How to fine-tune the level for SonarQube Gradle plugin - jenkins

I'm using SonarQube plugin (version 2.6.1) for Gradle (version 4.7) and have the problem that a lot of unimportant log output is being written while running the sonar analysis on my CI server.
Is there a way to fine-tune the log level for this plugin?
I checked the documentation but the only setting related to the log output I found was the JVM argument "verbose" which I'm not using either way (I guess the default is false so this shouldn't be turned on for me).
EDIT: Here are some examples of the output I would like to get rid of:
Some huge exception stacktraces during findbugs analysis (this one is shortened, didn't want to post the whole stacktrace, it's really huge).
16:23:34.993 ERROR - Unable to create symbol table for : /opt/workspace/pipeline-1/src/main/java/com/SomeClass.java
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
at org.sonar.java.resolve.TypeAndReferenceSolver.getSymbolOfMemberSelectExpression(TypeAndReferenceSolver.java:232) ~[java-squid-2.5.1.jar:na]
at org.sonar.java.resolve.TypeAndReferenceSolver.resolveAs(TypeAndReferenceSolver.java:200) ~[java-squid-2.5.1.jar:na]
at org.sonar.java.resolve.TypeAndReferenceSolver.resolveAs(TypeAndReferenceSolver.java:182) ~[java-squid-2.5.1.jar:na]
at...
Stacktraces from PMD:
16:23:37.206 ERROR - Fail to execute PMD. Following file is ignored: /opt/workspace/pipeline-1/src/main/java/com/SomeClass.java
java.lang.RuntimeException: null
at org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor.visitParameter(Unknown Source) ~[asm-5.0.3.jar:5.0.3]
at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.b(Unknown Source) ~[asm-5.0.3.jar:5.0.3]
at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source) ~[asm-5.0.3.jar:5.0.3]
at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source) ~[asm-5.0.3.jar:5.0.3]
at net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.typeresolution.PMDASMClassLoader.getImportedClasses(PMDASMClassLoader.java:77) ~[pmd-java-5.2.1.jar:na]...
Lots of irrelevant warnings like these:
16:23:38.638 WARN - /opt/workspace/pipeline-1/src/main/java/com/SomeClass.java: Got an exception - expecting EOF, found '}'
/opt/workspace/pipeline-1/src/main/java/com/SomeClass.java:28:5: expecting RCURLY, found 'default'
16:23:38.655 WARN - /opt/workspace/pipeline-1/src/main/java/com/SomeClass.java: Got an exception - expecting EOF, found 'someVariable'
I don't know what exactly is causing these problems, but since both my app and the results of the sonar analysis are looking OK, I would like to get rid of those log outputs since they only pollute my logs on Jenkins and make them unreadable.

There's property sonar.log.level and sonar.verbose; for example:
allprojects {
sonarqube {
properties {
// property "sonar.log.level", "INFO"
property "sonar.log.level", "TRACE"
}
}
}
see the analysis parameters.

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GroovyObject class not found on Tomcat 8 with war of Grails 3.2.0

