Is there a bamboo builder task for make?

Philip Rittenho

This seems like such a simple and basic feature but I don't see any documention to support builds using makefiles. Have I missed it?

I have tried using the Script task - is that the recommended way of doing it? One problem is that I don't see the script output in the bamboo logs, so if I have a bug in my script it seems I have to debug it blind. Here's an example of a failing case:

14-May-2014 15:18:40	Starting task 'Build for cware' of type 'com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.scripttask:task.builder.script'
14-May-2014 15:18:40	Beginning to execute external process for build 'Magnum Software - V12.X Firmware - Build default #8 (MS-FW-BD-8)' ... running command line: /bin/sh /tmp/MS-FW-BD-8-ScriptBuildTask-3715787108163851510.sh ... in: /home/snalluri/bamboo-agent-home/xml-data/build-dir/MS-FW-BD/fw_comp
14-May-2014 15:18:40	Failing task since return code of [/bin/sh /tmp/MS-FW-BD-8-ScriptBuildTask-3715787108163851510.sh] was -1 while expected 0
14-May-2014 15:18:40	Finished task 'Build for cware'

rsperafico

Hi Philip,

Unfortunately, Bamboo does not provide makefile. Said that, I would suggest you the following workaround:

/var/toCompile/hello.c

// hello.c
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main() {
    printf("Hello, world!\n");
    return 0;
}

/var/toCompile/makefile

all: hello.exe

# $@ matches the target; $< matches the first dependent
hello.exe: hello.o
	gcc -o $@ $<

hello.o: hello.c
	gcc -c $<
     
clean:
	rm hello.o hello.exe

Create a Script task under your plan and type in the following under Script Body*:

// The following will do the compile and 
// generate an output.txt within the output from the compiling
make -C /var/toCompile/ > /var/toCompile/output.txt

Create a Script task after the task above and type in the following:

cat /var/toCompile/output.txt

Run your build.

Now you should be able to see the output from your compiling.

Kind regards,
Rafael