Nant build that calls MSBuild: works via command runner but not via Nant?

Permanently deleted user

Created October 21, 2008 19:02

Hi,

I'm building an existing project via a Nant build, which invokes the Nant-contrib msbuild task to compile individual assembly .csproj files.

I can make it all compile when I use the Command Line runner to invoke Nant. When I use the Nant runner to invoke Nant, it behaves differently:

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: Complete build sequence is
: msbuild (12s)
: Starting MSBuild...
: Starting 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\msbuild.exe (@"D:\work\projects\MyProject\trunk\Assemblies\MyProject.Core\MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.msbuild.tcargs")' in 'D:\work\projects\MyProject\trunk'
: Project "MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx" (default targets): (10s)
: [Project "MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx" (default targets):] Building with tools version "2.0".
: [Project "MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx" (default targets):] Target "_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform" in project "MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx" (<1s)
: [Target "_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform" in project "MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx"] Task "Error" skipped, due to false condition; ( '$(_InvalidConfigurationError)' == 'true' ) was evaluated as ( '' == 'true' ).
: [Target "_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform" in project "MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx"] Task "Warning" skipped, due to false condition; ( '$(_InvalidConfigurationWarning)' == 'true' ) was evaluated as ( '' == 'true' ).
: [Target "_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform" in project "MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx"] Using "Message" task from assembly "Microsoft.Build.Tasks, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a".
: [Target "_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform" in project "MyProject.Core.csproj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx"] Configuration=Debug
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What are the tcproxj and tcargs files for? It looks to me like this bevahiour shouldn't be taking place.

Running TeamCity Professional Version 3.1.2 (build 6881)

Thanks

Julian

5 comments

Eugene Petrenko

Created October 22, 2008 09:39

TeamCity replaces call to task from NAnt contrib with it's own one. It's done to provide logging from msbuild process. Please, write the usage(s) of ]]> task in your build script. Thanks!

Permanently deleted user

Created October 22, 2008 11:03

Hi Eugene,

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My build looks like this:

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</target>

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Is there a way to tell your customised msbuild task to use the .NET 3.5 tools?

Best

Julian

Eugene Petrenko

Created October 22, 2008 11:24

You may select .NET 3.5 as your target framework or set 'teamcity_dotnet_use_msbuild_v35' NAnt property

Thanks!

Permanently deleted user

Created June 01, 2010 22:19

I am having the same problem now because my project was built with VS 2010 and needs msbuild 4. Is there a way to tell team city to not replace my calls to msbuild? Is there a way to tell Team City to use msbuild 4?

Eugene Petrenko

Created June 07, 2010 13:24

You may set NAnt target framework to 'net-4.0' (you will need to patch NAnt.exe.Config file to make it support .NET 4.0)
or
set 'teamcity_dotnet_tools_version' NAnt property with value '4.0'.

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