I deployed a Grails 3.2.0 WAR on Tomcat 8.5.6 and JDK 1.8.0_91 with a simple controller having following code:
package com.test
class MailController {
static responseFormats = ['json']
def index() {
Map headers = (request.headerNames as List).collectEntries { // It fails on this line
return [(it): request.getHeader(it)]
}
println "Incoming email $headers"
render status: 200
}
}
This code fails with the following exception:
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: groovy/lang/GroovyObject
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:763)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:642)
at groovy.util.ProxyGenerator.instantiateDelegateWithBaseClass(ProxyGenerator.java:225)
at groovy.util.ProxyGenerator.instantiateDelegateWithBaseClass(ProxyGenerator.java:193)
at groovy.util.ProxyGenerator.instantiateDelegate(ProxyGenerator.java:185)
at groovy.util.ProxyGenerator.instantiateDelegate(ProxyGenerator.java:181)
at org.grails.web.converters.ConverterUtil.invokeOriginalAsTypeMethod(ConverterUtil.java:161)
at org.grails.web.converters.ConvertersExtension.asType(ConvertersExtension.groovy:56)
at com.test.MailController.index(MailController.groovy:7)
at org.grails.core.DefaultGrailsControllerClass$MethodHandleInvoker.invoke(DefaultGrailsControllerClass.java:222)
at org.grails.core.DefaultGrailsControllerClass.invoke(DefaultGrailsControllerClass.java:187)
at org.grails.web.mapping.mvc.UrlMappingsInfoHandlerAdapter.handle(UrlMappingsInfoHandlerAdapter.groovy:90)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:963)
... 14 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: groovy.lang.GroovyObject
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
... 27 common frames omitted
Before building the WAR file, I've changed the embedded tomcat to provided in build.gradle and also commented the groovy-ant dependency related to grails-core#10196
I see a answer here but that didn't worked and the above code is working fine when we run via grails run-app.
Update
I shorted down the issue. It is failing on this part only request.headerNames as List
I am pretty sure the problem is with the use of "as List". Mostly because Grails will overwrite Groovy's asType implementation which makes the "as X" coercion syntax work.
Grails does this to add support for things like JSON for marshalling known Grails types to web transport formats.
Unfortunately, in doing so Grails also breaks any asType function you might have declared yourself. Or in this case Groovy itself already declared for converting an Enumeration into a List.
It's quite annoying as Grails is effectively breaking existing contracts here and forcing you to modify upstream code to allow it to run on Grails.
That or dump Grails because it doesn't play nice with perfectly valid Groovy code.
I believe replacing "as List" with .asType(List) won't even fix the issue as you're still invoking the same code. At best you could try .collect([]) {it} instead. It may not be necessary to add the empty array as the first argument to collect.

How to show mbunit/gallio TestLog or Console output in Jenkins?

I'm using Gallio/MbUnit framework for my web testing, and the tests are kicked off from Jenkins. I've installed the Gallio/MbUnit plugin and it's publishing the xml report. I'm trying to find a way to display test log or console messages in the "Test Result" section so the team can easily read failures instead of digging into the "Console Output" for any failed test run.
When I run these Gallio/MbUnit tests from my local machine using Icarus everything is pretty nicely formatted, but not so much with Jenkins. I'd like to keep using it and improve how we display the errors. Suggestions?
For a failed test:
Failed
...MainMenuTests.AcctClaimsItems
Failing for the past 4 builds (Since Failed#128 )
Took 47 sec.
add description
Error Message
Expected value to be false.Actual Value : d:\Jenkins\jobs\...\workspace\WebTesting\Base\Helpers.cs:line 90d:\Jenkins\jobs\...\workspace\WebTesting\TigerEye\Tests\MainMenuTests.cs:line 329true
Stacktrace
at WebTesting.Base.Helpers.Click(IWebDriver driver, IWebElement element) in
From the raw console output:
Start time: 4:21 PM
Initializing the runtime and loading plugins.
Verifying test files.
Initializing the test runner.
Running the tests.
[failed] Test WebTesting/MainMenuTests/AcctClaimsItems
Expected value to be false.
Found System.Web Exception after click to url
.../Accounting/FETReport.aspx
Actual Value : true
at WebTesting.Base.Click(IWebDriver driver, IWebElement element) in d:\Jenkins\jobs\...\workspace\WebTesting\Base\StaticHelpers.cs:line 90 at WebTesting...\Tests.MainMenuTests.AcctClaimsItems() in d:\Jenkins\jobs\...\workspace\WebTesting\TigerEye\Tests\MainMenuTests.cs:line 329
Code:
if (driver.PageSource.Contains("System.Web - Exception"))
{
TestLog.Write("Found exception on page {0}", driver.Url);
TestLog.Write(driver.PageSource.ToString());
Console.Write("Found exception on page {0}", driver.Url);
Console.Write(driver.PageSource.ToString());
Assert.IsFalse(driver.PageSource.Contains("System.Web - Exception"), "Found System.Web Exception after click to url {0}",driver.Url);
}
There is a general console parsing plugin you can use to add a post build step https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Log+Parser+Plugin

