Hi Beth,
The problem appears to be that the working directory - which is a temporary
directory created by the <msi> task - no longer exists when cabarc is
executed.
I'll look into that, and make a new nightly build available that either
fixes this issue (if I find the cause) or adds more tracing to allow me to
find the cause.
I'll let you know when it's available. Probably in the next day or two.
Gert
From: Beth Hechanova [mailto:bhechan...@imsco-us.com]
Sent: donderdag 29 januari 2009 21:00
To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] msi task - 'cabarc' failed to start
Gert,
I tried executing cabarc from my build file - that works (at least I get a
.cab file - I'm not sure how the msi file gets generated.)
Executing the msi block gives the same error (pasted again below).
Here's the Distribute target I currently have (with the exec to cabarc
directly):
<target name="Distribute" description="create installer">
<!-- <echo>Path: ${environment::get-variable('PATH')}</echo> -->
<msi verbose="true" sourcedir="${BuildAreaPublish}\*"
output="${BuildAreaDistribute}\ContentManagementTool.msi" />
<exec verbose="true" program="cabarc" >
<arg value="-r" />
<arg value="N" />
<arg value="${BuildAreaDistribute}/ContentManagementTool.cab" />
<arg value="${BuildAreaPublish}\*" />
</exec>
</target>
Thanks for your help,
Beth
Target(s) specified: Distribute
Distribute:
[msi] Building Installer Database
'C:/BuildArea/ContentManagementTool/Distribute\ContentManagementTool.msi'.
[msi] Compressing Files...
[exec] Starting 'cabarc (-r N \ContentManagementTool.cab
*)' in 'C:\Documents and Settings\BHechanova.IMS\Local Settings\Te
mp\tmp429.tmp'
BUILD FAILED
C:\content\ContentTrunk\ContentManagementTool\src\ContentManagementTool.buil
d(179,6):
Unable to build Installer database
'C:/BuildArea/ContentManagementTool/Distribute\ContentManagementTool.msi'.
C:\content\ContentTrunk\ContentManagementTool\src\ContentManagementTool.buil
d(179,6):
Error creating cab file.
'cabarc' failed to start.
The directory name is invalid
Total time: 1.1 seconds.
Re: [NAnt-users] msi task - 'cabarc' failed to start
Gert Driesen
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:41:45 -0800
Beth,
No, that should do it.
Can you try just executing cabarc from within your build file first?
For example:
<exec program="cabarc" />
Gert
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