[openmapi.org devel] Build System

[Frederick Roth]

Hi all,

I opened a bug report against xbuild about the missing documentation.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531276

Now we at least have some usage help and the promise of a manpage.

Additionally I found out what was the "error" in the .build file Achim
provided. To compile you have to use the Csc task (with captial C at the
beginning) maybe this is due to the unix bug of not ignoring case in
filenames ;)

Greetings,

Fred

Achim Derigs wrote:
> Hi Johannes!
> 
> Using xbuild/msbuild is difficult without any documentation:
> 
> $ xbuild /?
> No usage help yet
> 
> Looking at http://www.mono-project.com/Microsoft.Build doesn't make things better.
> Far from it! It is the only explicit documentation about xbuild.
> 
> Implicit documentation may be found at:
> 
>    http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/VisualStudio/microsoft.public.vsnet.general/2006-12/msg00090.html
> 
> But that doesn't match. For example:
> 
> <Project DefaultTargets = "Compile"
>     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" >
> 
>     <PropertyGroup>
>         <dllname>GoldParser</dllname>
>     </PropertyGroup>
> 
>     <ItemGroup>
>         <CSFile Include = "lib/GoldParser/*.cs"/>
>     </ItemGroup>
> 
>     <Target Name = "Compile">
>         <MSC
>             Sources = "@(CSFile)"
>             OutputAssembly = "$(dllname).dll">
>             <Output
>                 TaskParameter = "OutputAssembly"
>                 ItemName = "EXEFile" />
>         </MSC>
>         <!-- Log the file name of the output file -->
>         <Message Text="The output file is @(EXEFile)"/>
>     </Target>
> </Project>
> 
> Results in:
> 
> $ xbuild GoldParser.proj
> XBuild Engine Version 0.1
> Mono, Version 2.4.0.0
> Copyright (C) Marek Sieradzki 2005. All rights reserved.
> 
> Build started 8/14/2009 11:47:14 AM.
> __________________________________________________
> Project "/home/felfert/nmapi/GoldParser.proj" (Compile target(s)):
> 
> Target Compile:
> System.Exception: Not registered task MSC.
>   at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.TaskDatabase.GetTypeFromClassName (System.String classname) [0x00000]
>   at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildTask.get_Type () [0x00000]
>   at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildTask.InitializeTask () [0x00000]
>   at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildTask.Execute () [0x00000]
> 
> Build succeeded.
>          0 Warning(s)
>          1 Error(s)
> 
> Time Elapsed 00:00:00.0412230
> 
> It seems that we have to wait for better documentation and/or code quality for a start.
> 
> Best regards
> Achim
> 
> On Friday, 7. August 2009 17:31:01 Johannes Roith wrote:
>> Hello, everyone!
>>
>> I would like to see the NMapi build script changed from Makefiles to
>> msbuild/xbuild.
>>
>> There are three main reasons:
>>
>> 1. People keep asking about how to build NMapi on Windows. Using
>> xbuild/msbuild removes the unix dependency and also makes it possible to
>> build from VisualStudio (which has also been requested multiple times).
>>
>> 2. We are using several tools in the build process, including
>> xslt-generated code, mlog (custom), preproc (custom) and, soon, mapimap.
>> Using msbuild we can integrate these tools very nicely.
>>
>> 3. It is difficult or impossible to build silverlight or iphone apps
>> without msbuild.
>>
>> Mono XBuild (msbuild) seems to be complete enough to be used use it now.
>>
>> So, if you want to contribute to OpenMapi, this seems like a great
>> opportunity to get involved!),
>>
>> Johannes.
>>
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