WSDL Endpoint example throwing errors in Mule

Posting here is always my last resort, but I'm going crazy here. I'm a Mule ESB beginner. I've been trying to do some simple examples to get me on the right track.
But I've encountered a problem with one of the examples I've seen on the mule website...
http://www.mulesoft.org/documentation/display/current/WSDL+Connectors
I'm trying to set up a generic WSDL endpoint, which invokes a web service without generating a client.
The WSDL I'm trying to access...
http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx?WSDL&method=ConversionRate
The problem is, I keep getting the following error
[ERROR] IOException during exec() of compiler "javac". Check your path environment variable.
ERROR 2013-04-19 09:27:07,920 [[soap].soapFlow1.stage1.02] org.apache.cxf.endpoint.dynamic.DynamicClientFactory: Could not compile java files for http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx?WSDL&method=ConversionRate?wsdl.
ERROR 2013-04-19 09:27:07,934 [[soap].soapFlow1.stage1.02] org.mule.exception.DefaultMessagingExceptionStrategy:
********************************************************************************
Message : Unable to create JAXBContext for generated packages: Provider com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory could not be instantiated: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: "net.webservicex" doesnt contain ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index (java.lang.IllegalStateException)
Code : MULE_ERROR--2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exception stack is:
1. "net.webservicex" doesnt contain ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index (javax.xml.bind.JAXBException)
com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory:183 (http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.3/techdocs/api/javax/xml/bind/JAXBException.html)
2. Provider com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory could not be instantiated: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: "net.webservicex" doesnt contain ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index (javax.xml.bind.JAXBException)
javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder:-1 (http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.3/techdocs/api/javax/xml/bind/JAXBException.html)
3. Unable to create JAXBContext for generated packages: Provider com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory could not be instantiated: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: "net.webservicex" doesnt contain ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index (java.lang.IllegalStateException)
org.apache.cxf.endpoint.dynamic.DynamicClientFactory:363 (null)
4. Unable to create JAXBContext for generated packages: Provider com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory could not be instantiated: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: "net.webservicex" doesnt contain ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index (java.lang.IllegalStateException) (org.mule.api.DefaultMuleException)
org.mule.module.cxf.builder.AbstractOutboundMessageProcessorBuilder:96 (http://www.mulesoft.org/docs/site/current3/apidocs/org/mule/api/DefaultMuleException.html)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Root Exception stack trace:
javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: "net.webservicex" doesnt contain ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index
at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory.createContext(ContextFactory.java:183)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
+ 3 more (set debug level logging or '-Dmule.verbose.exceptions=true' for everything)
********************************************************************************
And yes, I've hunted around the internet for hours looking for a solution.
Things I've done to try fix the problem.
Make sure the javac path is set in the environment variables.
(%JAVA_HOME%\bin)
Make sure that mule studio has the correct path to JRE
I know it's a simple problem, but I need to figure it out to tackle a larger project that I have in mind.
If anyone could shed some light on a solution this problem, then I'd be extremely grateful.
Thanks :)
Other info:
Using Java 1.7
Using MuleStudio 3.4
Ok, after trying and failing at many different solutions, I've figured it out.
I've seen a lot of people asking the same question as me, with very few solutions.
Here is mine...
The JRE was incorrect.
My java directory consisted of..
And Mule studio was using the folder jre7
So I changed it to use the JRE in the directory jdk1.7.0_17/jre
Ran it again and.. OMG it worked!!
Here is how to do it in mule studio/eclipse...Right Click on your Project --> Properties --> Java Build Path --> Libraries Tab --> Click JRE System Library --> Press Edit --> Click Alternate JRE --> Click Installed JREs.. --> Then Add the JRE from the correct directory like I stated above.
Hope this helps anyone with the same problem! :)

Getting compile error in integration testing with "Getting Started with Grails" ebook

