ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when building with msbuilder
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
When bamboo executes a MSBuild plan the build log shows the following error;
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Failed to execute the build 'MY-BUILD-42'
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugin.builder.nant.AbstractDotNetBuilder.getEnvironmentSetting(AbstractDotNetBuilder.java:360)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.command.Command.executeCommand(Command.java:61)Cause
If the plan's builder configuration sets a variable like PATH=C:\bea\;%PATH% the existing Path variable is overridden.
Resolution
Delete this variable from the build configuration and try re-running the plan.
Substitute
%PATH%with ${system.PATH}
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