Sorry Gert, you are right. I was not aware (until have debugged nant) of the fact that VS.NET search for assemblies also in the directories specified in the registry entry for both .net framework and visual studio. That's why it found the assemblies even after I had removed the HintPath.
Thanks! Celio 2005/8/16, Célio Cidral Junior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Gert! > > I'm working with VS.NET 2003 and it seems to have a different > behaviour. I tried to compile with NAnt a project which has a > reference to a CrystalReports assembly and the build failed because > the hint path was set to a relative path which does not exist (I'm > using the build script file with CruiseControl.NET, so the project's > directory is different than that created by the programmers). > > <Reference > Name = "CrystalDecisions.Shared" > AssemblyName = "CrystalDecisions.Shared" > HintPath = "..\..\..\Arquivos de programas\Arquivos comuns\Crystal > Decisions\1.1\Managed\CrystalDecisions.Shared.dll" > AssemblyFolderKey = "hklm\crystal.net" > /> > > In order to see if VS.NET would search for it in the GAC, I removed > manually the HintPath and also the AssemblyFolderKey (I don't know > what is this one). Then I opened the solution with VS.NET and tried to > compile: everything was OK, all references were found. I suppose it > found them in the GAC once all Crystal Reports assemblies are > installed there. However, the build done via NAnt script file was > still failing. > > [solution] Starting solution build. > > BUILD FAILED > > Assembly "CrystalDecisions.Shared", referenced by project "GDQ", could not be > re > solved. > > Is it so or am I misunderstanding something? > > > 2005/8/16, Gert Driesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > Célio Cidral Junior > > > Sent: dinsdag 16 augustus 2005 14:38 > > > To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [Nant-users] Does it search for assemblies in GAC? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > When building via <solution> task, does NAnt search for assemblies in > > > the GAC when it does not find them with HintPath? I refer to those > > > assemblies referenced by the projects. > > > > Célio, we do not search in the GAC. This matches the behaviour of VS.NET > > 2002/2003. > > > > Gert > > > > > > > -- > Celio Cidral Junior > WEG Eletric > http://www.weg.com.br > -- Celio Cidral Junior WEG Eletric http://www.weg.com.br ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list Nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