I'm going through the "Getting Started with Grails" ebook and have hit a wall with chapter 4 (Validation) on page 38 (actual page 50). Here is the code:
Oh, there might be a typo in the code in the book, though it didn't affect the behavior or error messages I got, on the following line:
def code = badField?.codes.find {
it == 'race.startDate.validator.invalid'
}
As I said, it doesn't affect the main execution, but was just curious if I'm right or if this is something in Groovy I haven't run across yet. I put what I thought it should be below.
package racetrack
import groovy.util.GroovyTestCase
class RaceIntegrationTests extends GroovyTestCase {
void testRaceDatesBeforeToday() {
def lastWeek = new Date() - 7
def race = new Race(startDate:lastWeek)
assertFalse "Validation should not succeed", race.validate()
// It should have errors after validation fails
assertTrue "There should be errors", race.hasErrors()
println "\nErrors:"
println race.errors ?: "no errors found"
def badField = race.errors.getFieldError('startDate')
println "\nBadField:"
println badField ?: "startDate wasn't a bad field"
assertNotNull "Expecting to find an error on the startDate field", badField
def code = badField ?: codes.find {
it == 'race.startDate.validator.invalid'
}
println "\nCode:"
println code ?:"the custom validator for startDate wasn't found"
assertNotNull "startDate field should be the culprit", code
}
}
where, when running "grails test-app", I get the following:
Error executing script TestApp: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not load class in test type 'integration'
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not load class in test type 'integration'
at gant.Gant$_dispatch_closure5.doCall(Gant.groovy:391)
at gant.Gant$_dispatch_closure7.doCall(Gant.groovy:415)
at gant.Gant$_dispatch_closure7.doCall(Gant.groovy)
at gant.Gant.withBuildListeners(Gant.groovy:427)
at gant.Gant.this$2$withBuildListeners(Gant.groovy)
at gant.Gant$this$2$withBuildListeners.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
at gant.Gant.dispatch(Gant.groovy:415)
at gant.Gant.this$2$dispatch(Gant.groovy)
at gant.Gant.invokeMethod(Gant.groovy)
at gant.Gant.executeTargets(Gant.groovy:590)
at gant.Gant.executeTargets(Gant.groovy:589)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not load class in test type 'integration'
at _GrailsTest_groovy$_run_closure4.doCall(_GrailsTest_groovy:261)
at _GrailsTest_groovy$_run_closure4.call(_GrailsTest_groovy)
at _GrailsTest_groovy$_run_closure2.doCall(_GrailsTest_groovy:228)
at _GrailsTest_groovy$_run_closure1_closure21.doCall(_GrailsTest_groovy:187)
at _GrailsTest_groovy$_run_closure1.doCall(_GrailsTest_groovy:174)
at TestApp$_run_closure1.doCall(TestApp.groovy:82)
at gant.Gant$_dispatch_closure5.doCall(Gant.groovy:381)
... 10 more
The book is using Grails 1.2.x and I'm using 1.3.x and already noticed some discrepancies between the versions (nothing unsurmountable), so it could be something like that, but I can't seem to figure it out. Being new to Groovy and Grails isn't helping! :-D
Can anyone explain what I can do to get past this?
I just got this error, my cause was that my test class was in the wrong package.
I could not find a way to get a clearer description of the problem, even running with the --stacktrace option showed no more information.
It seems like this error can be caused by different compilation issues, perhaps?
I had the same problem (although I'm using Grails 2.3.4) - I fixed it by explicitly including
import racetrack.Race
instead of
package racetrack
Interestingly, after I tried this I commented it out and everything still worked - until I did a grails clean. Then it failed again. Suspect something not quite 100% in the grails / groovy auto compilation stuff.
I hit this problem with Grails 2.4.2. The cause was I had a test file named FooTest, but the class was named FooTest**s**.
Running grails test-app --stacktrace helped find the offending class.
First of all, I don't think you need this to be an 'integration' test. Place it under the 'src/test/unit/...' directory structure. Second of all, if you want to test the Grails 'validate()' method that is going to be injected by the Grails framework based on your 'constraints' block, you must make the test extend 'GrailsUnitTest' and call 'mockDomain(Race)' on the first line of your unit test method. If that is unclear, ping me and I'll post code but my guess is your book has a pretty good example of this. Here is some 'free hand' code that might fix it...
class RaceTests extends GrailsUnitTest {
void testRaceDatesBeforeToday() {
mockDomain(Race)
...
please make sure that your package name is correct, the above error means that its trying to run the test but since the package name is specified wrong its not able to find the file with that particular package name.

