I am starting to think the Could not create task or type of type: error message needs to be tuned to satisfy end user needs better, or alternatively to stop people mailing groups/filing bugreps. Something like
Could not create a task of type: foo This is NOT a bug in ant, merely a minor issue in Ant and build file configuration. What can you do: 1. do NOT panic, mail all the mailing lists and generally escalate the problem out of proportion. 2. If this is a core Ant task, then maybe a dependent library is needed. Look at the manual page of the task to see what it recommends. 3, if this is an optional Ant task, you need the optional tasks jar file, and perhaps some extra libraries. Again, look at the manual page 4. If this is a third party task, you must import it using a <taskdef> statement, have the task JAR and any dependent JAR files either in the ant library directory or in the classpath specified in the <taskdef> statemens. 5. If you compiled ant yourself, you didnt have all the needed libraries in place for the tasks you are now trying to use 6. If this is a nightly build, be advised that condition (5) applies to the version you just downloaded. --------- Comments? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nico Seessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ant Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: Re: ftp task in ANT > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Atluri, Vamsi NYC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:12 PM > Subject: ftp task in ANT > > > > I have been having problems with the ANT ftp task > > 1. These questions should go to the user-lists > 2. The problem has *nothing* to do with tomcat, why do you cc tomcat-dev? > 3. Why do you redefine the ftp task? (It's an *or* in the error message, not > an and as in download all required components AND change the definition) > 4. Try again without your taskdef (if you already have downloaded > optional.jar!) > > Nico > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
