Conveniently timed blog post announcing a tool that sounds like it might show the dependencies as MSBuild sees them: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2014/05/29/solution-dependency-viewer-extension.aspx
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 8:20 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-solution- >> 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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