Hmm... my impression from the Ant 1.4.1 manual was that <jvmarg> ends up as a -Dname=value on the command line after java.exe (but obviously before whatever class is being called), and <sysproperty>, to quote, "specify system properties required by the class."
Any of the Ant heavyweights want to weigh in on this? >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/10/02 12:07PM >>> <sysproperty> sets a Java system property (what appears as -Dname=value on the java.exe command line), while <env> sets a system environment variable. Not the same at all. --DD -----Original Message----- From: Kyle Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: How do I force ant to fail? As Steve pointed out, the online docs are now for Ant 1.5, beta 1 (I'm not to happy about that move, though I understand the rational behind it). If you check the local documentation for your version of Ant (1.4, I believe?), you'll see that there's a <sysproperty> nested element. Give that a try. Kyle >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/09/02 05:28PM >>> Great suggestion. I tried: <java classname="org.apache.tools.ant.Main" fork="yes" failonerror="yes"> <arg line="-buildfile build.xml ${targetName}"/> <env key="JAVA_HOME" value="../build/jdk1.4"/> <classpath> <pathelement path="d:/proj/cajun/ant/lib/ant.jar"/> </classpath> </java> Except I get the following error: D:\proj\cajun\unittest\build.xml:103: The <java> task doesn't support the nested "env" element. Though the docs say it can. So it looks like I'm back to the exec, because the whole purpose is to set JAVA_HOME. -----Original Message----- From: Kyle Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How do I force ant to fail? Whoops - clicked the wrong button on my previous attempt at a response. Anyhow, a suggestion if you don't want to use Ant 1.5, beta 1 - try calling ant with the <java> task. For example: <java classname="org.apache.tools.ant.Main" fork="yes" failonerror="yes"> <arg line="-buildfile myBuildFile.xml"/> <classpath> <pathelement path="${{java.class.path}}"/> </classpath> </java> Kyle -- 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]> -- 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]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