Troubleshooting MSBuild failures

I am trying to convert my shop from using VSS to TFS.
Our current codebase consists of a large number of Visual Studio 2008 solutions and I've noticed some of them seem to cause MSBuild to fail, but I cannot figure out why. The actual solutions themselves and the projects they hold build correctly, but the overall build still fails.
The ErrorsAndWarnings.txt and Release.txt file show no errors, just warnings (various little things in the code we need to clean up)
The BuildLog.txt file is, of course, enormous and has tons and tons of difficult-to-comprehend text in it. As best I can tell though, when it gets to one of these SLN files that give it problems, MSBuild just flat out crashes and dies.
Task "MSBuild"
Global Properties:
Configuration=Release
Platform=Any CPU
OutDir=C:\TFS\REPOSITORY\Full\Binaries\Release\
PublishDir=C:\TFS\REPOSITORY\Full\Binaries\Release\
SkipInvalidConfigurations=true
RunCodeAnalysis=false
VCBuildOverride=C:\TFS\REPOSITORY\Full\Sources\Code\Solution\Solution.sln.Release.vsprops
VCBuildAdditionalLibPaths=
VCBuildAdditionalOptions=
VCBuildToolPath=
VCBuildUseEnvironment=
TeamBuildConstants=_TEAM_BUILD_
TargetsNotLogged=GetTargetPath;GetNativeManifest;GetCopyToOutputDirectoryItems
C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets(1008,5):
error MSB4018: The "MSBuild" task failed unexpectedly.
error MSB4018: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.SolutionWrapperProject.AssignDependencyLevel(ProjectInSolution project, SolutionParser solution, Dictionary`2 projectsByDependencyLevel)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.SolutionWrapperProject.AssignDependencyLevel(ProjectInSolution project, SolutionParser solution, Dictionary`2 projectsByDependencyLevel)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.SolutionWrapperProject.AssignDependencyLevels(SolutionParser solution, Dictionary`2 projectsByDependencyLevel)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.SolutionWrapperProject.CreateSolutionProject(SolutionParser solution, Project msbuildProject, BuildEventContext projectBuildEventContext, String wrapperProjectToolsVersion, Engine parentEngine, String solutionProjectCache)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.SolutionWrapperProject.Generate(SolutionParser solution, Project msbuildProject, String toolsVersionOverride, BuildEventContext projectBuildEventContext)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project.Load(String projectFileName, BuildEventContext buildEventContext, ProjectLoadSettings projectLoadSettings)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Engine.GetMatchingProject(Project existingProject, String projectFullPath, BuildPropertyGroup globalPropertiesToUse, String toolsVersion, String[] targetNames, BuildEventContext buildEventContext, Boolean toolsVersionPeekedFromProjectFile)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Engine.BuildProjectFileInternal(BuildRequest buildRequest)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Engine.EngineBuildLoop(BuildRequest terminatingBuildRequest)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.TaskExecutionModule.BuildProjectFile(Int32 handleId, String[] projectFileNames, String[] targetNames, IDictionary[] globalPropertiesPerProject, IDictionary[] targetOutputsPerProject, EngineLoggingServices loggingServices, String[] toolsVersions, Boolean useResultsCache, Boolean unloadProjectsOnCompletion, BuildEventContext taskContext)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.EngineProxy.BuildProjectFilesInParallel(String[] projectFileNames, String[] targetNames, IDictionary[] globalProperties, IDictionary[] targetOutputsPerProject, String[] toolsVersions, Boolean useResultsCache, Boolean unloadProjectsOnCompletion)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.MSBuild.ExecuteTargets(ITaskItem[] projects, Hashtable propertiesTable, ArrayList targetLists, Boolean stopOnFirstFailure, Boolean rebaseOutputs, IBuildEngine2 buildEngine, TaskLoggingHelper log, ArrayList targetOutputs, Boolean useResultsCache, Boolean unloadProjectsOnCompletion, String toolsVersion)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.MSBuild.BuildProjectsInParallel(Hashtable propertiesTable, ArrayList targetLists, Boolean success, Boolean[] skipProjects)
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.MSBuild.Execute()
error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.TaskEngine.ExecuteInstantiatedTask(EngineProxy engineProxy, ItemBucket bucket, TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask, ITask task, Boolean& taskResult)
