Can a build start another build
My build is essentially a cross-build i.e. most of it is built on
Windows using a cross-compiler but targeted for another platform. However, there is a wrinkle ... a portion of the build must be run on the target platform. So, it seems that I'll need a JBE that runs on the target platform (not presently supported) and I'll need to collect build contributions from different host systems. Two questions arise 1) If the JBE is entirely in Java, can I 'port' it to run on platforms not normally supported. ?? 2) Can a Jazz build kick-off another build that runs elsewhere, but whose results gets published in the original build ?? |
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If your other platforms support rsh of some other remote command execution
tool, then your windows build could rsh off the portion of the build that needs to run on the other platform, and wait for it to return. Also, it should capture the output on the windows side. This output could be published as a log contribution using the LogPublisherTask. Even if jbe would run on your other platform, I would not recommend running multiple jbes in the context of a single build. If you need to coordinate a build across multiple platforms, tools like Build Forge are probably better suited to the job. The JBE is entirely java. The publishing tasks in the toolkit just need a build result UUID to publish to, so you can always publish to any build if you keep track of the build result UUID. You can request a build with the RequestBuildTask. However, this simply puts a request on the queue. There is no guarantee it will ever be handled. The toolkit tasks are not really designed to coordinate complex cross-machine builds. |
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Thanks
Yes, we currently use an rsh/ssh mechanism to do this in our non-Jazz build. I just noticed how cool it might be to use Jazz's JBE to do this. I'll ask my JBE porting question separately Cheers Ryan Manwiller wrote: If your other platforms support rsh of some other remote command |
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