After a lot of time and research trying to fix this problem I found a solution that worked for me. I am using msbuild with /m and /p:BuildInParallel=true and the build was failing in the CI server. It was always failing in the second componen with the error: error MSB4166: Child node “3” exited prematurely. … Read more
See Incorrect solution build ordering when using MSBuild.exe at The Visual Studio Blog: Follow this principle: do not use dependencies expressed in the solution file at all! Better to express dependencies in the file that has the dependency: put a project reference in the project, instead. In our example, that would be a project reference … Read more
In this case you will need to specify the MSBuild property VisualStudioVersion=11.0. I just blogged about this at http://sedodream.com/2012/08/19/VisualStudioProjectCompatabilityAndVisualStudioVersion.aspx, I’ve pasted it below as well for your convenience. One of the most requested features of Visual Studio 2012 was the ability to open projects in both VS 2012 as well as VS 2010 (requires VS … Read more