Author: bodewig
Date: Fri Aug 8 08:09:59 2008
New Revision: 683994
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=683994&view=rev
Log:
add a FAQ about Java requirements od Ant. PR 44610.
Modified:
ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html
ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml
Modified: ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html?rev=683994&r1=683993&r2=683994&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html (original)
+++ ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html Fri Aug 8 08:09:59 2008
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@
</ul>
<h4 class="toc">Installation</h4>
<ul>
+ <li><a href="#java-version">
+ Which version of Java is required to run
+ Ant?
+ </a></li>
<li><a href="#no-gnu-tar">
I get checksum errors when I try to extract the
<code>tar.gz</code> distribution file. Why?
@@ -712,6 +716,18 @@
</tr>
</table>
<p class="faq">
+ <a name="java-version"></a>
+ Which version of Java is required to run
+ Ant?
+ </p>
+ <p>You will need Java installed on your system, version 1.3
or
+ later required, 1.5 or later strongly recommended. The later
+ the version of Java, the more Ant tasks you get.</p>
+ <p>If only the JRE is present but not a full JDK then
many
+ tasks will not work.</p>
+ <p>Ant 1.6.* works with jdk 1.2 and higher, Ant 1.1 to
Ant
+ 1.5.* work with jdk 1.1 and higher.</p>
+ <p class="faq">
<a name="no-gnu-tar"></a>
I get checksum errors when I try to extract the
<code>tar.gz</code> distribution file. Why?
Modified: ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml?rev=683994&r1=683993&r2=683994&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml (original)
+++ ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml Fri Aug 8 08:09:59 2008
@@ -229,6 +229,23 @@
</faqsection>
<faqsection title="Installation">
+ <faq id="java-version">
+ <question>Which version of Java is required to run
+ Ant?</question>
+ <answer>
+
+ <p>You will need Java installed on your system, version 1.3 or
+ later required, 1.5 or later strongly recommended. The later
+ the version of Java, the more Ant tasks you get.</p>
+
+ <p>If only the JRE is present but not a full JDK then many
+ tasks will not work.</p>
+
+ <p>Ant 1.6.* works with jdk 1.2 and higher, Ant 1.1 to Ant
+ 1.5.* work with jdk 1.1 and higher.</p>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
+
<faq id="no-gnu-tar">
<question>I get checksum errors when I try to extract the
<code>tar.gz</code> distribution file. Why?</question>
