> -----Original Message----- > From: Jesse Glick [mailto:jesse.gl...@oracle.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 29 February 2012 8:55 AM > To: builds@apache.org > Subject: Re: [Buildbot] value for M2_HOME (maven.home) ? > > On 02/28/2012 05:46 PM, Gavin McDonald wrote: > >> Is there a document that describes where to find things on each slave? > > > > with over 30 slaves and different admins installing stuff all the time, I > > fear it > would be a nightmare to keep updated. > > This is why tool auto-installation [1] was created. Even if you do not want to > use the automatic installers, you can still define an abstract tool on master > and then assign a path for it on each slave (in the node properties page). > Then a job can use the tool without having to hardcode a path. If by "using" > the tool you need to do something more specialized than just assigning it to a > standard build step, the Tool Environment plugin [2] can be very helpful. > > [1] https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Tool+Auto-Installation > [2] https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Tool+Environment+Plugin
Note the Topic - BUILDBOT , not Jenkins! If the Jenkins Admins want to do that, fine. Gav...
