Random build errors

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I randomly get build error of

error: no field named 'path' in union 'Build.LazyPath'
        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/hello.zig" },
                                ^~~~

/.zvm/0.13.0/lib/std/Build.zig:2171:22: note: union declared here
pub const LazyPath = union(enum) {
                     ^~~~~

My current build script

const std = @import("std");

pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});

    const lib = b.addStaticLibrary(.{
        .name = "zigzag",
        // In this case the main source file is merely a path, however, in more
        // complicated build scripts, this could be a generated file.
        .root_source_file = b.path("src/root.zig"),
        .target = target,
        .optimize = optimize,
    });

    // This declares intent for the library to be installed into the standard
    // location when the user invokes the "install" step (the default step when
    // running `zig build`).
    b.installArtifact(lib);

    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
        .name = "zigzag",
        .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
        .target = target,
        .optimize = optimize,
    });

    b.installArtifact(exe);

    // test

    const test_filters = b.option([]const []const u8, "test-filter", "Skip tests that do not match any filter") orelse &[0][]const u8{};
    const exe_unit_tests = b.addTest(.{
        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/hello.zig" },
        .target = target,
        .optimize = optimize,
        .filters = test_filters,
    });
    const run_exe_unit_tests = b.addRunArtifact(exe_unit_tests);
    const test_step = b.step("testx", "Run unit tests");
    test_step.dependOn(&run_exe_unit_tests.step);

    // Runnes
    // const run_exe = b.addRunArtifact(exe);

    // const run_step = b.step("runx", "Runx the application");
    // run_step.dependOn(&run_exe.step);
}

sometimes it goes away when I comment out some part of the script and sometimes it does not unless I reset to the default and then revert back to the version I shared.

Any ideas what is going on?

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Hi, just change this line:

        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/hello.zig" },

to this:

        .root_source_file = b.path("src/hello.zig"),
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