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bodewig 2005/05/10 00:39:37 Modified:docs Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.html xdocsTag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.xml Log: Merge FAQ changes from HEAD Revision ChangesPath No revision No revision 1.77.2.24 +128 -33 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.77.2.23 retrieving revision 1.77.2.24 diff -u -r1.77.2.23 -r1.77.2.24 --- faq.html 28 Apr 2005 13:12:32 - 1.77.2.23 +++ faq.html 10 May 2005 07:39:37 - 1.77.2.24 @@ -354,6 +354,14 @@ lt;stylegt; or lt;junitgt; ignores my lt;classpathgt; /a/li +lia href=#delegating-classloader-1.5 + lt;stylegt; or lt;junitgt; ignores my + lt;classpathgt; - Ant 1.5.x version + /a/li +lia href=#delegating-classloader-1.6 + lt;stylegt; or lt;junitgt; ignores my + lt;classpathgt; - Ant 1.6.x version + /a/li lia href=#winxp-jdk14-ant14 When running Ant 1.4 on Windows XP and JDK 1.4, I get various errors when trying to codelt;execgt;/code, fork @@ -1610,31 +1618,23 @@ /p pThese tasks don't ignore your classpath setting, you are facing a common problem with delegating classloaders./p -pFirst of all let's state that Ant adds all -code.jar/code files from codeANT_HOME/lib/code to -codeCLASSPATH/code, therefore in -codeCLASSPATH/code shall mean either in your -codeCLASSPATH/code environment variable or -codeANT_HOME/lib/code for the rest of this -answer./p -pTechnically the sentence above isn't true for Ant 1.6 -and later anymore, but the result is the same. For the sake -of this discussion, codeCLASSPATH/code and -codeANT_HOME/lib/code are identical./p pThis question collects a common type of problem: A task needs an external library and it has a nested classpath element so that you can point it to this external library, but -that doesn't work unless you put the external library into the -codeCLASSPATH/code./p -pThe root of the problem is that the class that needs the -external library is on the codeCLASSPATH/code./p +that doesn't work unless you put the external library +into the codeCLASSPATH/code or place it in +codeANT_HOME/lib/code./p +pSome background is necessary before we can discuss +solutions for a href=#delegating-classloader-1.5Ant +1.5.x/a and a href=#delegating-classloader-1.6Ant +1.6.x/a./p pWhen you specify a nested codelt;classpathgt;/code in Ant, Ant creates a new class loader that uses the path you have specified. It then tries to load additional classes from this classloader./p -pIn most cases - for example the two cases above - Ant -doesn't load the external library directly, it is the loaded -class that does so./p +pIn most cases - for example using lt;stylegt; or +lt;junitgt; - Ant doesn't load the external library +directly, it is the loaded class that does so./p pIn the case of codelt;junitgt;/code it is the task implementation itself and in the case of codelt;stylegt;/code it is the implementation of the @@ -1654,16 +1654,37 @@ class loader, does not itself have a parent but may serve as the parent of a codeClassLoader/code instance./blockquote -pThis means, Ant's class loader will consult the +pThe possible solutions depend on the version of Ant you +use, see the next sections./p +p class=faq + a name=delegating-classloader-1.5/a + lt;stylegt; or lt;junitgt; ignores my + lt;classpathgt; - Ant 1.5.x version +/p + pPlease read a href=#delegating-classloaderthe previous +entry/a before you go ahead./p +pFirst of all let's state that Ant's wrapper script +(codeant/code or codeant.bat/code) adds all +code.jar/code files from codeANT_HOME/lib/code to +codeCLASSPATH/code, therefore in +codeCLASSPATH/code shall mean either in your +codeCLASSPATH/code environment variable or +codeANT_HOME/lib/code for the rest of this +answer./p +pThe root of the problem is that the class that needs the +external library is on the
