> From: Thomas Hofmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> I want tar a some files. One of them is shell script, which needs
> the execute flag set after untaring.
> The documentation (Ant 1.3) includes the following sample code:
>
> <tar longfile="gnu"
> tarfile="${dist.base}/${dist.name}-src.tar" >
> <tarfileset dir="${dist.name}/.." mode="755" username="ant" group="ant">
> <include name="${dist.name}/bootstrap.sh"/>
> <include name="${dist.name}/build.sh"/>
> </fileset>
> <tarfileset dir="${dist.name}/.." username="ant" group="ant">
> <include name="${dist.name}/**"/>
> <exclude name="${dist.name}/bootstrap.sh"/>
> <exclude name="${dist.name}/build.sh"/>
> </fileset>
> </tar>
>
> Now, I wonder if that makes any sense. This isn't vaild XML
> because the tarfilset
> element isn't closed by a </tarfileset> tag. Trying the sample
> above gives me
> the following error:
>
> /build/antscripts/build.xml [284] The element type "tarfileset"
> must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</tarfileset>".
OK, the documentation has already been fixed in CVS.
>
> This is what I expected. I now tried to use
> <tarfileset>...</tarfilset> which gives me this error:
>
> /build/antscripts/build.xml [282] Could not create task of type:
> tarfileset. Common solutions are to use taskdef to declare your
> task, or, if this is an optional task, to put the optional.jar in
> the lib directory of your ant installation (ANT_HOME).
Strange. That would seem to suggest that the <tarfileset> element is defined
at the "top level". That is not allowed. It must be nested in the <tar>
task. Can you please send the build file as it now stands.
Conor
