This, by the way, is the reason the build team and the setup team are often located near each other. They both have to debug solely with incredibly cryptic log formats.
_______________________________________________________________ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:54 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build order problems Votive vs MSBuild Sort of like msi logs....<g> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:20 AM, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > Yes, but it's very messy and you really need an eye for how to read > the detailed or diagnostic log. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer - ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > www.jackhenry.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 7:20 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build order problems Votive vs MSBuild > > Rob it could be that issue though we have very, very few solution > dependencies (the primary reason for this as described in the linked > blog entry). I just checked we have 2 solution based dependencies out > of ~280 projects (1 to link a C++ project to a C# consumer and 1 to > link 4 C# projects to a soon-to-be replaced InstallShield project). > > Any one know if I turn up the logging on MSBuild if I can "see" each > project's dependency 'tree' as MSBuild see it? > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote: > > > Sounds a lot like: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msbuild/archive/2010/12/21/incorrect-solutio > > n- build-ordering-when-using-msbuild-exe.aspx > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:56 PM > > To: WiX Users > > Subject: [WiX-users] Build order problems Votive vs MSBuild > > > > We've run into this issue in which it appears as though our .sln > > builds correctly when built through VS (Votive installed), but when > > built using MSBuild, the WiX project dependencies appear to be > > ignored. This results in a build order problem (csproj is built > > _after_ wixproj that needs its output). If the build order is > > forced (manually add a dependency in the sln file), the MSBuild > > build works fine. As such, it appears as if MSBuild is used on the > > .sln, the auto generated project dependency list (and thus build order) is > > not correct. > > > > NOTE: We do NOT have WiX installed on our build server. I have > > modified our wixproj files per > > http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/msbuild/daily_builds.html. > > > > I found an old thread titled "Problem with build order under MSBuild 4.0" > > (4/14/10) that describes an identical issue. And another thread > > titled > > "Wix3.6.1518.0 to 3.6.1915.0 issue" (7/20/11) in which this bug > > http://sourceforge.net/p/wix/bugs/2588/ is linked. But I can't tell > > if the bug was fixed or just closed. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > VS/TFS2012, Wix 3.8 > > -- > > Tony > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > -------- Time is money. Stop wasting it! Get your web API in 5 > > minutes. > > www.restlet.com/download > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/restlet > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > -------- Time is money. Stop wasting it! 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