I'm hitting a weird issue with msbuild, and I'm thinking it might just be an environment issue. We're using msbuild to build a number of separate solutions, and it seems to work on my machine. But on a couple other machines, it's not working. I've tracked down the issue, and it looks like one of the solutions (or one of the projects in that solution) is being built in "Release" when everything else is being built in "Debug". This causes some of the references to be missing - so the solution being built in "Release" fails to build. I want all solutions to be built in "Debug". Here is our current TFSBuild.proj file - what are we doing wrong?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="DesktopBuild" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<!-- TO EDIT BUILD TYPE DEFINITION
To edit the build type, you will need to edit this file which was generated
by the Create New Build Type wizard. This file is under source control and
needs to be checked out before making any changes.
The file is available at -
$/{TeamProjectName}/TeamBuildTypes/{BuildTypeName}
where you will need to replace TeamProjectName and BuildTypeName with your
Team Project and Build Type name that you created
Checkout the file
1. Open Source Control Explorer by selecting View -> Other Windows -> Source Control Explorer
2. Ensure that your current workspace has a mapping for the $/{TeamProjectName}/TeamBuildTypes folder and
that you have done a "Get Latest Version" on that folder
3. Browse through the folders to {TeamProjectName}->TeamBuildTypes->{BuildTypeName} folder
4. From the list of files available in this folder, right click on TfsBuild.Proj. Select 'Check Out For Edit...'
Make the required changes to the file and save
Checkin the file
1. Right click on the TfsBuild.Proj file selected in Step 3 above and select 'Checkin Pending Changes'
2. Use the pending checkin dialog to save your changes to the source control
Once the file is checked in with the modifications, all future builds using
this build type will use the modified settings
-->
<!-- Do not edit this -->
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v8.0\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets" />
<ProjectExtensions>
<!-- DESCRIPTION
The description is associated with a build type. Edit the value for making changes.
-->
<Description>
</Description>
<!-- BUILD MACHINE
Name of the machine which will be used to build the solutions selected.
-->
<BuildMachine>xxxx-test</BuildMachine>
</ProjectExtensions>
<PropertyGroup>
<!-- TEAM PROJECT
The team project which will be built using this build type.
-->
<TeamProject>CFAST</TeamProject>
<!-- BUILD DIRECTORY
The directory on the build machine that will be used to build the
selected solutions. The directory must be a local path on the build
machine (e.g. c:\build).
-->
<BuildDirectoryPath>C:\Build\brtcn</BuildDirectoryPath>
<SolutionRoot Condition=" '$(IsDesktopBuild)'!='true' ">$(BuildDirectoryPath)\w</SolutionRoot>
<!-- DROP LOCATION
The location to drop (copy) the built binaries and the log files after
the build is complete. This location has to be a valid UNC path of the
form \\Server\Share. The build machine service account and application
tier account need to have read write permission on this share.
-->
<DropLocation>\\my-files\xx-files\Build Drop\xx</DropLocation>
<!-- TESTING
Set this flag to enable/disable running tests as a post build step.
-->
<RunTest>false</RunTest>
<!-- WorkItemFieldValues
Add/edit key value pairs to set values for fields in the work item created
during the build process. Please make sure the field names are valid
for the work item type being used.
-->
<WorkItemFieldValues>Symptom=build break;Steps To Reproduce=Start the build using Team Build</WorkItemFieldValues>
<!-- CODE ANALYSIS
To change CodeAnalysis behavior edit this value. Valid values for this
can be Default,Always or Never.
Default - To perform code analysis as per the individual project settings
Always - To always perform code analysis irrespective of project settings
Never - To never perform code analysis irrespective of project settings
-->
<RunCodeAnalysis>Never</RunCodeAnalysis>
<!-- UPDATE ASSOCIATED WORK ITEMS
Set this flag to enable/disable updating associated workitems on a successful build
-->
<UpdateAssociatedWorkItems>true</UpdateAssociatedWorkItems>
<!-- Title for the work item created on build failure -->
<WorkItemTitle>Build failure in build:</WorkItemTitle>
<!-- Description for the work item created on build failure -->
<DescriptionText>This work item was created by Team Build on a build failure.</DescriptionText>
<!-- Text pointing to log file location on build failure -->
<BuildlogText>The build log file is at:</BuildlogText>
<!-- Text pointing to error/warnings file location on build failure -->
<ErrorWarningLogText>The errors/warnings log file is at:</ErrorWarningLogText>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<!-- SOLUTIONS
The path of the solutions to build. To add/delete solutions, edit this
value. For example, to add a solution MySolution.sln, add following line -
<SolutionToBuild Include="C:\Project Files\path\MySolution.sln" />
To change the order in which the solutions are build, modify the order in
which the solutions appear below.
-->
<SolutionToBuild Include="..\..\xx1\xxx\Solution\xxx Solution.sln" />
<SolutionToBuild Include="..\..\xx2\Build Solutions\xx xx xx Build\Data Port Common Build.sln" />
<SolutionToBuild Include="..\..\xx3\Build Solutions\xxx Build\xxx Build.sln" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<!-- CONFIGURATIONS
The list of configurations to build. To add/delete configurations, edit
this value. For example, to add a new configuration, add following lines -
<ConfigurationToBuild Include="Debug|x86">
<FlavorToBuild>Debug</FlavorToBuild>
<PlatformToBuild>x86</PlatformToBuild>
</ConfigurationToBuild>
The Include attribute value should be unique for each ConfigurationToBuild node.
-->
<ConfigurationToBuild Include="Debug|Any CPU">
<FlavorToBuild>Debug</FlavorToBuild>
<PlatformToBuild>Any CPU</PlatformToBuild>
</ConfigurationToBuild>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<!-- TEST ARGUMENTS
If the RunTest is set to true then the following test arguments will be
used to run tests.
To add/delete new testlist or to choose a metadata file (.vsmdi) file, edit this value.
For e.g. to run BVT1 and BVT2 type tests mentioned in the Helloworld.vsmdi file, add the following -
<MetaDataFile Include="C:\Project Files\HelloWorld\HelloWorld.vsmdi">
<TestList>BVT1;BVT2</TestList>
</MetaDataFile>
Where BVT1 and BVT2 are valid test types defined in the HelloWorld.vsmdi file.
MetaDataFile - Full path to test metadata file.
TestList - The test list in the selected metadata file to run.
Please note that you need to specify the vsmdi file relative to $(SolutionRoot)
-->
<MetaDataFile Include=" ">
<TestList> </TestList>
</MetaDataFile>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<!-- ADDITIONAL REFERENCE PATH
The list of additional reference paths to use while resolving references.
For example,
<AdditionalReferencePath Include="C:\MyFolder\" />
<AdditionalReferencePath Include="C:\MyFolder2\" />
-->
<AdditionalReferencePath Include="..\..\xxxx\Reference Files" />
<AdditionalReferencePath Include="..\..\xxxx\Build Support\SomeCoolLibrary" />
<AdditionalReferencePath Include="..\..\xxxx1.1\Reference Files " />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>