Sorry folks for my slow response. Wearing many hat and fighting fires,
as I am sure you can all relate to.
When I posted my original question, I had installed the Windows SDK for
Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. I believe this installed SDK
Version 6.1. However, Nant 0.86 did not, would not work with .NET 3.5
with this version of the SDK. I tried cheating and hacking the
registry, but still no luck.
I then installed Visual Studio 2008 and in so doing, installed SDK
Version 6.0A. Once I did this, Nant 0.86 began to work with .NET 3.5.
I adjusted the <framework> tag as follows:
<frameworks>
<platform name="win32" default="net-3.5">
. . .
</frameworks>
Then things began to work-finally.
So, it appears that Nant Version 0.86 requires Version 6.0A of the SDK
and that Version 6.1, even though it is 'supposedly' newer and supports
.NET Framework 3.5, doesn't work.
What I don't know and can't say for sure, is whether Nant Version 0.86
SHOULD be able to work with SDK Version 6.1. I just don't know enough
about the differences between SDK to say for sure. As far as I can
tell, when I ONLY had Version 6.1 of the SDK, the registry entries
pointed to the right directories.
I would prefer not to have to install Visual Studio 2008 on a target
build machine just to get support for Nant Version 0.86 and the
<msbuild> task. I'd rather just install the appropriate SDK. However,
I cannot seem to find a separate installation of SDK Version 6.0A on
Microsoft's web site.
At this point, all my build scripts are functioning normally and I have
full support for mixed builds of 2005 and 2008 solutions files. That's
good. But, having had to install so many SDK on our build server, I
have quickly running out of disk space. Having 3 SDKs and 2 IDEs on a
build server should not be necessary-kind of a heavy-handed approach to
this problem.
Any additional thoughts or insights would be appreciated.
Ken Parrish
Gomez, Inc.
From: Gert Driesen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:03 AM
To: Parrish, Ken; Julian Simpson; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] MSBuild task and .NET 3.5
Ken,
Are you sure that the mentioned registry key exists on both machines?
I haven't checked this yet, but other users posted messages claiming
that this registry key is not created when you installed v6.1 of the
Windows SDK.
Also, can you try using the most recent nightly build of NAnt as that
fixes a few framework-related issues.
More details on the fixes are available here:
http://nant.sourceforge.net/nightly/latest/releasenotes.html
Gert
From: Parrish, Ken <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:10 PM
To: Julian Simpson <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ;
nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] MSBuild task and .NET 3.5
Julian,
Thanks. This was very insightful.
However, I have a conflict that I don't know how to resolve.
On the machine for which Nant Version 0.86 works with 'net-3.5'
framework specified, I have Windows SDK Version 6.0a installed.
On the machine for which Nant Version 0.86 does not work with 'net-3.5'
framework specified, I have Windows SDK Version 6.1 installed.
Supposedly this is the version of the framework for .NET 3.5.
I checked the registry key:
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft
SDKs\v6.0A\WinSDKNetFxTools\InstallationFolder
This is present on both machines and references the 6.0A or 6.1 version
of the SDK respectively.
It seems counter intuitive that I should need to revert BACK to SDK
Version 6.0A from Version 6.1 in order for Nant 0.86 to operate
properly.
Is there some reason or explanation why Nant 0.86 might NOT be
compatible with SDK Version 6.1? I would think that this problem
manifests itself 'the other way 'round'.
Any other ideas or clues would be greatly appreciated.
Ken Parrish
Gomez, Inc.
From: Julian Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:20 PM
To: Parrish, Ken
Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] MSBuild task and .NET 3.5
Having just spent this evening wrestling with the same issue, I can tell
you that they come from the registry. Have a look at this post:
http://www.timbarcz.com/blog/CategoryView,category,Nant.aspx
They don't map to environment variables and the application uses them
extensively.
Jumping in late here but I presume that you'll want to install at least
the .NET 3.5 SDK to make your build work. I just ended up installing a
Visual Studio 2008 and the SDK to support the project I've been working
on.
Best
Julian
On 21 Oct 2008, at 20:17, Parrish, Ken wrote:
Where or how does Nant get the value, used in Nant.exe.config, for
'sdkInstallRoot' and 'installroot' ?
Do these map to environment variables? Are they required?
--
Julian Simpson
Software Build and Deployment
http://www.build-doctor.com
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