I am trying to run fortify on a VS2010 C++ project. I created a very simple hello world project and tried to run fortify with the following command:
sourceanalyzer.exe -b sample devenv sample.sln /REBUILD
I keep getting this error:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\Win32\Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.Targets(147,5): error MSB6006: "CL.exe" exited with code -1073741701.
the complete build log is:
Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 10.0.30319.1.
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: sample, Configuration: Debug Win
32 ------
1>Build started 09/07/2012 12:13:33 PM.
1>_PrepareForClean:
1> Deleting file "Debug\sample.lastbuildstate".
1>InitializeBuildStatus:
1> Creating "Debug\sample.unsuccessfulbuild" because "AlwaysCreate" was specified.
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\Win32\Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.Targets(147,5): error MSB6006: "CL.exe" exited with code -1073741701.
1>
1>Build FAILED.
1>
1>Time Elapsed 00:00:00.09
I did not get any additional errors. My OS is Windows7 64 bit. My project is a 32 bit console application. I am using fortify 32 bit with version: “Fortify Source Code Analyzer 5.9.5.0007”
I tried browsing microsoft pages for the error, but it is apparently a generic error code. I am suspecting an incompatibility, but am not able to narrow it down. Can you tell me where I am going wrong?
Update: Some more info:
With VS2010’s cl.exe, it runs clearly. The error is thrown by Fortify’s cl.exe. I checked the error code, and apparently, cl.exe is unable to start. I cross checked with dependency walker, and it is missing a couple of dlls(gpsvc.dll and IEShims.dll). I have a 64 bit Windows installation, but cl.exe is 32 bit and I do not have 32 bit versions of those DLLs. I am not sure if this is the root cause, because they are delay loaded and might not cause the error mentioned.
The problem was with the Fortify version. Downloading Fortify360 Version 3.2 resolved the issue.