Thanks for your help! I'm now attempting to compile the latest version of Ant from cvs. Next question: it chokes on some of the SAX stuff. Does this mean I need a more up-to-date xml.jar, or that this build doesn't build?
On pins and needles, Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Ant on NT > > > At 05:42 14/6/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Forgive me if this is not the proper venue, but Ant does not work for me > >under NT. The "javac" target fails to descend into my source > hierarchy and > >compile my files, although it does report the correct number of > files before > >reporting a "Modern Compile" and then (it seems) doing nothing. > > Older versions did exactly what you describe :P so it may be a problem > there. How new is you version ? > > Solutions: > * Change compiler to classic > * Download new ant version > * get the extremely free opensource speedy compiler jikes (my > recommendation) > > Depending on your particular jvm you may need to put %JAVA_HOME%\tools.jar > into classpath to get classic to work. I am not sure if there is > a packaged > version of ant available thou you can get source from > http://jakarta.apache.org/getinvolved/cvsindex.html but you have > to use cvs > which may be painful if you are a first time user. > > Jikes is a free compiler originally available at www.alphaworks.ibm.com. > There is a link from there to it's current home and I think this compiler > is great so this is the easiest/best option I guess :P > > Cheers, > > Pete > > *------------------------------------------------------* > | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want | > | to test a man's character, give him power." | > | -Abraham Lincoln | > *------------------------------------------------------* >
