Greetings! I have successfully built ANTLR 3.4 starting from the source tarball from the antlr.org download page. I use Ubuntu 11.04 and java 1.6.
But had an issue with hidden files (.*.java) in two of the sub-directories. First, I am an idiot, as I am sure everyone already knows. The BUILD.txt file clearly states that Maven 3.0.3 or better is required. It took me a few minutes to realize that Ubuntu has an out of date Maven. After upgrading things went much better. I mention this in the hope that BUILD.txt might be altered to include many many many more warnings that an up to date maven is required. For me the `mvn -N install` command worked without error on the older version of maven but the `mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true` failed complaining about cyclic dependencies. What I am suggesting is a reminder in BUILD.txt near the discussion of the `mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true` command that version 3.0.3 or better is required. And so now the real reason for this email. in both the antlr3-maven-plugin and gunit-maven-plugin sub-directory hierarchies there are hidden, mac os related (i think), files that have the .java extension. i can supply the specific file names if you need them ---- this is from the antlr-3.4 source tarball on the antlr.org download page. and i have to ask why any of the hidden files are included in the tarball. are any of the paths .* really necessary in the tarball? --- but i digress. anyway, Maven wants to compile these .*.java files but just in the two *-maven-plugin sub-directories. i deleted the .*.java files in those two hierarchies and the build worked properly. there are .*.java files in several of the other sub-directories that did not cause any problem. so i suspect that there is some maven-magic missing from the build for the two maven-plugin directories. i am completely clueless about Maven, so maybe i way off-base. please feel free to ask for any clarification you might require. if you want, i can look into this further, but i will need some time to learn maven.... Sorry for being so long-winded and Thank You for your time. -jbb _______________________________________________ antlr-dev mailing list antlr-dev@antlr.org http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-dev
