+1, but maybe it is possible to fix the err. redirection somehow.
Costin On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Erik Hatcher wrote: > I've developed a CommonsLoggingListener, modeled after the Log4j one, but > using the Jakarta Commons Logging package (1.0 release). > > I've modified Ant's build.xml to do all the right things, putting it into > optional.jar and such just like the Log4jListener. > > Is anyone opposed to this being added for Ant 1.5? > > If not, then I'll commit it soon. I've tested it using Log4j and the NoOp > log and its working fine in both cases. The nice thing about having this > added to Ant 1.5 is that we can then say we natively support JDK 1.4's > logging facilities, since Commons Logging does. But it does make our > Log4jListener a bit obsolete, but useful if you want to use Log4j without > also installing the commons-logging.jar. > > Testing against the SimpleLog seems to kill the build though. The SimpleLog > writes to System.err, which gets trapped by Ant, so I'm guessing its stuck > in some kind of ugly loop - and the same thing happens if you use the > ConsoleAppender with Log4j. This is just one of the caveats about using a > BuildListener, of course - but its still odd to see this: > > > set > ANT_OPTS=-Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Si > mpleLog > > ant > > [INFO] Project - -Build started. > [INFO] Project - -Build started. > [INFO] Project - -Build started. > [INFO] Project - -Build started. > . > . > . > > And then after a bunch of that it stops with no error and build did not run. > At least this is documented that listeners/loggers that write to > System.out/.err could get into an infinite loop. I'll be sure to document > this a bit more specifically mentioning not to use ConsoleAppender with > Log4j or SimpleLog with Commons Logging. > > Erik > > > > -- > 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]>