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bodewig 2005/02/18 00:11:51 Modified:docs external.html faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: Uninstall the ant RPMs hint by Robert Koberg Revision ChangesPath 1.195 +1 -1 ant/docs/external.html Index: external.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/external.html,v retrieving revision 1.194 retrieving revision 1.195 diff -u -r1.194 -r1.195 --- external.html 2 Feb 2005 10:20:10 - 1.194 +++ external.html 18 Feb 2005 08:11:50 - 1.195 @@ -3755,7 +3755,7 @@ /th td colspan=1 rowspan=1 valign=top align=left - a href=http://www.nurflugel.com/webstart/AntScriptVisualizer;http://www.nurflugel.com/webstart/AntScriptVisualizer/a + a href=http://www.nurflugel.com/webstart/AntScriptVisualizer/;http://www.nurflugel.com/webstart/AntScriptVisualizer//a /td /tr tr 1.116 +25 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.115 retrieving revision 1.116 diff -u -r1.115 -r1.116 --- faq.html 27 Jan 2005 12:40:49 - 1.115 +++ faq.html 18 Feb 2005 08:11:50 - 1.116 @@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ I get checksum errors when I try to extract the codetar.gz/code distribution file. Why? /a/li +lia href=#RedHat_ES_3 + How do you get ant-1.6.x (or any version later than + 1.5.2) to work on on RedHat ES 3? + /a/li /ul h4 class=tocHow do I .../h4 ul @@ -632,6 +636,27 @@ found a href=http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/tar.html;here/a, or use the zip archive instead (you can extract it using codejar xf/code)./p +p class=faq + a name=RedHat_ES_3/a + How do you get ant-1.6.x (or any version later than + 1.5.2) to work on on RedHat ES 3? +/p + pRedhat ES 3.0 comes installed with ant 1.5.2. Even if you +have your PATH and ANT_HOME variables set correctly to a later +version of ant, you will always be forced to use the +preinstalled version./p +pTo use a later version of ant on this OS you could do the +following:/p +pre class=code +$ ant -version +Apache Ant version 1.5.2-23 compiled on November 12 2003 +$ su - +# rpm -e ant ant-libs +# exit +$ hash -r +$ ant -version +Apache Ant version 1.6.2 compiled on July 16 2004 +/pre p class=faq a name=implement-os-specific-configuration/a How do I realize os--specific configurations? 1.68 +24 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.67 retrieving revision 1.68 diff -u -r1.67 -r1.68 --- faq.xml 10 Jan 2005 08:37:07 - 1.67 +++ faq.xml 18 Feb 2005 08:11:51 - 1.68 @@ -225,6 +225,30 @@ codejar xf/code)./p /answer /faq + +faq id=RedHat_ES_3 + questionHow do you get ant-1.6.x (or any version later than + 1.5.2) to work on on RedHat ES 3?/question + answer +pRedhat ES 3.0 comes installed with ant 1.5.2. Even if you +have your PATH and ANT_HOME variables set correctly to a later +version of ant, you will always be forced to use the +preinstalled version./p + +pTo use a later version of ant on this OS you could do the +following:/p + +source![CDATA[ +$ ant -version +Apache Ant version 1.5.2-23 compiled on November 12 2003 +$ su - +# rpm -e ant ant-libs +# exit +$ hash -r +$ ant -version +Apache Ant version 1.6.2 compiled on July 16 2004 +]]/source/answer +/faq /faqsection faqsection title=How do I ... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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bodewig 2004/09/21 05:07:11 Modified:docs faq.html problems.html xdocsfaq.xml problems.xml Log: It is a good idea to look for a different version of Ant before reporting a bug Revision ChangesPath 1.109 +10 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.108 retrieving revision 1.109 diff -u -r1.108 -r1.109 --- faq.html 15 Sep 2004 22:58:05 - 1.108 +++ faq.html 21 Sep 2004 12:07:11 - 1.109 @@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ /ul h4 class=tocIt doesn't work (as expected)/h4 ul +lia href=#genral-advice + General Advice + /a/li lia href=#always-recompiles Why does Ant always recompile all my Java files? /a/li @@ -990,6 +993,13 @@ lt;/macrodefgt; /pre p class=faq + a name=genral-advice/a + General Advice +/p + pThere are many reasons why Ant doesn't behave as +expected, not all of them are due to Ant bugs. See our a href=problems.htmlHaving Problems?