nant build file builts with nant 0.86 and not with 0.91 alpha 2

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An extract from my console

C:\Users\miralp>cd\

C:>cd SVN

C:\SVN>..\Tools\nant-0.91-alpha2\bin\nant.exe -buildfile:C:\SVN\BestFareFinderGit\Source\Deploy\Functions.build The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\SVN>Tools\nant-0.91-alpha2\bin\nant.exe -buildfile:C:\SVN\BestFareFinderGit\Source\Deploy\Functions.build NAnt 0.91 (Build 0.91.3881.0; alpha2; 17/08/2010) Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Gerry Shaw http://nant.sourceforge.net

Buildfile: file:///C:/SVN/BestFareFinderGit/Source/Deploy/Functions.build Target framework: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

BUILD FAILED

C:\SVN\BestFareFinderGit\Source\Deploy\Functions.build(4,3): Compilation failed: c:\Users\miralp\AppData\Local\Temp\izhn5siv.0.cs(36,6) : error CS0012: The type 'System.Xml.XmlDocument' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'System. Xml, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // // This code was generated by a tool. // Runtime Version:4.0.30319.239 // // Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if // the code is regenerated. // //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

using NAnt.Core; using NAnt.Core.Attributes; using System; using System.Collections; using System.IO; using System.Text;

[FunctionSet("ttl", "ttl")] public class nant84cd7051c5eb497da059d002e13b0448 : NAnt.Core.FunctionSetBase {

[Function("expand_nant_properties_into_template")]
public string Expand_nant_properties_into_template(string templateFilepath, string propertiesFilepath, string applicationVersion)
{
 const int INDENT_LEVEL = 0;
 const string APPLICATION_VERSION = "applicationVersion";

 //Get the contents of the template to be expanded
 string template = new FileInfo(templateFilepath)
        .OpenText()
        .ReadToEnd();

 //Create a new NAnt project with only the properties in the properties file
 Project project = new Project(propertiesFilepath, Level.None, INDENT_LEVEL);
 project.Properties.Add(APPLICATION_VERSION, applicationVersion);

 //Load the properties into memory
 project.Run();

 return project.Properties.ExpandProperties(template, Location.UnknownLocation);
}


public nant84cd7051c5eb497da059d002e13b0448(NAnt.Core.Project project, NAnt.Core.PropertyDictionary propDict) :
        base(project, propDict) {
}

}

Total time: 1.4 seconds.

C:\SVN>Tools\nant\bin\nant.exe -buildfile:C:\SVN\BestFareFinderGit\Source\Deploy\Functions.build NAnt 0.86 (Build 0.86.2898.0; beta1; 08/12/2007) Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Gerry Shaw http://nant.sourceforge.net

Buildfile: file:///C:/SVN/BestFareFinderGit/Source/Deploy/Functions.build Target framework: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

[script] Scanning assembly "jp-pfatj" for extensions. [script] Scanning assembly "rzb29ihl" for extensions.

BUILD SUCCEEDED

Total time: 4.8 seconds.

C:\SVN>..\Tools\nant-0.91-alpha2\bin\nant.exe -buildfile:C:\SVN\BestFareFinderGit\Source\Deploy\Functions.build

Rami A. Rami A. · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-08T11:22:23

I'm assuming you are using the msbuild nant task.

Try setting the nant.settings.currentframework property like this:

<property name="nant.settings.currentframework" value="net-3.5" />

nant build file builts with nant 0.86 and not with 0.91 alpha 2

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