[Anthill] anthill "no vss database" found

[Eric Minick]

TP,

If you're build is going on for two hours, then it's probably time to 
kill it off. It just shouldn't take that long. If you can see where it's 
gettting hung in the standard out log, that would be a big help. My 
first guess would be that it's running a VSS command where VSS is 
responding by asking for further input unexpectedly.

Regards,

Eric

tpass001 wrote:

> Ok,
>
> I think I solved the problem of "no vss database found".
>
> The solution was to leave the  repository.vss.root as blank. After you 
> do this, you need to point your SSDIR env variable to the server 
> (where the source lives) for example in my case it was
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\xx>set SSDIR
> SSDIR=\\Server\VSS\Databases\project
>
> Also the
> repository.vss.home = U:\Program Files\VSS\win32 or on the local drive 
> i.e.
> repository.vss.home = C:\Program Files\VSS\win32
>
> where the ss.exe file resides (on the source server where the database 
> lives or the ss.exe on the local machine) why is this, dont ask me. I 
> did what programmers do when there can be no logic applied. trial and 
> error.
>
> But the problem is not solved yet. I see that the files are being 
> "get" from my vss server and copied to the work dir. but the build is 
> taking forever. by forever I mean that when I do the build from the 
> command prompt it takes about 20 sec. And this build from anthill has 
> been going on for more than 2 hrs with no ss.exe or java.exe showing 
> up in the task manager. last time this happened, I restarted the 
> machine like a good windows programmer, but to no avail.
>
> Also, I notice that when the files are "get" from the server they are 
> still read only. why is that. shouldn't anthill not change the read 
> only attribute or is that going to happen once my 2 hr build gets 
> over. Sorry for sounding a little acerbic but I have spent 3 days on 
> this now.
>
> please let me know if I am missing something.
>
> Thanks guys for your help so far. Maybe I can write a faq of sorts 
> when this thing get done.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anil Asher" <anilasher at hotmail.com>
> To: <anthill at lists.urbancode.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Anthill] anthill "no vss database" found
>
>
>> 2 simple suggestions which might seem silly but one of the things I 
>> did while I was trying to get my setup to work.
>>
>> Remove the spaces before and after "=" in your properties file.
>>
>> Use "/" instead of "\" . If you want to use "\" then you might need 
>> to escape it with another \.
>>
>> Of course the best way to test is to use the command line Ant logs in 
>> a DOS command window, If it works there then the problem is not in 
>> the script or your properties but the environment.
>>
>>
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