[Anthill-pro] Anthill wants to know if a build is required, but I don't want it to care

[Bryan Dotzour]

I'm using Anthill 2.6.1 and I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue where
our build takes way longer than you'd think it should.  I can provide
more information if desired, but basically it turns out that my build
gets broken down into the following tasks:

 

1. Clean up  (takes almost no time)

2. Checkout   (takes just under 4 minutes)

3. Is Build Required (takes almost 12 minutes!!!)

4. All my hourly build tasks including DB construction, unit tests, etc
(takes about 12 minutes)

 

The thing I don't understand is the "Is Build Required" step.  From what
I can see, it looks like it's getting the CVS log for every file in the
project since the last time the build was run.  Presumably it's doing
this to find out if any revisions have been made and thus it can decide
whether or not a build is required.  My issue with this is that I have
my build set up to delete all the files from the disk after the build is
run.  I also set my schedule up to "Force builds".  In my mind this
means I want the build to occur no matter if anything in CVS changed at
all.  I don't understand then why I'm waiting 12 minutes to check
revisions when I clearly don't care if there are any revisions.  How can
I tell Anthill that it shouldn't care either?

 

I'm confused and wondering if I've got my build set up strangely or if
I'm completely missing a core concept here.  Any help or comments would
be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you,

Bryan

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