Absolute file paths seem to be unsupported

[dinazil]

I'm trying to create an internal Boost Date Time package. I don't want to use the one already available online because we do internal builds and store the symbols.
There's a convention in my company that all the external code resides in a folder whose path is specified by an environment variable.
Here's the script i'm using:

nuget {

    nuspec {
        id = boost.date_time;
        version: 1.57.0;
        title: Boost Date Time Library;
        authors: {BOOST};
        owners: {BOOST};
        licenseUrl: "http://www.boost.org/users/license.html";
        projectUrl: "http://www.boost.org/";
        iconUrl:
        requireLicenseAcceptance: false;
        summary: A set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts.;
        description: A set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts.; 
        releaseNotes: "See http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_57_0/doc/html/date_time.html";
        copyright: Copyright 2014;
        tags: {};
    };

    files {

            #defines {
                INCLUDE = ${EXTERNALS_PATH}\boost_1_57_0\include\boost\;
                SDK = ${EXTERNALS_PATH}\boost_1_57_0\v120\;
                VERSION = 1_57;
            };

        nestedInclude: {
            #destination = ${d_include}\boost_1_57_0\include\boost\date_time;
             "${INCLUDE}date_time\**\*"
        };

        [x86,v120,debug] {  
            lib: ${SDK}Win32\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-gd-${VERSION}.lib;
            bin: ${SDK}Win32\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-gd-${VERSION}.dll;
        }

        [x86,v120,release] {  
            lib: ${SDK}Win32\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-${VERSION}.lib;
            bin: ${SDK}Win32\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-${VERSION}.dll;
        }

        [x64,v120,debug] {  
            lib: ${SDK}x64\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-gd-${VERSION}.lib;
            bin: ${SDK}x64\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-gd-${VERSION}.dll;
        }

        [x64,v120,release] {  
            lib: ${SDK}x64\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-${VERSION}.lib;
            bin: ${SDK}x64\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-${VERSION}.dll;
        }
    }
}

When I run this script i get the following warnings:

PS C:\Workspace\foundations\sw_foundations\release\boost> Write-NuGetPackage .\date_time.autopkg
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection 'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\include\boost\date_time\**\*'
failed to find any files
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection
'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\v120\Win32\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-gd-1_57.lib' failed to find any files
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection
'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\v120\Win32\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-gd-1_57.dll' failed to find any files
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection
'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\v120\Win32\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-1_57.lib' failed to find any files
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection
'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\v120\Win32\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-1_57.dll' failed to find any files
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection
'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\v120\x64\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-gd-1_57.lib' failed to find any files
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection
'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\v120\x64\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-gd-1_57.dll' failed to find any files
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection
'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\v120\x64\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-1_57.lib' failed to find any files
WARNING: ProcessNugetFiles:WARNING: file selection
'C:\workspace\externals\boost_1_57_0\v120\x64\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-1_57.dll' failed to find any files

But all these files exist and these are their correct paths.

When I put the same script in the directory where boost resides and change INCLUDE and SDK to use relative paths the package builds successfully and correctly.

[sergey-shandar]

You may try to use getboost to build your own Boost NuGet packages and add symbols. A pull request to getboost with this feature will be welcome.

[dinazil]

Cool, didn't know such a project existed. Will try it soon.

[AnEnglishmanInNorway]

Fair enough, getboost may have solved his problem. But what about the issue of absolute paths? I have exactly this problem when I have to specify the top level of my files with a full path (which varies, depending on whether it is a local build on my pc or a build on a TFS build machine).