[Nant-users] Various questions regarding task (multiple sln files, doing a "clean", linking problems)

[Pat Lawrence]

Many thanks to those who helped me with my previous questions.  Your responses were a great help.

 

I have this really big project I want to compile (Source.sln).  Within Source.sln are a lot of directories with smaller solution files that Source depends on in order to compile.  Do I have to write build files for every single sln file I want within my project, or does a single Source.build file get them all compiled by knowing the dependencies?  I know that's probably a stupid question, but I honestly don't know.  Also, I'm under the impression that <solution> only compiles.  However, I need to Rebuild my solutions so I need to get rid of all the intermediate and output files from the previous compilation.  Is there a tidy way of doing a "clean" on all these files, or do I have to have tons of <delete> tags in my build file?

 

And finally, using the solution task, I've managed to get Source.sln at least to start compiling.  However, it crashes shortly after it starts trying linking:

 

                 [link] /nologo
                 [link] "kernel32.lib"
               ...

                 [link] "C:\...\file.obj"
                 [link] "C:\...\file.res"
...

                 [link] Starting 'link (@"C:\DOCUME~1\iser\LOCALS~1\Temp\tmp2
F6.tmp" /IMPLIB:"C:\...\source\bin\Lib.lib" /

                 [link]    Creating library C:\...\source\bin\Lib.lib and object C:\...\source\bin\Lib.exp
                 [link] scenario.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
 "public: char const * __thiscall Object::getData(void)"...referenced in function...etc.

 

The output at the bottom is:

 

fatal error LNK1120: 116 unresolved externals

BUILD FAILED - 0 non-fatal error(s), 3 warning(s)

External Program Failed: link (return code was 1120):
NAnt.Core.BuildException: External Program Failed: link (return code was 1120)

 

Does anyone know what is causing the linking problem?

Thank you once more for your help!

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