That error shouldn't occur if the repository and your checkout is in a good
state. Maybe do an `hg pull` and `hg up` and try again. And verify `hg
status` says no files are missing.

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Brian Shreve <chefshr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for responding. I am doing this on a Surface Pro, Windows 10 Pro,
> 64 bit.
> I already had Visual Studio 2015 update 3, so I used this, and downloaded
> the Cumulative Service Release.  I then downloaded Rust and the
> Mozilla/Build Package. I the opened the start-shell-msvc2015.bat.  Added
> the line PATH=$PATH:~/.cargo/bin to my bash profile. I then made the dir
> with mkdir mozilla-source
> then went to dir.
> cd mozilla-source. After this I ran: hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/
> mozilla-central to clone the repository.  I had a couple issues but got
> that done.
> Once that finished I went to the mozilla-central dir and ran mach build.
> I first received an error(rust PATH was wrong) that I fixed.  Then I ran
> mach build again and received this error.  I hope this helps.
> On Friday, July 21, 2017 at 8:46:47 PM UTC-4, L. David Baron wrote:
> > In addition to describing the error you're seeing, it may also help
> > if you describe what you did that led to that error (such as what
> > instructions you followed or what commands you used).
> >
> > -David
> >
> > On Friday 2017-07-21 17:16 -0700, Brian Shreve wrote:
> > > I was hoping to get some advice of how to fix this.  This is my first
> time ever doing anything like this and I am new to programming, so bear
> with me.
> > > Here is the error I am getting:
> > >
> > > The error occurred while processing the following file:
> > >       c:/Users/bshre/mozilla-source/mozilla-central/testing/web-
> platform/moz.build
> > >   The error was triggered on line 9 of this file:
> > >       ('mozilla/meta/MANIFEST.json', 'mozilla/tests/')
> > >   An error was encountered as part of executing the file itself. The
> error appears to be the fault of the script.
> > >  The error as reported by Python is:
> > >       ['ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded\n']
> > >   *** Fix above errors and then restart with\
> > >                  "c:/mozilla-build/mozmake/mozmake.EXE -f client.mk
> build"
> > >   c:/Users/bshre/mozilla-source/mozilla-central/client.mk:379: recipe
> for target 'configure' failed
> > >   mozmake.EXE[2]: *** [configure] Error 1
> > >   c:/Users/bshre/mozilla-source/mozilla-central/client.mk:396: recipe
> for target 
> 'c:/Users/bshre/mozilla-source/mozilla-central/obj-i686-pc-mingw32/Makefile'
> failed
> > >   mozmake.EXE[1]: *** [c:/Users/bshre/mozilla-
> source/mozilla-central/obj-i686-pc-mingw32/Makefile] Error 2
> > >   client.mk:170: recipe for target 'build' failed
> > >   mozmake.EXE: *** [build] Error 2
> > >   0 compiler warnings present.
> > >
> > > I made no config changes, just used the default.  I have already fixed
> one error, but really can't find much info on this one. Someone please
> help!!!!
> >
> > --
> > 𝄞   L. David Baron                         http://dbaron.org/   𝄂
> > 𝄢   Mozilla                          https://www.mozilla.org/   𝄂
> >              Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
> >              What I was walling in or walling out,
> >              And to whom I was like to give offense.
> >                - Robert Frost, Mending Wall (1914)
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