CODEWITHSUNDEEP
msbuild
Luke Puplett
Luke Puplett

Reputation: 45105

MSBuild - Can I build for a Build Configuration without a solution?

I want to build a project with a particular named Build Configuration, let's call it Conf-A.

This is running as an MSBuild step on TeamCity. When the build runs, it spits out:

The OutputPath property is not set for project ... You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project.

This project is part of a hulking great solution we load on our dev machines.

The error makes sense for my situation, since I'm building just the proj file, but I don't want to use the solution file since I'm trying break-up this monolithic app.

I want the build-server to treat this project as it's own component, even if for the moment it is part of a solution and has references to other projects (assemblies) in the solution.

Must I build this via a solution file?

I could potentially copy the solution file and prune off all the other projects that are not required, but that's more complexity.

(Maybe the error is a red-herring).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1698

Answers (1)

James Woolfenden
James Woolfenden

Reputation: 6651

you dont need to build a sln. Its like the error says. You just havent specified a value for the variable OutputPath in your msbuild. You can add it to your files or you can pass it in at the cmd line - msbuild someproj.proj /p:OutputPath=C:\notallovermydrive

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions