I've got a parameterized matrix build, one of the parameters is called "Description" and in the "Prepare an environment for the run" section, under "Script Content", I have this: curl -G -s --data-urlencode "Description=$Description" "http://localhost:8080/job/$JOB_NAME/$BUILD_NUMBER/submitDescription"; this works great to set the description of the build according to the Description parameter, and do so early on in the build (I'm not as happy with the plugins that set the description at the end of the build).
HOWEVER when the Matrix part of the job kicks in, this code gets executed again on my Linux box which chokes because it's only a slave so http://localhost:8080 doesn't mean anything. I thought about actually specifying the IP, so the "submitDescription" would go to the actual build server, but in the matrix build $JOB_NAME is now "Job/Matrix=linux" so the URL isn't right anyway. AND I've also got a Windows slave, and "curl" just completely confuses him. I tried writing an "if" statement in the "Script Content" - something like this: if [[ "$NODE_NAME" = "master" ]]; then curl -G blah blah blah fi but (1) Jenkins wasn't at all happy with that, and (2) even if Jenkins accepted it, my Windows slave would choke on it. * Is there a better way to set the build description from a parameter? * Is there a way to have Jenkins prepare the environment differently on different nodes? * Is there a trick to putting a value in "Script File Path" such that it runs correctly on both Windows and Linux slaves? * Is there something clever I can do with a Groovy script here? Thanks for any and all advice! Chris -- View this message in context: http://jenkins-ci.361315.n4.nabble.com/How-can-I-set-the-build-description-from-a-parameter-tp4683192.html Sent from the Jenkins users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
