[Mono-list] RemoveDir - XBuild vs MSBuild

[Mike Christensen]

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710234

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710238

These bugs will still get a home with Novell no longer in the picture, correct?

Mike

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Mike Christensen <mike at kitchenpc.com> wrote:
> I'll get this filed right away, thanks!
>
> I found another bug which I'll also log:
>
> This works on MSBuild:
>
> <RemoveDir Directories="$(BuildDir)" Condition=" Exists( $(BuildDir) ) " />
>
> But causes a parsing error on xbuild.  It works if you put in the
> value rather than the property.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Jonathan Chambers <joncham at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mike,
>> This seems to be a bug. Please file this, and as a workaround try adding a
>> Condition attribute with an Exists check:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7szfhaft.aspx
>> Something like:
>> <RemoveDir Condition="Exists('Imp/bin')" Directories="Imp/bin" />
>> Thanks,
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Mike Christensen <mike at kitchenpc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm trying to port an MSBuild script to XBuild and running into the
>>> following issue:
>>>
>>> <RemoveDir Directories="Imp/bin" />
>>>
>>> This crashes and stops building if Imp/bin does not exist.  On
>>> MSBuild, it will just do nothing and ignore the command.
>>>
>>> Is this a bug?  Is there any way I can say "delete the directory if it
>>> exists?"
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Mike
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>>
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