Done building target "CoreCompileSolution" in project "TFSBuild.proj" -- FAILED.
Done Building Project "C:\TFS\REPOSITORY\Full\BuildType\TFSBuild.proj" (CompileSolution target(s)) -- FAILED.
Done executing task "MSBuild" -- FAILED.
Done building target "CoreCompileConfiguration" in project "TFSBuild.proj" -- FAILED.
Done Building Project "C:\TFS\REPOSITORY\Full\BuildType\TFSBuild.proj" (CompileConfiguration target(s)) -- FAILED.
Done executing task "MSBuild" -- FAILED.
Done building target "CoreCompile" in project "TFSBuild.proj" -- FAILED.
Done Building Project "C:\TFS\REPOSITORY\Full\BuildType\TFSBuild.proj" (CoreCompile target(s)) -- FAILED.
Done executing task "MSBuild" -- FAILED.
Done building target "CallCompile" in project "TFSBuild.proj" -- FAILED.
I know pasting incredibly verbose error messages in Stack Overflow is lame but the core thing to take from the above is MSBuild is crashing and I can't figure out why. It gives the usual "Object reference not set..." error, which is pretty much universally useless when it's not your code or program you're troubleshooting.
I see that it's referencing TeamFoundation.Build.targets. I look up that file that file but it doesn't really jump out at me what the problem could be. (the line after the comment is the (1008,5) referenced above)
<!-- Build using MSBuild task -->
<MSBuild BuildInParallel="$(BuildSolutionsInParallel)"
Projects="$(Solution)"
Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration);Platform=$(Platform);$(OutDirOption);$(PublishDirOption);SkipInvalidConfigurations=$(SkipInvalidConfigurations);$(FxCopDirOption);$(ReferencePathOption);$(CodeAnalysisOption);
VCBuildOverride=$(VsPropsFile);VCBuildAdditionalLibPaths=$(VCBuildAdditionalLibPaths);VCBuildAdditionalOptions=$(VCBuildAdditionalOptions);VCBuildToolPath=$(VCBuildToolPath);VCBuildUseEnvironment=$(VCBuildUseEnvironment);
TeamBuildConstants=$(TeamBuildConstants);TargetsNotLogged=$(TargetsNotLogged);$(CustomPropertiesForBuild);$(CustomProperties)"
Targets="$(Targets)"
StopOnFirstFailure="$(StopOnFirstFailure)">
<Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" ItemName="CompilationOutputs" />
</MSBuild>
At first I thought this was telling me that one of the items that need to be substituted in the node was missing, but the other solutions which don't have issues have similar/identical setups.
I notice some of the items in the call stack of the MSBuild deal with targets and the issue seems to stem from the TeamFoundation.Build.targets file but I'm stuck as to what to do next to troubleshoot it.
Has anyone run into this before?
I believe the solution file is corrupt, and VS is being more tolerant. (If I remember correctly this crash can be caused by an unmatched curly parenthesis)
If it's feasible, I would recreate the solution file from within VS.
Dan (msbuild team)
When you said:
The actual solutions themselves and the projects they hold build correctly
do you mean that they build correctly within the IDE, or that you can go to those solution directories on the command line and run 'msbuild foo.proj' or 'msbuild bar.sln'?
Anyway, things I would try are first narrow down the offending solution/project, by telling TFS not to build in parallel, turn off multi-CPU support (e.g. '-maxcpucount:1'), do a binary search by trimming away solutions/projects. Once you get to the offending set, build with the '-v:diag' parameter to get even more details about the state of the MSBuild engine.
Alternately, you can write a small C# app that invokes the MSBuild engine directly and debug that application by catching first chance exceptions and having Reflector handy. See
sample code in MSBuild Engine Class.
Hmmm. You get a NullReferenceException, meaning that one of the parameters into that task is a null when it shouldn't be. Dumb question, but have you set up your TFSBuild.proj file with the solutions you want to build? IE. the stuff you put into the
- Itemgroup.
If you have, I would suggest adding message tasks to the Teambuild targets file just above the failing task to write out diagnostic information, like so:
That should spew some diagnostics info into your buildlog just above the log exerpt you pasted on your next build.
You may want to give the MSBuild-Sidekicks a try. They have a nifty little debugger for MSBuild included and offer a 14-day trial version: http://www.attrice.info/msbuild/

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