I think I am getting closer. So I have the ant build downloading ivy from the maven repo each time and putting it in the classpath. So now I see this in the ant log
Setting project property: ivy.shared.default.root -> ${repository.dir}/shared parsing buildfile jar:file:/Users/cuthbe/applications/apache-ant-1.7.1/lib/ivy-2.2.0-rc1.jar!/org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml with URI = jar:file:/Users/cuthbe/applications/apache-ant-1.7.1/lib/ivy-2.2.0-rc1.jar!/org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml And then way down the bottom I see publish-remote: Overriding previous definition of property "ivy.version" Setting project property: ivy.version -> 2.2.0-rc1 [ivy:publish] parameter found as ivy variable: ivy.organisation=com.testproject [ivy:publish] parameter found as ivy variable: ivy.module=testproject-baseserver-common [ivy:publish] parameter found as ivy variable: ivy.revision=work...@cuthbes-macbook.local [ivy:publish] parameter not found: ivy.deliver.branch [ivy:publish] parameter found as attribute value: ivy.deliver.revision=1.0 [ivy:publish] parameter found as attribute value: ivy.status=integration [ivy:publish] :: publishing :: com.testproject#testproject-baseserver-common [ivy:publish] validate = true [ivy:publish] post 1.3 ivy file: using exact as default matcher [antcall] Exiting /Users/cuthbe/dev/code/testproject-trunk/testproject-baseserver-common/build.xml. [ant] Exiting /Users/cuthbe/dev/code/testproject-trunk/testproject-baseserver-common/build.xml. BUILD FAILED /Users/cuthbe/dev/code/testproject-trunk/build/build.xml:183: The following error occurred while executing this line: /Users/cuthbe/dev/code/testproject-trunk/testproject-baseserver-common/build.xml:14: The following error occurred while executing this line: /Users/cuthbe/dev/code/testproject-trunk/build/build_common.xml:162: impossible to publish artifacts for com.testproject#testproject-baseserver-common;work...@cuthbes-macbook.local: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.addLocationToBuildException(ProjectHelper.java:508) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:418) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential.execute(Sequential.java:62) at net.sf.antcontrib.logic.IfTask.execute(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106) at org.apache.tools.ant.TaskAdapter.execute(TaskAdapter.java:154) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:758) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:217) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:257) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:104) Before the above error I do see loads of HTTP requests to the repo Setting project property: ivy.version -> 2.2.0-rc1 [ivy:buildnumber] using local to list all in /Users/cuthbe/.ivy2/cache/com.testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ivys [ivy:buildnumber] found 3 urls [ivy:buildnumber] 1 matched /Users/cuthbe/.ivy2/cache/com.testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ivys/ivy-[revision].xml [ivy:buildnumber] local do not support transaction. ivy pattern does not use revision as a directory [ivy:buildnumber] using local to list all in /Users/cuthbe/.ivy2/cache/com.testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/jars [ivy:buildnumber] found 3 urls [ivy:buildnumber] 0 matched /Users/cuthbe/.ivy2/cache/com.testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/jars/[artifact]-[revision].jar [ivy:buildnumber] HTTP response status: 404 url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/maven-metadata.xml [ivy:buildnumber] CLIENT ERROR: File not found. url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/maven-metadata.xml [ivy:buildnumber] maven-metadata not available: http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/maven-metadata.xml [ivy:buildnumber] using libs-releases-local to list all in http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] HTTP response status: 404 url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] CLIENT ERROR: Not Found url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] problem while listing resources in http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ with libs-releases-local: [ivy:buildnumber] java.io.IOException The HTTP response code for http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ did not indicate a success. See log for more detail. [ivy:buildnumber] HTTP response status: 404 url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/maven-metadata.xml [ivy:buildnumber] CLIENT ERROR: File not found. url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/maven-metadata.xml [ivy:buildnumber] maven-metadata not available: http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/maven-metadata.xml [ivy:buildnumber] using testprojectrepo-publish to list all in http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] HTTP response status: 404 url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] CLIENT ERROR: Not Found url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] problem while listing resources in http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ with testprojectrepo-publish: [ivy:buildnumber] java.io.IOException The HTTP response code for http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ did not indicate a success. See log for more detail. [ivy:buildnumber] maven-metadata not available: http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/maven-metadata.xml [ivy:buildnumber] using testprojectrepo-publish to list all in http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] HTTP response status: 404 url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] CLIENT ERROR: Not Found url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] problem while listing resources in http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ with testprojectrepo-publish: [ivy:buildnumber] java.io.IOException The HTTP response code for http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/testproject-release/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ did not indicate a success. See log for more detail. [ivy:buildnumber] using local to list all in /Users/cuthbe/.ivy2/cache/com.testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ivys [ivy:buildnumber] found 3 urls [ivy:buildnumber] 1 matched /Users/cuthbe/.ivy2/cache/com.testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ivys/ivy-[revision].xml [ivy:buildnumber] using local to list all in /Users/cuthbe/.ivy2/cache/com.testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/jars [ivy:buildnumber] found 3 urls [ivy:buildnumber] 0 matched /Users/cuthbe/.ivy2/cache/com.testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/jars/[artifact]-[revision].jar [ivy:buildnumber] maven-metadata not available: http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/maven-metadata.xml [ivy:buildnumber] using libs-releases-local to list all in http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] HTTP response status: 404 url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] CLIENT ERROR: Not Found url=http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ [ivy:buildnumber] problem while listing resources in http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ with libs-releases-local: [ivy:buildnumber] java.io.IOException The HTTP response code for http://192.168.2.4:9999/artifactory/libs-releases-local/com/testproject/testproject-baseserver-common/ did not indicate a success. See log for more detail. Setting project property: ivy.new.revision -> ${module.version.target}-dev-b1 Setting project property: ivy.new.build.number -> 1 version: [mkdir] Skipping /Users/cuthbe/dev/code/testproject-trunk/testproject-baseserver-common/build because it already exists. [property] Loading /Users/cuthbe/dev/code/testproject-trunk/testproject-baseserver-common/build/testproject-baseserver-common.properties Property "module.version.target" has not been set Override ignored for property "version" On 24 Aug 2010, at 21:08, Maarten Coene wrote: > Are you sure this stacktrace is from the ivy-2.2.0-rc1 release? > > IvyPatternHelper.java:241 (the place where the NPE happens) is an empty line > in > this release: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/ivy/core/tags/2.2.0-rc1/src/java/org/apache/ivy/core/IvyPatternHelper.java?revision=959425&view=markup > > > Maarten > > >