arduino-builder: "panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference"

[pieterconradie]

Hi Rick,

I am trying to follow your instructions to create a custom board based on the STM32 Arduino core. Using the files that's provided in this repo, the arduino-builder throws a panic and even after reading the docs and experimentation, I still can't figure out the cause. I was hoping that you could provide a hint or clue.

Details:

• OS: Windows 10
• Arduino 1.8.10
• STM32 Arduino Core 1.7.0

Full error message:

Arduino: 1.8.10 (Windows 10), Board: "BluePill (vendor), BluePill F103C8, 64k (default), Smallest (-Os default), Newlib Nano (default), Enabled with generic Serial, STLink w/openocd"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -hardware C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -tools C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries C:\Users\Pieter\Documents\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=vendor:stm32:bluepill:pnum=BLUEPILL_F103C8,flash=C8,opt=osstd,rtlib=nano,xserial=generic,upload_method=openocd -vid-pid=0403_6015 -ide-version=10810 -build-path C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_753880 -warnings=all -build-cache C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_cache_412802 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.STM32Tools.path=C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\STM32\tools\STM32Tools\1.3.1 -prefs=runtime.tools.STM32Tools-1.3.1.path=C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\STM32\tools\STM32Tools\1.3.1 -prefs=runtime.tools.arm-none-eabi-gcc.path=C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\STM32\tools\arm-none-eabi-gcc\8.2.1-1.7 -prefs=runtime.tools.arm-none-eabi-gcc-8.2.1-1.7.path=C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\STM32\tools\arm-none-eabi-gcc\8.2.1-1.7 -prefs=runtime.tools.CMSIS.path=C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\STM32\tools\CMSIS\5.5.1 -prefs=runtime.tools.CMSIS-5.5.1.path=C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\STM32\tools\CMSIS\5.5.1 -verbose C:\Users\Pieter\AppData\Local\Temp\untitled332631352.tmp\sketch_nov14a\sketch_nov14a.ino
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal 0xc0000005 code=0x0 addr=0x18 pc=0x6fc523]

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/cores.(*Platform).GetAllInstalled(0x0, 0x11c12718, 0x11dae200, 0x7)
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/cores/cores.go:174 +0x33
github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/cores/packagemanager.(*PackageManager).GetInstalledPlatformRelease(0x11cecc40, 0x0, 0x11c0030d)
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/cores/packagemanager/package_manager.go:318 +0x25
github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/cores/packagemanager.(*PackageManager).ResolveFQBN(0x11cecc40, 0x11cecba0, 0x95723f, 0x4, 0x95cf47, 0xc, 0x11e94028, 0x1, 0x1)
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/cores/packagemanager/package_manager.go:187 +0x393
github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder.(*TargetBoardResolver).Run(0xdebc68, 0x11cd05a0, 0xdebc68, 0x0)
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/target_board_resolver.go:45 +0x4c
github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder.(*ContainerSetupHardwareToolsLibsSketchAndProps).Run(0xdebc68, 0x11cd05a0, 0xdebc68, 0xdda500)
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/container_setup.go:60 +0x266
github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder.runCommands(0x11cd05a0, 0x11c6bf0c, 0x2, 0x2, 0xffffff01, 0x0, 0x4)
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/builder.go:210 +0xbd
github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder.(*ParseHardwareAndDumpBuildProperties).Run(0x11c6bf40, 0x11cd05a0, 0xdebbb4, 0x11c06ca0)
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/builder.go:198 +0xbc
github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder.RunParseHardwareAndDumpBuildProperties(...)
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/builder.go:231
main.main()
	/home/jenkins/workspace/arduino-builder-all-cross-cli-inception/src/github.com/arduino/arduino-builder/main.go:388 +0x772
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder returned 2

Error compiling for board BluePill (vendor).

Thanks in advance,
Pieter