This is really a "can you..." question, not a how to question.
I have a client that would like to use PBAutoBuild to clone a Workspace target from Git and and build it using AutoBuild and PBL creation/loading feature. The issue seems to be that the target bootstrapping fails if there are PBDs in the Target's library list. This seems to be an edge case that is not addressed in the documentation (that I can see), and I wonder if it's technically feasible. Targets can have .PBDs in the lib list, but can they be bootstrapped from source if that's what's in the .PBT file?
Here's the error from PBAutoBuild:
08:32:00 [Normal] PBORCA_SccRefreshTarget. Full Rebuild
08:32:00 [Normal] Unable to process map file: C:\agent\_work\124\s\lib\ext_client.pbd
08:32:00 [Normal] C:\agent\_work\124\s\lib\ext_client.pbd cannot be refreshed.
I’ve been reviewing the help file here: Working with an Application project - - Users Guide (appeon.com) and I’m wondering if it’s technically feasible to bootstrap a PB Target from a Git Repo (where the libraries are bootstrapped) with PBDs in the library list. I'd appreciate a definitive answer if possible.
I cannot find any documentation one way or the other for or against using PBD's. So I used PBAutoBuild on my framework that has PBD's ...
=> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilder 22.0\PBAutoBuild220.exe" /f pj_deploy_orderentry_pcode_32bit_exe.json
At the end of the PBAC compile, the App was compiled properly having 2 PBD's in its library list.
HTH.
The issue Donald is facing is not realy about building - compiling a project. It's about synchronisation from source control. It seems that diring this process autobuild tries to refresh pbd's which has no sense. In your test, were you "pulling" the project from a repository?
Andreas.