Thanks, Steve. I'll take a look at Rant. Ed
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:48 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Linking multiple build machines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Mack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:19 PM Subject: Linking multiple build machines > Hi all, > Our builds are taking longer and longer, which has prompted me to look > into dividing unrelated build tasks onto separate machines. I have > played with this a little, and have some of it working. > > The primary build machine uses the FTP task to transfer the metadata > for the current build (e.g. build number, changelist# to sync, Ant > commands to invoke). I then use the Telnet task to kick off the > build script on the remote machine, which includes touching a file, as > a signal that its part has completed. > > Where I am stuck is how to get the primary build machine to check (wait, > and check again) for this semaphore file, if it finishes its own tasks, > first. > > This is my first attempt at a cooperative implementation like this, so > I am totally open to suggestions. try and have a go with Rant from sourceforge; lets you call an ant build on one machine from another; uses a servlet running Apache Soap to provide the appropriate endpoint -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
