TFS Build server - CSC : fatal error CS2008: No inputs specified

.net-3.5 tfs msbuild tfsbuild
Shiraz Bhaiji picture Shiraz Bhaiji · Jun 12, 2009 · Viewed 16k times · Source

We get the above error message on our build server, when we build the solution or the specific project that the error refers to.

We can build the solution without any problem using visual studio (also on the build server), however it fails with the above error when running msbuild.

Any Ideas?

Answer

Shiraz Bhaiji picture Shiraz Bhaiji · Jun 12, 2009

I found the solution.

There is a "bug" in msbuild, that results in it failing when there are not source files in the project. For example Filename.cs.

Our project only had xml and other file types.

Just added an empty cs file and it worked.

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