Error building ASP MVC solution with Team City

Question

Im testing out the new MVC2 framework, and there I also have tried out the new areas functionality.

Im following this example:
Walkthrough: Creating an ASP.NET MVC Areas Application Using Multiple Projects

Everything builds and runs okay locally, but when I try to commit to my repository and the use the build automation engine Team City I get a build error.

error MSB4062: The "Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build.CreateAreaManifest" task could not be loaded from the assembly Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35. Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Confirm that the declaration is correct, and that the assembly and all its dependencies are available.

I have built other MVC2 applications on my Team City server and it worked out fine, but when I added the whole "areas" thing it just could not get it right.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I sounds like Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build isn't GAC'd on the server, this happens automatically when MVC is installed, perhaps it wasn't installed or at least the RC version wasn't?

EDIT: From a comment at http://haacked.com/archive/2010/01/12/ambiguous-controller-names.aspx, someone asks:

On a somewhat related note, where has the Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build.dll assembly gone from the MVC2 RC release.

It was present in the Preview 2 release (within VS2008 Tools installer) but is no longer present in RC. Is this no longer supported?

... and Phil Haack answers:

@Becker that's correct, it's been moved to the MVC Futures assembly.

Answer 2

Well... maby it's been moved, but there is no Microsoft.MVC.build assembly in futures that are available to download from codeplex ! So it does not resolve the issue.

I've found a solution and posted it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2005018/asp-net-mvc-2-areas-and-afterbuildcompiler/2096884#2096884

Sorry that I've double posted it, but I was looking 2 days for a solution, so maby someone will save some time.