Thanks all - everything is working fine now. The problem was fundamentally not realizing that Jenkins pulls over a copy of everything (including build.xml) into the Jenkins workspace. RB
On Mar 29, 4:25 am, Didier Durand <durand.did...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Generally speaking, you should never check-in results of tools produced > elsewhere for use on Jenkins. You should rather implement those tools on > your Jenkins server, run them there to obtain the results that you need in > further steps of your Jenkins jobs. > > regards > > didier > > Le jeudi 29 mars 2012 09:21:28 UTC+2, Richard Berger a écrit : > > > > > > > > > > > OK, I think I figured it out... the key was that in the Advanced > > settings for the "Invoke Ant" task, for the "Build File" I had put the > > path to my eclipsestuff/workspace/project/build.xml - so all the > > references inside that build.xml where being interpreted as relative > > to "eclipsestuff". > > > Realizing that my build.xml will also exist in the Jenkins workspace, > > I can specify THAT build.xml in the build file line. I am running > > into some other problems so I haven't fully verified this works. But > > it *feels* more correct. > > > Thanks for listening... (and if anyone can confirm that this the right > > approach that would be much appreciated - on the other hand, if I am > > totally lost, feel free to let me wander aimlessly for a > > while :) :) ). > > > RB > > > On Mar 28, 11:58 pm, Richard Berger <richardlan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am playing with Jenkins (which seems really cool) and have a > > > question on coordinating Post-build actions, for example "Publish > > > FindBugs analysis results". > > > > I started this project in Eclipse and the code resides in the > > > directory eclipsestuff/workspace/project (not the real name). The > > > code is also checked into SVN. When I update a file, this correctly > > > triggers a build. In my build.xml file there is the FindBugs task, > > > which creates an output file of "output.xml". From within Eclipse, it > > > all works fine. > > > > Now, when I set up the project in Jenkins, I have to enter something > > > for the "FindBugs results" file. And, more specifically, that file > > > name has to be in my "Jenkins workspace", which is pulled from SVN (or > > > at least I couldn't find a way to specify a path to eclipsestuff/ > > > workspace/project/output.xml). So I think that my output.xml results > > > need to get checked into SVN so that Jenkins can then pull them back > > > out to do the FindBugs analysis. But that doesn't seem right either. > > > > I "solved" this by having the ant task (inside my build.xml) create > > > the output.xml in trunk/Project/output.xml. But that seems somehow > > > wrong. > > > > Before I apply this "solution" to checkstyle and Junit, I thought I > > > should check in and get some advice. I have a feeling I am missing > > > something very obvious. (My question seems a little similar tohttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/jenkinsci-users/browse_thread/thread/b..., > > > but even simpler). > > > > Thanks!!! > > > RB
