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fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h' and 'ctype.h'


I'm trying to build TortoiseSVN and when I run nant setup, I get these build errors and I'm not sure how to resolve them. There are similar posts on SO but they're outdated or do not apply to my situation. Eventually, I will need to use Visual Studio 2015 to build the project.

Here's the build error from the log:

[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\windows.h(160) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory (C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\file_io\win32\dir.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\windows.h(160) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory (C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\file_io\win32\filepath.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\windows.h(160) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory (C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\file_io\win32\filestat.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\windows.h(160) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory (C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\network_io\unix\sockaddr.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\windows.h(160) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory (C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\atomic\win32\apr_atomic.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\windows.h(160) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory (C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\locks\win32\proc_mutex.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\windows.h(160) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory (C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\encoding\apr_escape.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\windows.h(160) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory (C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\file_io\win32\filesys.c)

[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winnt.h(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory (compiling source file C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\file_io\win32\dir.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winnt.h(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory (compiling source file C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\locks\win32\proc_mutex.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winnt.h(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory (compiling source file C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\file_io\win32\filepath.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winnt.h(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory (compiling source file C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\file_io\win32\filestat.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winnt.h(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory (compiling source file C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\network_io\unix\sockaddr.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winnt.h(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory (compiling source file C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\atomic\win32\apr_atomic.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winnt.h(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory (compiling source file C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\file_io\win32\filesys.c)
[build cl] C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winnt.h(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory (compiling source file C:\Users\~\Desktop\SVN\TortoiseSVN192\ext\apr\encoding\apr_escape.c)

Solution

  • I see the Header file here:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\km\crt\excpt.h
    

    So add the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\km\crt\ to the search for includes files in the project properties.

    If you use the Win10 SDK (for Version 1511), it it located here:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.10586.0\km\crt\excpt.h