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           Summary: Unconvertible UTF-8 character beginning with 0xa7 when
                    building on z/OS.
           Product: Ant
           Version: 1.5
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P2
         Component: Build Process
        AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


We have been using ANT for the last three years and suddenly started to get 
this failure when we try to build:

BUILD FAILED
file:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/xmcommon/ant/build.xml:1: Character conversion 
error: "Unconvertible UTF-8 character beginning with 0xa7" (line number may be 
too low).

The build.xml file is checked into CVS as a text file - so when it is checked 
out it is converted to EBCDIC even though the XML states it is UTF-8.

This never seem to have bothered ANT and it was always able to read the XML 
build files up this week when something mysteriously changed and we were not 
able to build anymore.

Should the build.xml files be checked into CVS as binary or is ANT able to read
XML files in the native codepage as well? 

The diagnostics are:

------- Ant diagnostics report -------
Apache Ant version 1.5 compiled on October 16 2003

-------------------------------------------
 Implementation Version (JDK1.2+ only)
-------------------------------------------
core tasks     : 1.5
optional tasks : 1.5

-------------------------------------------
 ANT_HOME/lib jar listing
-------------------------------------------
ant.jar (718980 bytes)
antcontrib.jar (20877 bytes)
bsf.jar (105573 bytes)
cpptasks.jar (472934 bytes)
cqtasks.jar (459534 bytes)
crimson.jar (206725 bytes)
dom4j.jar (456914 bytes)
jakarta-oro-2.0.6.jar (65368 bytes)
js.jar (390767 bytes)
jt400Native.jar (2762892 bytes)
junit.jar (121070 bytes)
optional.jar (530764 bytes)
recjava.jar (229652 bytes)
recordio.jar (209111 bytes)
xalan.jar (2645149 bytes)
xml-apis.jar (108484 bytes)
NetComponents.jar (92484 bytes)

-------------------------------------------
 Tasks availability
-------------------------------------------
wlrun : Not Available
icontract : Not Available
vajload : Not Available
stlist : Not Available
antlr : Not Available
netrexxc : Not Available
starteam : Not Available
stylebook : Not Available
stlabel : Not Available
jdepend : Not Available
stcheckin : Not Available
vajexport : Not Available
stcheckout : Not Available
ejbc : Not Available
vajimport : Not Available
wlstop : Not Available
ddcreator : Not Available

-------------------------------------------
 org.apache.env.Which diagnostics
-------------------------------------------
Not available.
Download it at http://xml.apache.org/commons/

-------------------------------------------
 System properties
-------------------------------------------
java.assistive : ON
platform.notASCII : true
java.runtime.name : Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
sun.boot.library.path : /usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3/bin
java.vm.version : 1.3.1
java.vm.vendor : IBM Corporation
java.vendor.url : http://www.ibm.com/
path.separator : :
java.vm.name : Classic VM
file.encoding.pkg : sun.io
java.vm.specification.name : Java Virtual Machine Specification
user.dir : /u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/bin
java.runtime.version : 1.3.1
java.fullversion : J2RE 1.3.1 IBM OS/390 Persistent Reusable VM build cm131s-
20040117 (JIT enabled: jitc)
java.awt.graphicsenv : sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
os.arch : 390
java.io.tmpdir : /tmp
line.separator :

java.vm.specification.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.awt.fonts :
os.name : z/OS
ant.home : /u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant
java.library.path : /usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3/bin/:/usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3/bin/class
ic:/usr/lpp/Printsrv/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:.:/usr/lib
java.specification.name : Java Platform API Specification
java.class.version : 46.0
invokedviajava :
os.version : 01.04.00
user.home : /u/DEVCCB
user.timezone : EST
java.awt.printerjob : sun.awt.motif.PSPrinterJob
file.encoding : Cp1047
java.specification.version : 1.3
java.class.path : /u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/xml-
apis.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/xalan.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib
/recordio.jar:/u/DEVCCB/san
dbox/b722/ant/lib/recjava.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/optional.jar:/u/DEV
CCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/junit.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/jt400Native.ja
r:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/js.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/jakarta-
oro-
2.0.6.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/dom4j.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant
/lib/crimson.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/cqtasks.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b7
22/ant/lib/cpptasks.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/bsf.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox
/b722/ant/lib/antcontrib.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/ant/lib/ant.jar:/u/DEVCCB/sa
ndbox/b722/ant/lib/NetComponents.jar:/usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3/lib/tools.jar
user.name : DEVCCB
java.vm.specification.version : 1.0
java.home : /usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3
user.language : en
java.specification.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.info : J2RE 1.3.1 IBM OS/390 Persistent Reusable VM build cm131s-
20040117 (JIT enabled: jitc)
java.version : 1.3.1
java.ext.dirs : /usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3/lib/ext
sun.boot.class.path : /usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3/lib/rt.jar:/usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3/l
ib/i18n.jar:/usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3/classes
java.vendor : IBM Corporation
file.separator : /
java.vendor.url.bug :
java.compiler : jitc
sun.io.unicode.encoding : UnicodeBig

The build with the -v option shows:

Apache Ant version 1.5 compiled on October 16 2003
Buildfile: build.xml
Detected Java version: 1.3 in: /usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.3
Detected OS: z/OS
parsing buildfile build.xml with URI = 
file:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/xmcommon/ant/build.xml

BUILD FAILED
file:/u/DEVCCB/sandbox/b722/xmcommon/ant/build.xml:1: Character conversion 
error: "Unconvertible UTF-8 character beginning with 0xa7" (line number may be 
too lo
w).
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelperImpl.parse
(ProjectHelperImpl.java:170)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject
(ProjectHelper.java:117)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:597)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:196)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:235)

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