John, You're bumping into the same confusion I did when I first got started. As I've grokked the subject, you've got two options (which you've already figured out):
1. Store the build files with the source and use relative paths in your build file to reference resources; this allows you to use the "clean room" checkout method that Draco already does for you to a virgin location for every build. + This is good because it is what Draco expects you to do. + This is good if you like to have a 100% fresh build every time. + This is good for smoke tests. - This is bad if you care about your debug symbols and the paths to source contained therein. 2. Store the build file somewhere else and manage the checkout of source yourself using NAnt tasks to a location that you know and love (duplicative effort, because Draco's already checked it out for you to an imaginary location with a really scary file path) and use fully qualified paths for all your resources in the build file so that it doesn't matter where the build file is run from. + This is good if you're a masochist. + This is good if you're paranoid and don't trust "developers" to maintain the build script. + This is good if you care about your debug symbols and the paths to source contained therein. - This is bad if you have high concurrency, because many simultaneous runs of the same builds will step on each other and ugly things happen. (I don't know if Draco prevents simultaneous runs of the same build yet or not.) [The biggest concurrency problems that I had were the previous version of NDoc -- which they fixed -- and database changes (such as new sprocs) -- which is a logical flaw in the SQL scripts and has to be re-fixed every time a "developer" writes an unrepeatable transaction or doesn't pre-test changes carefully.] ** Having fought with both methods in the past 18 months, I feel your pain. :) I'm using #1 for CI builds to the sandbox servers. To solve the debug symbols problem on the integration servers, there are scheduled builds using well-known file locations where we check out source to and issue the same build logic with different target servers. What we've long been missing is a snifty HOWTO document with some CI theory and examples to expand on what's in default build config file... It's on my wish list to contribute, but I won't have time until mid-1Q05 to even breathe, let alone actually do something fun. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:draconet-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Sheppard > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 10:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Draconet-users] Question about NAnt integration and compiling C# > code > > Hi all, > I am having a problem getting Draco to run my NAnt build file. The > polling and checkout of source works as expected with one caveat. I have > to > designate an '$' character in front of my VSS path for it to poll and > check > my solution. I thought I could do a '\x\y\z' type of path but instead I > have to do a '$\x\y\z' style path in order for it to work. > > Here are the details (specifics changed to protect the innocent). > > I have set NAnt to debug to try to get a better handle on the failure. > Here > are the details of my project config: > > <rootsourcedir>Source</rootsourcedir> > <pollperiod>600</pollperiod> > <timeoutperiod>3600</timeoutperiod> > <quietperiod>60</quietperiod> > <mailserver>mail.yourdomain.com</mailserver> > <fromaddress>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</fromaddress> > <builds> > <build> > <alwaysbuild>true</alwaysbuild> > <name>Tropicos2</name> > <pollperiod>600</pollperiod> > <quietperiod>600</quietperiod> > <timeoutperiod>600</timeoutperiod> > <notification> > <file> > <dir>d:\BuildTools\AutomatedBuilds\Tropicos</dir> > <create>true</create> > </file> > </notification> > <nant program="D:\BuildTools\nant-0.85-rc1\bin\nant.exe -debug:+"> > <buildfile>master.build</buildfile> > </nant> > <vss> > <project>$/MOBOT/Tropicos2/Tropicos</project> > <username>username</username> > <password>password</password> > <ssdir>\\UNCEncoded path\VSS</ssdir> > </vss> > </build> > </builds> > > Notice the path to the build file. When I set this to an absolute path > where I was storing my master.build file Draco would do a cd /d into that > directory then run the nant.exe with the correct parameters passed. NAnt > would fail because it couldn't find my solution file in the directory that > draco had cd'd into. So I changed my build file to be included in my > solution files and when my project is checked out the build file is > checked > out into the base directory of my solution. My solution is three levels > deep in my source safe structure so my project is checked out as follows: > > D:\BuildTools\Draco.NET Service\Source\ProjectName-TempID\Path to my > source > safe project (in this case '$\MOBOT\Tropicos2\Tropicos'. This is where > the > directory structure for the project is created with both the solution file > and build file at this level. I am thinking all is as it should be. VSS > checks all the files out, builds the directory structure then NAnt is > called > and here is where it is throwing an error. The error is: 'The given > path's > format is not supported.'. I assumed that it would 'cd /d' into the root > directory for my solution and try to find the build file there and run it. > This evedently is not the case. Any help that you may be able to give > would > be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > John Sheppard > > > The specific error I get is: > > ERROR Draco.Core.Runtime.BuildRunner - Failed to process build > 'Tropicos2'. > The following exception occurred: > System.NotSupportedException: The given path's format is not supported. > at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String > path, > Boolean needFullPath) > at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.AddExpressions(String[] > str, > Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath) > at > System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissio nA > ccess > access, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean > needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList) > at > System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAcces s > access, String[] pathList, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean > needFullPath) > at System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path) > at Draco.Core.Tool.NAntBuildTool.Execute(String baseDirectory) > at Draco.Core.Runtime.BuildRunner.BuildModule(BuildResult results) > at Draco.Core.Runtime.BuildRunner.Start(BuildType buildType) > Exception: System.NotSupportedException > Message: The given path's format is not supported. > Source: mscorlib > at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String > path, > Boolean needFullPath) > at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.AddExpressions(String[] > str, > Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath) > at > System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissio nA > ccess > access, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean > needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList) > at > System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAcces s > access, String[] pathList, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean > needFullPath) > at System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path) > at Draco.Core.Tool.NAntBuildTool.Execute(String baseDirectory) > at Draco.Core.Runtime.BuildRunner.BuildModule(BuildResult results) > at Draco.Core.Runtime.BuildRunner.Start(BuildType buildType) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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