Hi, It's been a while since I built Geronimo locally and when I had given it a try it failed.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] FATAL ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] file:C:/oss/geronimo/plugins/console/console-base-portlets/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/webmanager/connector/editConnector.jsp(113,16) "${fn:length(connectorAttribute.value) > 0} " contains invalid expression(s): javax.el.ELException: Function 'f:length' not found [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace org.apache.jasper.JasperException: file:C:/oss/geronimo/plugins/console/console-base-portlets/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/webmanager/connector/editConnector.jsp(113,16) "${fn:length(co nnectorAttribute.value) > 0}" contains invalid expression(s): javax.el.ELException: Function 'f:length' not found at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:198) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.checkXmlAttributes(Validator.java:1151) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:821) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1512) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2393) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:840) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1512) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2393) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:840) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1512) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2393) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:840) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1512) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2393) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2399) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:489) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validate(Validator.java:1739) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:166) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:315) at org.apache.jasper.JspC.processFile(JspC.java:1010) at org.apache.jasper.JspC.execute(JspC.java:1159) at org.codehaus.mojo.jspc.compiler.tomcat6.JspCompilerImpl.compile(JspCompilerImpl.java:111) jlaskow...@work /cygdrive/c/oss/geronimo $ java -version java version "1.5.0_17" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_17-b04) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_17-b04, mixed mode, sharing) jlaskow...@work /cygdrive/c/oss/geronimo $ mvn -version Maven version: 2.0.9 Java version: 1.5.0_17 OS name: "windows xp" version: "5.1" arch: "x86" Family: "windows" jlaskow...@work /cygdrive/c/oss/geronimo $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 work 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin jlaskow...@work /cygdrive/c/oss/geronimo $ echo $MAVEN_OPTS -Duser.language=en -Xmx512m -Xms256m -XX:PermSize=64m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m jlaskow...@work /cygdrive/c/oss/geronimo $ echo $JAVA_OPTS jlaskow...@work /cygdrive/c/oss/geronimo $ svn status jlaskow...@work /cygdrive/c/oss/geronimo $ svn up At revision 741984. Jacek -- Jacek Laskowski Notatnik Projektanta Java EE - http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl