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

[Michael Hutchinson]

AFAIK something's wrong with the installation if
$prefix/lib/mono/4.5/mcs.exe is missing.

What does your $prefix/bin/mcs point to?

On 15 February 2014 10:51, Michael Franz <mvfranz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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