Arduino-cli doesn't ack esp32 partition size but IDE does

[Dougl]

Using the 04/03/2023 nightly I have 2 problems, one is with the IDE and the other is with the CLI.

IDE issue:
when I try copy-all from the console I don't get anything in my clipboard to paste. Using Kubuntu 20.04. I can double click one line and use Ctl-c and that'll copy a line.

CLI issue:
With the IDE I can compile an esp32 project using the no_ota memory partition configuration and it recognizes the program space set in no_ota.csv but not when I build using the arduino-cli as shown below. NOTE: I've tried huge_app and it builds in the IDE but doesn't on the CLI):

~/Projects/Arduin
o/arduino-ide_nightly-20230403_Linux_64bit/resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/build/arduino
-cli compile --fqbn esp32:esp32:esp32 agoodWatch.ino --build-property build.partitions=no_ota,upload.maxi
mum_size=2097152

output shows:

Sketch uses 1507625 bytes (115%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1310720 bytes.
Global variables use 97680 bytes (29%) of dynamic memory, leaving 230000 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 327680 bytes.
Error during build: text section exceeds available space in board

[customcontroller]

For the CLI issue, take a look at the following. `build.property` correct parameter name

For the copy all issue, try clicking any where inside the console window. Press Ctrl-A to select all. Press Ctrl-C to copy.

[Dougl]

I've seen the compiler output referencing the settings I've tried for partitions like:

@Dougl

--build-property build.partitions=no_ota

And I'd found a forum where they were also having program size issues and the upload.maxiumum_size option was added but it's not changing when I implement it...

@Dougl

--build-property build.partitions=no_ota,upload.maximum_size=2097152

I get the size from the app0 entry of the appropriate partition file( no_ota.csv ).
cat ~/.arduino15/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/2.0.7/tools/partitions/no_ota.csv | grep app0 | cut -f5 -d',' | xargs printf "%d" | cut -f1 -d'('

[ptillisch]

Please note this from the other topic customcontroller linked to:

@ptillisch

The --build-property flag allows doing very advanced things, but it should be used only when absolutely necessary because it requires an in depth understanding of the Arduino boards platform framework as well as the target platform's configuration. That configuration can change from one release of the platform to another without notice since the properties are not part of the platform's public API. In this case where the platform developers have provided a nice public interface for configuring the partition scheme, it doesn't make sense to use the --build-property flag.

If you actually need to set custom property values, and you have taken the time to fully understand the platform configuration, then the --build-property flag is an appropriate tool. But in cases where you only want to set a custom board option, it is not the appropriate tool and using it is likely to cause you unnecessary headaches sooner or later.

[Dougl]

the build flags can't be chained as I did with the "," so I used another --build-property entry for the maximum_size setting. It looks like items can't be chained together and multiple --build-property entries are required.

arduino-cli compile --verbose --fqbn esp32:esp32:esp32 agoodWatch.ino --build-property build.partitions=no_ota --build-property upload.maximum_size=2097152 

[Dougl]

@ptillisch

If you actually need to set custom property values, and you have taken the time to fully understand the platform configuration, then the --build-property flag is an appropriate tool. But in cases where you only want to set a custom board option, it is not the appropriate tool and using it is likely to cause you unnecessary headaches sooner or later.

Was that an effort to get me to use "PartitionScheme=no_ota" instead? The headache started when I'd thought options could be chained by comma's and this states multiple calls are used for multiple build-properties. compile - Arduino CLI

[ptillisch]

Use the --board-options flag as explained in the thread customcontroller linked:

arduino-cli compile --fqbn esp32:esp32:esp32 --board-options PartitionScheme=no_ota