[Scons-users] MSbuild scons wrapper

[Bill Deegan]

Sergio,

Whatever the exit code is from your command will propagate into SCons.
So if you have a batch file, likely you need to capture the exit code from
msbuild and make sure that propagates.

-Bill

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Sergio Basurco <sergio.b at coherentsynchro.com
> wrote:

> Thanks Bill,
>
> Seems to work. Often, doing things correctly helps
>
> Follow up question. Can I forward the Command's result to scons? If my
> command fails I'd like to notify SCons that a build step failed. Is that
> possible?
>
> Saludos / Best regards,
>
> *Sergio Basurco*
> Coherent Synchro
> On 04/04/2017 17:21, Bill Deegan wrote:
>
> In the Command, put the correct targets and sources.
> -Bill
>
> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Sergio Basurco <
> sergio.b at coherentsynchro.com> wrote:
>
>> With --tree=prune I see something like:
>>
>>   +-build\release\lib\mycpp.lib
>>   | +-"*.obj"
>>   | +-net_myproject
>>   .
>>   .
>>   .
>>
>>
>> But there's no dependency tree for 'net_myproject'. So I guess you're
>> right, how could I correctly specify the targets for my external msbuild?
>>
>> Saludos / Best regards,
>>
>> *Sergio Basurco*
>> Coherent Synchro
>> On 04/04/2017 16:44, Bill Deegan wrote:
>>
>> Likely your issue is here:
>>
>>         netmodules.extend( env.Command( 'net_' + proj_name, [], pycommand
>> ) )
>>
>> unless net_+proj_name is the actual name of the library you're
>> generating, SCons won't know about it.
>>
>> You shouldn't need depends if you specify the targets and dependencies
>> correctly.
>>
>> What does the output of:
>> scons --tree=prune look like?
>> Does it show the proper dependencies?
>>
>> -Bill
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Sergio Basurco <
>> sergio.b at coherentsynchro.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Bill,
>> >
>> > I have a solution with cpp modules and net modules, come cpp modules
>> depend on .net modules. Simplified I have the following:
>> >
>> > for cppmodule in solution:
>> >     cpplib = env.Library(libname, objects)
>> >     netmodules = []
>> >     for netmodule in cppdependencies:
>> >         proj_name = get_project_name_for_module(netmodule)
>> >         pycommand = generate_external_msbuild_command()
>> >         netmodules.extend( env.Command( 'net_' + proj_name, [],
>> pycommand ) )
>> >     env.Depends(cpplib, netmodules)
>> >
>> > The generate_external_msbuild_command calls an external python script
>> that constructs a temporary .bat file and calls it via Popen.
>> >
>> > I find that sometimes the cpplib library is built before the .bat is
>> called.
>> >
>> > Saludos / Best regards,
>> >
>> > Sergio Basurco
>> > Coherent Synchro
>> >
>> > On 04/04/2017 16:01, Bill Deegan wrote:
>> >
>> > Sergio,
>> >
>> > Can you provide us with the logic you have in your SConstruct?
>> > It's hard to comment on your implementation without seeing it.
>> >
>> > _Bill
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Sergio Basurco <
>> sergio.b at coherentsynchro.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> I've setup a msbuild Command within scons, but it is not really
>> elegant and it's giving me some trouble. What I'm doing is creating a bat
>> file from python, then calling it as a subprocess, this bat is the one
>> calling vcvarsall.bat and then the msbuild command.
>> >>
>> >> I set this Command as a dependency of some Scons node, however it
>> seems like the .bat is ran afterwards, and my node does not find the .dll
>> generated by msbuild.
>> >>
>> >> Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way, is there any un-official way
>> to call msbuild from scons? I know scons is meant to be a replacement, but
>> it would really help me to be able to call msbuild for some windows-only c#
>> projects I have. These projects have to be built before my C++ programs and
>> I'm failing to do so via scons.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Saludos / Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> Sergio Basurco
>> >> Coherent Synchro
>> >>
>> >>
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