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Robb
Robb

Reputation: 2686

Continuous Building on Linux

We have a smallish C++ Linux project that accompanies our large C++/MFC Windows project. Currently, the Windows project uses CruiseControl.net and Visual Build Pro for managing continuous building and integration. We would like implement something to start our Linux project on the same path.

My question is, should I research using a separate Build tool for Linux or attempt to get Visual Build Pro to work by leveraging its automation and simply invoking a make script on a our Linux Build Machine to actually compile the project?

Even further, due to the size of the Linux project, would it be just easier to script it all including making snapshots and such?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 312

Answers (2)

vromanov
vromanov

Reputation: 919

You can use jenkins or hudson to build on Linux box. This tools have integration with Source Control (svn, perforce, ...), cppunit ...

Upvotes: 2

thiton
thiton

Reputation: 36049

While I don't know the complexity of the "integration" step in your project, the "building" step is in my experience best solved by a trivial shell script:

 BUILDDIR=`mktemp -d`
 svn checkout MY_REPOSITORY/trunk $BUILDDIR
 cd $BUILDDIR
 ./configure
 make all check

I've solved the integration test part with Dejagnu in my current project, works like a charm with another line of sh calling it.

Then insert this shell script into the daily run routine (e.g. by adding it to the crontab of a special CI user on the Linux machine) and forward all of the mail the CI user gets to the person responsible for watching the CI.

Upvotes: 3

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