Build-Solution: specified solution configuration is invalid

[AnthonyMastrean]

I'm having problems building and even understanding what's wrong with the build. Maybe it's just my system, maybe it's my PowerShell console (my profile loads the VS tools using vcvars.bat). I cloned the master branch and ran Build-Solution.ps1 from a PowerShell console. I got

the specified solution configuration "Debug|X64" is invalid.

I don't see a Platform defined in NuGetGallery.msbuild. I added ;Platform=Any CPU to the Build task and got the same error. I removed both Platform and Configuration and got the same error.

PS\nuget-gallery [master]> .\Build-Solution.ps1
Microsoft (R) Build Engine Version 4.0.30319.1
[Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 4.0.30319.237]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2007. All rights reserved.

Build started 10/7/2011 9:55:09 AM.
Project "PS\nuget-gallery\Scripts\NuGetGallery.msbuild"
on node 1 (FullBuild target(s)).
Project "PS\nuget-gallery\Scripts\NuGetGallery.msbuild"
(1) is building "PS\nuget-gallery\NuGetGallery.sln" (2)
on node 1 (Clean target(s)).
PS\nuget-gallery\NuGetGallery.sln.metaproj : error MSB41
26: The specified solution configuration "Debug|X64" is invalid. Please specify a valid s
olution configuration using the Configuration and Platform properties (e.g. MSBuild.exe S
olution.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU") or leave those properties blank
 to use the default solution configuration. [PS\nuget-ga
llery\NuGetGallery.sln]
Done Building Project "PS\nuget-gallery\NuGetGallery.sln
" (Clean target(s)) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "PS\nuget-gallery\Scripts\NuGetGal
lery.msbuild" (FullBuild target(s)) -- FAILED.


Build FAILED.

"PS\nuget-gallery\Scripts\NuGetGallery.msbuild" (FullBui
ld target) (1) ->
"PS\nuget-gallery\NuGetGallery.sln" (Clean target) (2) -
>
(ValidateSolutionConfiguration target) ->
  PS\nuget-gallery\NuGetGallery.sln.metaproj : error MSB
4126: The specified solution configuration "Debug|X64" is invalid. Please specify a valid
 solution configuration using the Configuration and Platform properties (e.g. MSBuild.exe
 Solution.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU") or leave those properties bla
nk to use the default solution configuration. [PS\nuget-
gallery\NuGetGallery.sln]

    0 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:00.04

I inspected the NuGetGallery.sln, Website.csproj, and Facts.csproj for Platform and they all show Debug|AnyCPU and Release|AnyCPU as defaults. So, I ran the command by hand in my PowerShell console, in a way that should have used the defaults, and I got the same error!

PS\nuget-gallery [master]> msbuild .\NuGetGallery.sln

I finally ran with the Platform and Configuration overridden and it succeeded.

PS\nuget-gallery [master]> msbuild .\NuGetGallery.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU"

But now I can't get the BuildViews task to complete. I ran that by hand (since invoking the msbuild file won't work).

PS\nuget-gallery [master]> msbuild .\Scripts\NuGetGallery.msbuild /t:BuildViews /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU"

---

Project "PS\nuget-gallery\Scripts\NuGetGallery.msbuild"
(1) is building "PS\nuget-gallery\Website\Website.csproj
" (4:7) on node 1 (MvcBuildViews target(s)).
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(483,9): error :
The OutputPath property is not set for project 'Website.csproj'.  Please check to make su
re that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this pro
ject.  Configuration='Debug'  Platform='Any CPU'.  You may be seeing this message because
 you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-defa
ult Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [PS\nuget-gallery\Webs
ite\Website.csproj]

So, I added that in, and I don't know where it's supposed to go (not a web-projects guy), so I made it somewhere that I could simply watch if it output anything.

    PS\nuget-gallery [master]> msbuild .\Scripts\NuGetGallery.msbuild /t:BuildViews /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU" /p:OutputPath="$(pwd)\bin"

I got a .\bin_PublishedWebsites\Website and I don't know what do with that.

[AnthonyMastrean]

When you import vcvars on a 64-bit machine, you get an machine-wide environment variable, Platform=x64. That requires that I use a regular console (one that doesn't import vcvars) or manually pass in the correct Platform.