I am interested in this. This would be usefull for building and deploying Java webapps also. If the commiters are not interested in adding this functionality to ant (which I would guess is the case), a sourceforge project may be the best option.
-Rob Anderson > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Any interest in a remote Ant server? > > > Hi all, > > I've written an add-on for Ant that allows for remote builds. > It consists of > an RMI based server application and a handful of custom Ant > tasks on the > client side. My motivation for this was to allow C/C++ code > to be built on > remote machines for multiple architectures from the comfort of the > developer's Eclipse IDE on Windows. I tried Rant, but found > it too limiting, > so I've done my own version, complete with file transfers and > synchronous > logging (which took some work to make it all > serialize/deserialize properly > across RMI!) > > Now that I've got it working, the question is, what do I do > with it? Is > there even any interest out there for such a thing? Who > should I talk to at > apache? Should I just throw it up on my own web page? > > Here's how it works from the user's perspective. Please let > me know how to > proceed. By the way, I have a new set of Ant tasks for > Eclipse that allow > you to use the .classpath file from inside *or* outside the > IDE. I needed > this to allow our continuous integration server to use the same build > process as the developer's IDE. Any interest there? > > Cheers, > > Robert > > --------------------------------------- > > Successful build log from client: > > > Buildfile: C:\Program Files\eclipse\workspace\RemoteAnt2\build.xml > > c-all: > [echo] Begining remote build > [createSession] Created remote session: clare:192.168.1.97:20042872453 > [putFiles] Transfering 1 files to clare > [putFiles] Transfering 3 files to clare > [remoteBuild] Building on clare using SolarisCBuild.xml > > clare.test: > [clare.echo] Building C code for Sun Sparc Solaris > [clare.cc] 2 total files to be compiled. > [clare.cc] Starting link > > c-all: > [getFile] Recieving ctjava from clare > [getFile] Copied ctjava from clare to C:\Program > Files\eclipse\workspace\RemoteAnt2/Configuration/bin/ctjava > [closeSession] Session clare:192.168.1.97:20042872453 closed. > BUILD SUCCESSFUL > Total time: 11 seconds > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > Failed build log from client: > > Buildfile: C:\Program Files\eclipse\workspace\RemoteAnt2\build.xml > > c-all: > [echo] Begining remote build > [createSession] Created remote session: clare:192.168.1.97:2004287186 > [putFiles] Transfering 1 files to clare > [putFiles] Transfering 3 files to clare > [remoteBuild] Building on clare using SolarisCBuild.xml > > clare.test: > [clare.echo] Building C code for Sun Sparc Solaris > [clare.cc] 2 total files to be compiled. > BUILD FAILED: > /tmp/builds/192.168.1.97/2004287186/SolarisCBuild.xml:6: Could > not launch gcc: java.io.IOException: gcc: not found > BUILD FAILED: file:C:/Program > Files/eclipse/workspace/RemoteAnt2/build.xml:89: Build failed > on host clare. > Total time: 8 seconds > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > Failed build log from server: > > > 0 [main] INFO com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteAntServer - > Starting server on > host clare port 2020. > 1641 [main] INFO com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteAntServer - Bound > rmi://clare:2020/RemoteBuildServices > 10439 [RMI TCP Connection(2)-192.168.1.97] INFO > com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteBuildServices - Created remote session: > clare:192.168.1.97:200428713 > 10606 [RMI TCP Connection(2)-192.168.1.97] DEBUG > com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteBuildServices - Recieving > /tmp/builds/192.168.1.97/200428713/SolarisCBuild.xml > 10840 [RMI TCP Connection(2)-192.168.1.97] DEBUG > com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteBuildServices - Recieving > /tmp/builds/192.168.1.97/200428713/c/ctjava/src/ctext.c > 10858 [RMI TCP Connection(2)-192.168.1.97] DEBUG > com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteBuildServices - Recieving > /tmp/builds/192.168.1.97/200428713/c/ctjava/src/ctext.h > 10876 [RMI TCP Connection(2)-192.168.1.97] DEBUG > com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteBuildServices - Recieving > /tmp/builds/192.168.1.97/200428713/c/ctjava/src/ctjexec.c > 10903 [RMI TCP Connection(2)-192.168.1.97] INFO > com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteBuildServices - Beggining Ant build > for session > clare:192.168.1.97:200428713 using SolarisCBuild.xml > 17602 [RMI TCP Connection(2)-192.168.1.97] ERROR > com.rjmpsmith.ant.RemoteBuildServices - Build failed for session > clare:192.168.1.97:200428713 > /tmp/builds/192.168.1.97/200428713/SolarisCBuild.xml:6: Could > not launch > gcc: java.io.IOException: gcc: not found > at net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.CUtil.runCommand(CUtil.java:476) > at > net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.compiler.CommandLineCompiler.runCom > mand(CommandLi > neCompiler.java:269) > at > net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.compiler.CommandLineCompiler.compil > e(CommandLineC > ompiler.java:226) > > ----------------------------------------- > > Ant task usage: > > > <!--========================================--> > <!--= c-all =--> > <!--========================================--> > > <target name="c-all" > description="Build C code for Sun Solaris"> > <property name="remotebuild.c.solaris.host" value="clare"/> > <property name="remotebuild.c.solaris.port" value="2020"/> > > <taskdef resource="remoteant.taskdefs" classpath="classes"/> > > <echo message="Begining remote build"/> > > <createSession host="${remotebuild.c.solaris.host}" > port="${remotebuild.c.solaris.port}" > property="session.c.solaris"/> > > <putFiles session="${session.c.solaris}"> > <fileset dir="cfg"> > <include name="SolarisCBuild.xml"/> > </fileset> > <fileset dir="${basedir}" > includes="**/c/**" > excludes="**/Makefile"/> > </putFiles> > > <remoteBuild session="${session.c.solaris}" > buildfile="SolarisCBuild.xml" > targets="test"/> > > <getFile session="${session.c.solaris}" > remoteFile="ctjava" > localFile="${basedir}/Configuration/bin/ctjava"/> > > <closeSession session="${session.c.solaris}"/> > </target> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
