Hi, It looks like 1, 2 and 3 are bugs in build system. Thanks for telling us - could someone fix these up?
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 04:58, Olaf Bergner wrote: > Hi, > > I solved my problems, having successfully compiled Excalibur. Just a few > hints for people having similar problems (or am I the only one who is that > stupid?): > > 1) In the top-level ant.properties(.sample) file the version numbers of the > Xerces and Xalan jar files have to be updated to the ones found under > jakarta-avalon/tools/lib. > > 2) The property avalon.framework.home has to be changed from > (...)/jakarta-avalon/build/lib to (...)/jakarta-avalon/target/lib. > > 3) Using ant 1.5.1 I got an error complaining about an incorrect > "zipgroupfileset" element nested in a jar task that is part of the > "build.xml" under (...)/fortress. I changed it to "zipfileset", ommitting > the "group" part only to get a complaint about the "destfile" attribute. > Though the ant docs state that "destfile" is supported, I changed it to > "jarfile" and it worked like a charm. > > [4) I found out that - at least under Windows - you cannot use symbolic > links in ant.properties files :( ] > > Items 2 and 3 might hint at possible bugs in the build system though I am > not sure how much of it might be ant version dependant. > > Anyways, thanks for a great framework, > > Olaf > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Olaf Bergner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2002 17:26 > > An: Avalon User List > > Betreff: [CVS] How to compile Avalon/Excalibur > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have been quietly following discussions on this list for a few weeks, > > striving to port a little pet app of mine to (preferably) Fortress. > > Recognizing that the whole Avalon/Excalibur project seems to undergo a > > complete overhaul (or should this be a permanent situation?;)) I > > decided on > > fetching the sources via CVS, the more so since Fortress/Merlin > > are not yet > > released. > > Unfortunately, I got stuck while trying to compile > > "jakarta-avalon-excalibur". I am not a Java expert, much less an > > ant expert > > but I understand that the ant scripts that come with the sources seem to > > assume a certain directory layout for additionally needed packages etc. I > > have gambled a bit with the ant.properties file but until now to no > > avail. The java compiler keeps complaining about missing class > > definitions, most notably those pertaining to the *.extension.* package. > > What I did was creating a top-level directory "CVS-Modules" and > > checking out > > jakarta-avalon, jakarta-avalon-excalibur and > > jakarta-avalon-logkit into it, > > so as to have all required sources neatly combined under one common > > directory. But this failed to work out as expected. > > So I would like to know whether there is a better directory layout, or > > how to adapt the ant.properties file so as to compile Excalibur? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, > > > > Olaf > > > > Olaf Bergner > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Cheers, Peter Donald ---------------------------------------- "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." - Locke ---------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
