[Buildbot-devel] buildslave.0.8.1 on windows xp as a service

[David Weidenkopf]

This may be a duplicate post, but I didn't see it come through, sorry if it is a dupe...

Hello, has anyone been able to install a buildslave as a service after only installing buildslave? More precisely, have you successfully executed "python buildbot_service.py --user YOURDOMAIN\builduser --password <theuserspassword> --startup auto install" per http://buildbot.net/trac/wiki/RunningBuildbotOnWindows? I suspect the answer is no. The reason, as far as I can tell, is that the slave package does not even include this file. Also, the slave egg does not include buildbot_service.py with all the service goo in it. I have figured out a crude way to patch the installation so that the above command does work. I want to confirm that this is necessary, anyone? Again, version 0.8.1 where master and slave have been separated. I believe this is the source of the problem. 

Finally, if we can confirm the problem, and if we can get a ticket better written than http://buildbot.net/trac/ticket/975 I would be interested in helping fix it. I have an idea I can run by an appropriate maintainer.


Hope to be able to contribute to a fix if required...