actually this didn't solve my problem
I'm using the "exec" task to launch javac manually due to a bug with ant.
and ${java.home} still points to the jre home directory
any ideas here
Filip
----- Original Message -----
From: "Filip Hanik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: ${java.home} - why is it pointing at the JRE?
> sweet,
> thanks
> Filip
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:12 AM
> Subject: Re: ${java.home} - why is it pointing at the JRE?
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > The java.exe installed as part of the JRE must be earlier in the PATH
than
> > the SDK's java.exe. I don't think this would be a problem as long as
the
> > JRE and SDK are the same version. The JAVA_HOME variable is used
> > primarily to determine the location of tools.jar utilized by the
<javac>,
> > <jar> and a few other tasks.
> >
> > However, if this is a problem, set the variable JAVACMD to point to the
> > java.exe in your SDK:
> > set JAVA_HOME=...
> > set JAVACMD=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe
> > which will cause ant.bat to use the java.exe under JAVA_HOME.
> >
> > For Ant 1.3alpha in the CVS tree, setting JAVACMD is not necessary.
> >
> > -Bill Burton
