[Mono-dev] Recent xbuild fixes causing issues with finding mcs

[Michael Franz]

On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Michael Franz <mvfranz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I see there have been a few changes to xbuild since February 10th, 2014.
>  February 10th is the last time I was able to build my local C# project
> using mono head.  This is a simple project that I have just started and am
> planing to build on both mono and .NET.  The issue seems to be that xbuild
> has changed how it finds mcs.  /opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/bin/mcs ->
> /opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/mcs.exe - see below.
>
> My locally build mono install is in /opt/local/JenkinsBuilds and my builds
> are all run via Jenkins.
>
> The build process is:
> - use premake5 to generate Visual Studio 2012 project files (note I am
> using .net 4.5 specific features)
> - use xbuild to build
> - use mono version of nunit to test
>
> The working build out put was like this:
>
> + /opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/bin/xbuild QTS.sln
> XBuild Engine Version 12.0
> Mono, Version 3.2.7.0
> Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Various Mono authors
>
> Build started 2/10/2014 9:56:00 PM.
> __________________________________________________
> Project "/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/CI/workspace/QTS.sln" (default target(s)):
> 	Target ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
> 		Building solution configuration "Debug|Any CPU".
> 	Target Build:
> 		Project "/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/CI/workspace/QTS/QTS.csproj" (default target(s)):
> 			Target PrepareForBuild:
> 				Configuration: Debug Platform: AnyCPU
> 			Target GenerateSatelliteAssemblies:
> 			No input files were specified for target GenerateSatelliteAssemblies, skipping.
> 			Target GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute:
> 			Skipping target "GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute" because its outputs are up-to-date.
> 			Target CoreCompile:
> 				Tool */opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/bin/mcs* execution started with arguments: /noconfig /debug:full /debug+ /optimize- /out:obj/Debug/QTS.dll Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs Utilities/Measurements/PerformanceStatistics.cs /target:library /define:"DEBUG;TRACE" /platform:AnyCPU /reference:/opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/System.dll /reference:/opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/System.Core.dll /warn:4
>
>
> The broken build is now producing:
>
> + /opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/bin/xbuild QTS.sln
> XBuild Engine Version 12.0
> Mono, Version 3.2.7.0
> Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Various Mono authors
>
> Build started 2/15/2014 8:50:52 AM.
> __________________________________________________
> Project "/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/CI/workspace/QTS.sln" (default target(s)):
> 	Target ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
> 		Building solution configuration "Debug|Any CPU".
> 	Target Build:
> 		Project "/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/CI/workspace/QTS/QTS.csproj" (default target(s)):
> 			Target PrepareForBuild:
> 				Configuration: Debug Platform: AnyCPU
> 				Created directory "bin/Debug/"
> 				Created directory "obj/Debug/"
> 			Target CopyFilesMarkedCopyLocal:
> 				Copying file from '/opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/mscorlib.dll' to '/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/CI/workspace/QTS/bin/Debug/mscorlib.dll'
> 				Copying file from '/opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/mscorlib.dll.mdb' to '/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/CI/workspace/QTS/bin/Debug/mscorlib.dll.mdb'
> 			Target GenerateSatelliteAssemblies:
> 			No input files were specified for target GenerateSatelliteAssemblies, skipping.
> 			Target CoreCompile:
> 				Tool /opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/mcs.exe execution started with arguments: /noconfig /debug:full /debug+ /optimize- /out:obj/Debug/QTS.dll Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs Utilities/Math.cs Utilities/Measurements/PerformanceStatistics.cs obj/Debug/.NETFramework,Version=v4.5.AssemblyAttribute.cs /target:library /define:"DEBUG;TRACE" /nostdlib /platform:AnyCPU /reference:/opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/System.dll /reference:/opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/System.Core.dll /reference:/opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/mscorlib.dll /warn:4
> /opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/Microsoft.CSharp.targets: error : Error executing tool '/opt/local/JenkinsBuilds/lib/mono/4.5/mcs.exe':
>
>
>
> I checked the commit logs, and it looks like there are commits that would
> affect this behavior.  Now, it might be that I was doing something wrong
> from the start and now I need to fix the process, but it seems like a
> simple process.
> e753ca2 Michael Hutchinson [xbuild] Fix dependency in C# targets
> c197478 Michael Hutchinson [xbuild] Fix 2.0 tests to handle mcs sdk
> argument
> 693176c Michael Hutchinson [xbuild] Fix Tooltask.ToolPath behaviour to
> match .NET
> df52831 Michael Hutchinson [xbuild] Make ToolLocationHelper work better
> for 2.0/3.5
> a55c588 Michael Hutchinson [xbuild] Fix typo that broke 2.0/3.5 targets
> c705849 Michael Hutchinson [xbuild] Fix mscorlib resolution for custom
> frameworks
>
> So, is this a bug in xbuild?
>
> Thank you
>
> Michael
>

I did some rollbacks and have confirmed that change c705849b breaks my
build process, Revision 85fbadaf is the last version that works for me.  I
have not looked at the change in detail, but it does seem to be relevant to
my problem.

Michael
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