I have already seen this problem on the list before, but this time it seems to be
caused by something else.
After installing jdk1.4 and Ant 1.4.1 in order to run an application with a large
buildfile, I got these errors.
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Buildfile: build.xml
init:
converter:
[echo] java.class.path =
/usr/ant/lib/jaxp.jar:/usr/ant/lib/crimson.jar:/usr/ant/lib/ant.jar:/usr/java/lib/tools.jar
[javac] Compiling 4 source files to /home/stevec/examples/build/ejb/converter
[javac] Modern compiler is not available - using classic compiler
Total time: 2 seconds
BUILD FAILED
/home/stevec/examples/build.xml:90: Cannot use classic compiler, as it is not
available A common solution is to set the environment variable JAVA_HOME to your jdk
directory.
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The echo statement is something I added and is directly before the javac tag. It shows
that tools.jar is in the classpath. JAVA_HOME is set correctly and the command line
javac works without problems.
Why is Ant not finding the compiler? I also tried building with
-Dbuildfile=/usr/java/bin/javac which did no good.
Steve
