Question

I am using MSBuild in my TFS Buildprocess using the DefaultTemplate to build multiple configurations(Debug/Release) of the same solution. When I build only release or only debug the unit tests are run but when I run the build with both configurations the unit tests are not run.

When I am running multiple configurations I have each of them Defined in the build definition under Process-> Items to Build-> Configurations to Build which is Mixed Platforms|Release,Mixed Platforms|Debug. When I run a single configuration I am using Mixed Platforms|Release or Mixed Platforms|Debug.

I am unable to put the entire log here(It is over 6000 lines long) but it appears that it isnt finding any of the testAssemblies.

Edit:

Here are the actual sections of the log. I’m not sure where Mixed Platforms\Release is coming from in the searchpathroot.

I should also add that we compile into our Source’s folder because a few of our scripts only work in that layout.

Debug Only(works)

Run MSTest for Test Assemblies
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\MSTest.exe /nologo /usestderr /testSettings:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Product\Local.testsettings” /searchpathroot:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources” /resultsfileroot:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\TestResults” /testcontainer:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestCommon\bin\Debug\UnitTestCommon.dll” /testcontainer:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestCommon\bin\Release\UnitTestCommon.dll” /testcontainer:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestWCF\bin\Debug\UnitTestWCF.dll” /testcontainer:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestWCF\bin\Release\UnitTestWCF.dll” /publish:”http://dctfs2010.company.dc:8080/tfs/Product” /publishbuild:”vstfs:///Build/Build/964″ /teamproject:”ProductName” /platform:”Mixed Platforms” /flavor:”Debug”
Loading C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Product\Local.testsettings…
Loading C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestCommon\bin\Debug\UnitTestCommon.dll…
Loading C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestCommon\bin\Release\UnitTestCommon.dll…

Debug and Release(Does not work)

Run MSTest for Test Assemblies
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\MSTest.exe /nologo /usestderr /testSettings:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Product\Local.testsettings” /searchpathroot:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Mixed Platforms\Release” /resultsfileroot:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\TestResults” /testcontainer:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestCommon\bin\Debug\UnitTestCommon.dll” /testcontainer:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestCommon\bin\Release\UnitTestCommon.dll” /testcontainer:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestWCF\bin\Debug\UnitTestWCF.dll” /testcontainer:”C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Test\UnitTestWCF\bin\Release\UnitTestWCF.dll” /publish:”http://dctfs2010.company.dc:8080/tfs/Product” /publishbuild:”vstfs:///Build/Build/962″ /teamproject:”ProductName” /platform:”Mixed Platforms” /flavor:”Release”
Directory “C:\Builds\6\ProductName\BuildName\Sources\Mixed Platforms\Release” not found.

Answer 1

Turns out my outputDirectory was setup wrong for how our projects are compiled. Which is where the searchpathroot problem came from.