[Question] How to build from source

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Unity editor version: 2023.3.11f1
External Dependency Manager version: 1.2.177
Platform you are using the Unity editor on: Mac with Silicon chip

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I am trying to build the project from source. I installed JDK 11 on my Mac, since I realized that the Gradle version required was not working with a newer JDK.

However, I am still running into an error:

> Configure project :
Mono 6.13.0 detected which will generate .pdb files that are not compatible with older versions of Unity. This can be fixed by compiling with Unity 5.6.

> Task :compileVersionHandler FAILED

>>>> xbuild tool is deprecated and will be removed in future updates, use msbuild instead <<<<

XBuild Engine Version 4.0
Mono, Version 6.13.0.0
Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Various Mono authors
/Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/source/ExternalDependencyManager.sln:  warning : Project file /Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/source/JarResolverTests/JarResolverTests.csproj referenced in the solution file, not found. Ignoring.
/Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/source/ExternalDependencyManager.sln:  warning : Project file /Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/source/VersionHandlerImpl/unit_tests/VersionHandlerImplTests.csproj referenced in the solution file, not found. Ignoring.
/Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/source/ExternalDependencyManager.sln:  warning : Project file /Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/source/PackageManagerResolver/unit_tests/PackageManagerResolverTests.csproj referenced in the solution file, not found. Ignoring.
src/VersionHandler.cs(32,2): error CS0012: The type 'Attribute' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/build.gradle' line: 1030

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':compileVersionHandler'.
> Process 'command '/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.3.11f1/Unity.app/Contents/MonoBleedingEdge/bin/xbuild'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

* Try:
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Note that this Unity Editor version is an Apple Silicon build. It seems as if the build script is using the first Editor it can find.

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I tried to uninstall the 2023.3.11f1 Editor in favor of 2023.3.13f1, hoping it would pickup the Intel version, but then I got

Unity editor executable (UNITY_EXE) not found

Did some additional research. It did not find the Unity application since it stores its path in gradle.properties on first run. I don't think this is a good idea, since Unity installations tend to change often.

After I removed the content of this file, I am now getting this again:

Process 'command '/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.3.13f1-x86_64/Unity.app/Contents/MonoBleedingEdge/bin/xbuild'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

I tried with both the Silicon and Intel versions of Unity. But both show the same problem, even if I run gradlew with Rosetta.

I ran gradlew again, but patched the verbosity level in line 1044 to "detailed".

This resulted in this log:

/Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/source/ExternalDependencyManager.sln (VersionHandler) ->
(VersionHandler target) ->
/Users/tom/dev/marble/libraries/unity-jar-resolver/source/VersionHandler/VersionHandler.csproj (default targets) ->
/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.3.13f1-x86_64/Unity.app/Contents/MonoBleedingEdge/lib/mono/4.5/Microsoft.CSharp.targets (CoreCompile target) ->

	src/VersionHandler.cs(32,2): error CS0012: The type 'Attribute' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'.

	 3 Warning(s)
	 1 Error(s)

for both the Silicon and the Intel versions of the Unity editor.

If I understand things correctly, this attribute is breaking things:

unity-jar-resolver/source/VersionHandler/src/VersionHandler.cs

Line 32 in ae200af

[InitializeOnLoad]