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-pytool-extensions/issues/231 .


-- 
Rebecca Cran


On 12/3/20 2:33 PM, Bret Barkelew wrote:
>
> Innnnnnteresting. I’ll try to reproduce later today. I **thought** the 
> CISettings declared a relative workspace, but maybe there’s something 
> that we’re making an assumption on. Good sighting.
>
> Can you open a bug in edk2toolext?
>
> - Bret
>
> *From: *Rebecca Cran <mailto:rebecca@bsdio.com>
> *Sent: *Thursday, December 3, 2020 1:24 PM
> *To: *devel@edk2.groups.io <mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io>
> *Cc: *Kinney, Michael D <mailto:michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Sean 
> Brogan <mailto:sean.brogan@microsoft.com>; Bret Barkelew 
> <mailto:Bret.Barkelew@microsoft.com>
> *Subject: *[EXTERNAL] Running stuart_ci_build outside of edk2 tree 
> deletes lots of files
>
> I know it probably isn't expected/supported, but I noticed that running
> stuart_ci_build outside of the edk2 tree causes it to delete a lot of 
> files:
>
> I ran the following from one directory above edk2:
>
> ~/.local/bin/stuart_ci_build -c edk2/.pytool/CISettings.py
> TOOL_CHAIN_TAG=GCC5
>
> And afterwards, "git status" reported:
>
> Changes not staged for commit:
>    (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>    (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>          modified:   BaseTools/Source/Python/Ecc/exception.xml
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Library/BaseCryptLib/SysCall/UnitTestHostCrtWrapper.c
>          deleted:    CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/openssl
>          deleted:    CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/rand_pool.c
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/AuthenticodeTests.c
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/BaseCryptLibUnitTests.c
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/BlockCipherTests.c
>          deleted: CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/DhTests.c
>          deleted: CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/HashTests.c
>          deleted: CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/HmacTests.c
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/OaepEncryptTests.c
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/Pkcs5Pbkdf2Tests.c
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/Pkcs7EkuTestSignatures.h
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/Pkcs7EkuTests.c
>          deleted: CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/RandTests.c
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/RsaPkcs7Tests.c
>          deleted: CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/RsaTests.c
>          deleted: CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TSTests.c
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestBaseCryptLib.h
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestBaseCryptLibHost.inf
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestBaseCryptLibShell.inf
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/ChainCreationInstructions.txt
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/CreateTestCerts.cmd
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/SignFirmwareWithEKUs.cmd
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/TestEKUParsingIssuingCA.ini
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/TestEKUParsingLeafSigner.ini
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/TestEKUParsingLeafSignerPid1.ini
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/TestEKUParsingLeafSignerPid12345.ini
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/TestEKUParsingNoEKUsInSigner.ini
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/TestEKUParsingPolicyCA.ini
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/TestEKUCerts/TestEKUParsingRoot.ini
>          deleted:
> CryptoPkg/Test/UnitTest/Library/BaseCryptLib/UnitTestMain.c
>          deleted: MdeModulePkg/Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib/brotli
>          deleted: MdeModulePkg/Universal/RegularExpressionDxe/oniguruma
>          deleted: UnitTestFrameworkPkg/Library/CmockaLib/cmocka
>
>
> I also got build errors such as:
>
> ERROR - Build.py #000 from
> /home/rebecca/src/uefi/edk2/CryptoPkg/Test/CryptoPkgHostUnitTest.dsc(35):
> File/directory not found in workspace
> CRITICAL - Build failed
>
>
> -- 
> Rebecca Cran
>