Problem with build dependencies in MS Build

10-14-2008 1:21 PM |

We have a Silverlight solution with five projects in the following structure (project names changed to protect the guilty):

• Class libraries A and B
• Application (.xap's) C and D
• web application (test harness) E.

1. B references A,
   
2. C & D each reference both B and A,
   
3. E references C and D.

Throughout Beta 2, we have been successfully building this using MSBuild with the references listed above. Starting last night, when we updated our build server with the RTW developer tools for Silverlight, we started getting this error message:

[Any CPU/Release] CSC(0,0): error CS0006: Metadata file 'D:\BuildTemp\B.dll' could not be found
[Any CPU/Release] CSC(0,0): error CS0006: Metadata file 'D:\BuildTemp\A.dll' could not be found
[Any CPU/Release] CSC(0,0): error CS0006: Metadata file 'D:\BuildTemp\B.dll' could not be found
[Any CPU/Release] CSC(0,0): error CS0006: Metadata file 'D:\BuildTemp\A.dll' could not be found

 
The work around today was to directly add dependencies from E to all of A, B, C and D using the Project Dependencies dialog.

I believe this is a bug, as MSBuild should cascade Project references and ensure everything is built.

Re: Re: Problem with build dependencies in MS Build

12-05-2008 3:46 PM |

Is this an issue with MSBuild or Teambuild or both.

Re: Problem with build dependencies in MS Build

04-28-2009 11:26 AM |

Can you give any more details on this known issue?  I'm having a problem building a solution with multiple SilverLight projects with team build and while adding the references helps it doesn't seem to fix all of the issues.

Thanks,

 Bill

Re: Problem with build dependencies in MS Build

06-29-2009 6:45 PM |

 Likewise. This issue has been a huge pain for me. Any word? Any other workaround except keep trying different manual dependency settings till it works?