Team Build Errors when there aren't any

Question

I have a nightly team build that is reporting errors from the test step but zero errors in the summary. This results in a partial success.

I cant see any errors in the full build log but maybe it's just the quantity of warnings??

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

The Running tests task failed....if any non-essential task fails, this results in a Partially Succeeded status. Can you post the MSBuild file being used, specifically the Running tests section?

That being said, you should always pay attention to the warnings and resolve them whenever possible...they are warnings for a reason. They often alert you to unintended behavior in your code (e.g. a property that doesn't override properly).

Answer 2

Try searching for the string "error :" in the log file.

MSBuild will automatically generate an error if it sees this string in the output anywhere.

So even if the string happens to be "error : 0" (as in everything is just peachy), MSBuild will still exit with an error!

This issue has also been documented here:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/msbuild/thread/77eb8b02-8cd7-4d32-acad-3ab0dc308d78/