Update to recent vcpkg version

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -34,25 +34,35 @@ jobs:
         wget https://github.com/robotology/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports/releases/download/storage/robotology-vcpkg-2019.10-ace.zip
         7z x robotology-vcpkg-2019.10-ace.zip
         rm robotology-vcpkg-2019.10-ace.zip
+        cd C:/robotology/vcpkg
+        # Update vcpkg to a newer commit
+        git fetch
+        git checkout 5852144908b2c714be6f0d343f1de01ca2ec7758
         C:/robotology/vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
-        git clone https://github.com/robotology-dependencies/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports C:/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports
-        cd C:/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports
+        git clone https://github.com/robotology-dependencies/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports C:/robotology/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports
+        cd C:/robotology/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports
         git checkout v0.1.0
 
     - name: Install vcpkg ports
       shell: bash
       run: |
         # TinyXML is not installed as a workaround for https://github.com/robotology/ycm/pull/296
-        C:/robotology/vcpkg/vcpkg.exe --overlay-ports=C:/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports install --triplet x64-windows ace freeglut gsl eigen3 esdcan-binary ode openssl libxml2 eigen3 opencv3 matio sdl1 sdl2 qt5-base ipopt-binary qt5-declarative qt5-multimedia qt5-quickcontrols2 sqlite3[core,tool]
-        # Remove temporary files https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/about/faq.md#how-can-i-remove-temporary-files
-        rm -rf C:/robotology/vcpkg/buildtrees 
-        rm -rf C:/robotology/vcpkg/packages 
-        rm -rf C:/robotology/vcpkg/downloads 
+        C:/robotology/vcpkg/vcpkg.exe --overlay-ports=C:/robotology/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports install --triplet x64-windows ace asio boost-asio boost-process boost-dll boost-filesystem boost-system freeglut gsl eigen3 esdcan-binary ode openssl libxml2 eigen3 opencv matio sdl1 sdl2 qt5-base[latest] ipopt-binary qt5-declarative qt5-multimedia qt5-quickcontrols qt5-quickcontrols2 sqlite3[core,tool]
+
+    # Remove temporary files https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/about/faq.md#how-can-i-remove-temporary-files
+    # For some reason doing using git bash to do rm -rf fails for icu's port buildtrees, probably for the use of msys2 
+    # See https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/10365  
+    - name: Cleanup vcpkg temporary directories
+      shell: cmd 
+      run: |
+        RMDIR /Q/S C:\robotology\vcpkg\buildtrees
+        RMDIR /Q/S C:\robotology\vcpkg\packages
+        RMDIR /Q/S C:\robotology\vcpkg\downloads
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
       with:
         name: vcpkg-robotology
-        path: C:/robotology/vcpkg
+        path: C:/robotology
 
     - name: Prepare release file
       if: github.event_name == 'release'

README.md

@@ -4,25 +4,72 @@ Windows binaries for the dependencies of robotology-superbuild .
 
 The following libraries (and their dependencies) are built using `vcpkg`: 
 * `ace`
+* `asio`
+* `boost-asio`
+* `boost-process` 
+* `boost-dll`
+* `boost-filesystem`
+* `boost-system` 
 * `freeglut`
 * `gsl`
 * `eigen3`
 * `ode`
 * `libxml2`
 * `eigen3` 
-* `opencv3` 
+* `opencv` 
 * `matio`
 * `sdl1`
 * `sdl2`
-* `qt5-base`
+* `qt5-base[latest]`
 * `qt5-declarative`
 * `qt5-multimedia`
+* `qt5-quickcontrols`
 * `qt5-quickcontrols2`
 * `sqlite3[core,tool]`
 
 furthermore, the `ipopt-binary` and the `esdcan-binary` from [`robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports`](https://github.com/robotology-dependencies/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports) is also installed.
 
-The binaries are generated by installing vcpkg in `C:/robotology/vcpkg`, installing the selected ports, and compressing the vcpkg-robotology directory in a `.zip` archive.
+The binaries are generated by installing vcpkg in `C:/robotology/vcpkg`, installing the selected ports, and compressing the `C:/robotology` directory in a `.zip` archive.
 
 See [releases](https://github.com/robotology/robotology-superbuild-dependencies-vcpkg/releases) to download the archives.
 
+## Usage 
+To use the archive, you just need to donwload it and extract it in the `C:/` directory.
+
+To use then vcpkg libraries, you need to configure your CMake projects to use the vcpkg's 
+toolchain as `CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE`, for example by configuring the projects as:  
+~~~
+cmake -A x64 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/robotology/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake ..
+~~~
+See [vcpkg's documentation](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/users/integration.md#cmake-toolchain-file-recommended-for-open-source-cmake-projects)  for more info on how to use vcpkg-installed libraries.
+
+### Install or remove ports 
+You can install or remove  ports from the vcpkg installation in `C:/robotology/vcpkg` as you do for any other vcpkg installation.
+
+However, as this  vcpkg installation contains some ports installed  from the custom port repo contained in `C:/robotology/vcpkg`, 
+due to a regression in vcpkg (see https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/10119) you need to pass the `--overlay-ports=C:/robotology/vcpkg/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports` argument whenever you use vcpkg.
+
+For example, to install a new port called `<portname>` the correct command is:
+~~~
+./vcpkg.exe install --overlay-ports=C:/robotology/vcpkg/robotology-vcpkg-binary-ports <portname>:x64-windows
+~~~
+
+
+### GitHub Actions 
+To use the script in a GitHub Action script, you can use the following snippet: 
+~~~~
+    - name: Dependencies [Windows]
+      if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+      run: |
+        # To avoid spending a huge time compiling vcpkg dependencies, we download an archive  
+        # that comes precompiled with all the ports that we need 
+        choco install -y wget unzip
+        # To avoid problems with non-relocatable packages, we unzip the archive exactly in the same directory
+        # that has been used to create the pre-compiled archive
+        cd C:/
+        wget https://github.com/robotology/robotology-superbuild-dependencies-vcpkg/releases/download/<INSERT_HERE_THE_USED_VERSION>/vcpkg-robotology.zip
+        unzip vcpkg-robotology.zip -d C:/
+        rm vcpkg-robotology.zip
+~~~~
+
+