Ic-cdk-bindgen throws `Cannot find candid path` error

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thread 'main' panicked at 'Cannot find candid path: NotPresent', /root/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ic-cdk-bindgen-0.1.0/src/lib.rs:18:58
  note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

here is my build.rs:

use ic_cdk_bindgen::{Builder, Config};
use std::path::PathBuf;

fn main() {
    let manifest_dir =
        PathBuf::from(std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("Cannot find manifest dir"));
    let cmc = Config::new("nns-cycles-minting");
    let mut builder = Builder::new();
    builder.add(cmc);
    builder.build(Some(manifest_dir.join("declarations")));
}

here is my definition for transfer_handler canister in dfx.json:

"transfer_handler": {
      "candid": "backend/transfer_handler/transfer_handler.did",
      "package": "transfer_handler",
      "declarations": {
        "bindings": null,
        "env_override": null,
        "node_compatibility": false,
        "output": "./frontend/********/src/declarations/transfer_handler/"
      },
      "type": "rust",
      "dependencies": ["nns-cycles-minting", "internet_identity"]
    },
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I ran dfx deploy on cdk-rs’s example got the same error:

error: failed to run custom build command for `profile_inter_rs v0.1.0 (/root/projects/cdk-rs/examples/profile/src/profile_inter_rs)`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `/root/projects/cdk-rs/examples/profile/target/release/build/profile_inter_rs-e607a0e17669e753/build-script-build` (exit status: 101)
  --- stderr
  thread 'main' panicked at 'Cannot find candid path: NotPresent', /root/projects/cdk-rs/src/ic-cdk-bindgen/src/lib.rs:18:58
  note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
Error: Failed while trying to deploy canisters.
Caused by: Failed while trying to deploy canisters.
  Failed to build all canisters.
    Failed while trying to build all canisters.
      The build step failed for canister 'bd3sg-teaaa-aaaaa-qaaba-cai' (profile_rs) with an embedded error: Failed to build custom canister profile_rs.: Failed to run sh ../build.sh profile profile_rs.: The custom tool failed.

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(base) root@DESKTOP-D2P8H7D:~/projects/cdk-rs/examples/profile# dfx upgrade
Current version: 0.14.3
Fetching manifest https://sdk.dfinity.org/manifest.json
Already up to date
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I can’t reproduce the error.

The error message “Cannot find candid path: NotPresent” informed that the required environment variable CANISTER_CANDID_PATH_<CANISTER_NAME> was not set.

dfx should be able to handle the env_var. I can’t tell why it’s not there.

I noticed that your project was in /root/ dir. Perhaps you are using root account. Not sure if it matters.

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I just did an experiment using root account and saw the same error.

So there is some rule interfere env_var passing with root account.

Could you use a normal account on your machine instead of root?

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Using root in dev enviroment has a lot of convenience. Why ic-cdk-bindgen suck in this? I found the user custom canister in dfx.json works for ic-cdk-bindgen, such as the below canister:

"****": {
      "candid": "backend/non_fiction_books/****.did",
      "declarations": {
        "bindings": null,
        "env_override": null,
        "node_compatibility": false,
        "output": "./frontend/ic_library/src/declarations/****/"
      },
      "wasm": "./target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/****.wasm.gz",
      "type": "custom"
    },

but dfx auto gen canisters not work for ic-cdk-bindgen:

"nns-cycles-minting": {
      "build": "",
      "candid": "candid/nns-cycles-minting.did",
      "remote": {
        "id": {
          "ic": "rkp4c-7iaaa-aaaaa-aaaca-cai",
          "local": "rkp4c-7iaaa-aaaaa-aaaca-cai"
        }
      },
      "type": "custom",
      "wasm": ""
    },