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3687565 - ERROR could not build the MTA project

Symptom

  • BAS build MTAR target fails
  • Terminal output like, example:

    user: case-cap-html5-main $ mbt build -t gen --mtar mta.tar     
    ...........
    ............

    [2025-11-26 01:54:46]  INFO executing the "cp -r ./db/data ./gen/srv/srv/data/" command...
    [2025-11-26 01:54:46]  INFO executing the "cp -r ./db.sqlite ./gen/srv" command...
    cp: cannot stat './db.sqlite': No such file or directory
    [2025-11-26 01:54:46] ERROR the "before-all"" build failed: could not execute the "cp -r ./db.sqlite ./gen/srv" command: exit status 1
    make: *** [Makefile_20251126015442.mta:28: pre_build] Error 1
    [2025-11-26 01:54:46] ERROR could not build the MTA project: could not execute the "make -f Makefile_20251126015442.mta p=cf mtar=mta.tar strict=true mode= t=\"gen\"" command: exit status 2
    Error: could not build the MTA project: could not execute the "make -f Makefile_20251126015442.mta p=cf mtar=mta.tar strict=true mode= t=\"gen\"" command: exit status 2


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Environment

SAP Business Application Studio

Product

SAP Business Application Studio all versions

Keywords

mbt build, mbt, sqlite, ERROR could not build the MTA project , KBA , CA-BAS-BLD , Build Application - SAP Business Application Studio , CA-BAS-BLD-HTML5 , HTML5 module build , Problem

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