bodewig 2002/09/23 05:50:07
Modified: docs faq.html
xdocs faq.xml
Log:
Create FAQ on the Ant 1.4, Windows XP, JDK 1.4 problem and mention the
workaround confirmed by Curt Wilhelm.
Revision Changes Path
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Index: faq.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-ant/docs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.36
retrieving revision 1.37
diff -u -r1.36 -r1.37
--- faq.html 23 Sep 2002 12:13:11 -0000 1.36
+++ faq.html 23 Sep 2002 12:50:07 -0000 1.37
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@
<style> or <junit> ignores my
<classpath>
</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#winxp-jdk14-ant14">
+ When running Ant 1.4 on Windows XP and JDK 1.4, I get
+ various errors when trying to <code><exec></code>, fork
+ <code><java></code> or access environment
+ variables.
+ </a></li>
<li><a href="#1.5-cygwin-sh">
The <code>ant</code> wrapper script of Ant 1.5 fails
for Cygwin if <code>ANT_HOME</code> is set to a Windows style
@@ -2036,6 +2042,33 @@
for <code><junit></code>, you still have to use a
<code><taskdef></code> with a nested
<code><classpath></code> to define the junit task.</p>
+ </blockquote>
+ </td></tr>
+ </table>
+ </a>
+ <a name="winxp-jdk14-ant14">
+ <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
+ <tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6">
+ <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
+ <strong>
+ When running Ant 1.4 on Windows XP and JDK 1.4, I get
+ various errors when trying to <code><exec></code>, fork
+ <code><java></code> or access environment
+ variables.
+ </strong>
+ </font>
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><td>
+ <blockquote>
+ <p>Ant < 1.5 doesn't recognize Windows XP
as a flavor
+ of Windows that runs <code>CMD.EXE</code> instead of
+ <code>COMMAND.COM</code>. JDK 1.3 will tell Ant that Windows
+ XP is Windows 2000 so the problem doesn't show up
+ there.</p>
+ <p>Apart from upgrading to Ant 1.5
or better, setting the
+ environment variable <code>ANT_OPTS</code> to
+ <code>-Dos.name=Windows_NT</code> prior to invoking Ant has
+ been confirmed as a workaround.</p>
</blockquote>
</td></tr>
</table>
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Index: faq.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.21
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diff -u -r1.21 -r1.22
--- faq.xml 30 Jul 2002 15:00:40 -0000 1.21
+++ faq.xml 23 Sep 2002 12:50:07 -0000 1.22
@@ -1089,6 +1089,27 @@
</answer>
</faq>
+ <faq id="winxp-jdk14-ant14">
+ <question>When running Ant 1.4 on Windows XP and JDK 1.4, I get
+ various errors when trying to <code><exec></code>, fork
+ <code><java></code> or access environment
+ variables.</question>
+
+ <answer>
+
+ <p>Ant < 1.5 doesn't recognize Windows XP as a flavor
+ of Windows that runs <code>CMD.EXE</code> instead of
+ <code>COMMAND.COM</code>. JDK 1.3 will tell Ant that Windows
+ XP is Windows 2000 so the problem doesn't show up
+ there.</p>
+
+ <p>Apart from upgrading to Ant 1.5 or better, setting the
+ environment variable <code>ANT_OPTS</code> to
+ <code>-Dos.name=Windows_NT</code> prior to invoking Ant has
+ been confirmed as a workaround.</p>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
+
<faq id="1.5-cygwin-sh">
<question>The <code>ant</code> wrapper script of Ant 1.5 fails
for Cygwin if <code>ANT_HOME</code> is set to a Windows style
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