Going from <solution> to <exec program=msbuild> in NAnt

Question

I've converted my app from .NET 1.1 to .NET 3.5 and unfortunately NAnt's tag does not support .NET 3.5. So I am trying to use the tag to kick off msbuild directly.

Here is what I have for .NET 1.1:

<solution solutionfile="MyApp.sln" 
        configuration="ServerDebug" outputdir="MyApp\bin\ServerDebug">

             <assemblyfolders>
                   <include name="Dependencies\Libs\bin\ServerDebug"/>
             </assemblyfolders>
</solution>

I converted it to

<exec program="msbuild">
    <arg value="MyApp.sln /p:Configuration=ServerDebug;OutDir=bin\ServerDebug\" />
</exec>

So everything is working fine, except that I can't figure out how to replicate the really convinient tag, which gives the compiler a hint as to where to look for dependecies.

What do i pass to msbuild to replicate the functionality?

Answer 1

I think it can be done with one of two options. Either by using AdditionalLibPaths or AssemblySearchPaths, which are described on MSDN.

Something like the following:

<exec program="msbuild.exe">
    <arg line="/p:Configuration=ServerDebug"/>
    <arg line="/p:OutDir=bin\ServerDebug\" />
    <arg line="/p:AssemblySearchPaths=Dependencies\Libs\bin\ServerDebug" />
    <arg line="MyApp.sln" />
</exec>