/a page for hints that +may help pinning down the reasons for your problem./p +p class=faq a name=always-recompiles/a Why does Ant always recompile all my Java files? /p 1.57 +22 -0 ant/docs/problems.html Index: problems.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/problems.html,v retrieving revision 1.56 retrieving revision 1.57 diff -u -r1.56 -r1.57 --- problems.html 16 Jun 2004 14:25:34 - 1.56 +++ problems.html 21 Sep 2004 12:07:11 - 1.57 @@ -184,6 +184,28 @@ you in the right direction. /p h4 class=subsection +a name=Ensure that you are actually running the version of Ant that you think you do/a +Ensure that you are actually running the version of Ant that you think you do + /h4 +pMany tools include a version of Ant and some Operating +Systems even install it by default now, so you may have a +version of Ant installed that you haven't been aware of./p +pOne of the first things to do is to run + br /br / + font face=verdana size=-1ant -version/font + br /br / + and + br /br / + font face=verdana size=-1ant -diagnostics/font + br /br / + to be sure. Also, we highly recommend that you run Ant with + an empty CLASSPATH. If any other version of Ant can be + loaded from the CLASSPATH, many types of errors may happen + because of incompatible classes being loaded./p +pSee a href=faq.htmlthe FAQ/a for a href=faq.html#NoClassDefFoundErrorsome/a a href=faq.html#InstantiationExceptionexamples/a, but many +other problems are a result of an old version of Ant on your +system as well./p +h4 class=subsection a name=Read the Manual/a Read the Manual /h4 1.64 +11 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.63 retrieving revision 1.64 diff -u -r1.63 -r1.64 --- faq.xml 15 Sep 2004 22:58:05 - 1.63 +++ faq.xml 21 Sep 2004 12:07:11 - 1.64 @@ -623,6 +623,17 @@ /faqsection faqsection title=It doesnapos;t work (as expected) +faq id=genral-advice + questionGeneral Advice/question + answer + +pThere are many reasons why Ant doesnapos;t behave as +expected, not all of them are due to Ant bugs. See our a +href=problems.htmlHaving Problems?/a page for hints that +may help pinning down the reasons for your problem./p + /answer +/faq + faq id=always-recompiles questionWhy does Ant always recompile all my Java files?/question answer 1.16 +26 -0 ant/xdocs/problems.xml Index: problems.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/problems.xml,v retrieving revision 1.15 retrieving revision 1.16 diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16 --- problems.xml 16 Feb 2004 16:38:06 - 1.15 +++ problems.xml 21 Sep 2004 12:07:11 - 1.16 @@ -34,6 +34,32 @@ you in the right direction. /p + subsection name=Ensure that you are actually running the version of Ant
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bodewig 2004/09/21 05:07:54 Modified:docs Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.html problems.html xdocsTag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.xml problems.xml Log: merge Revision ChangesPath No revision No revision 1.77.2.18 +10 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.77.2.17 retrieving revision 1.77.2.18 diff -u -r1.77.2.17 -r1.77.2.18 --- faq.html 16 Jul 2004 07:25:04 - 1.77.2.17 +++ faq.html 21 Sep 2004 12:07:53 - 1.77.2.18 @@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ /ul h4 class=tocIt doesn't work (as expected)/h4 ul +lia href=#genral-advice + General Advice + /a/li lia href=#always-recompiles Why does Ant always recompile all my Java files? /a/li @@ -972,6 +975,13 @@ lt;/macrodefgt; /pre p class=faq + a name=genral-advice/a + General Advice +/p + pThere are many reasons why Ant doesn't behave as +expected, not all of them are due to Ant bugs. See our a href=problems.htmlHaving Problems?/a page for hints that +may help pinning down the reasons for your problem./p +p class=faq a name=always-recompiles/a Why does Ant always recompile all my Java files? /p 1.49.2.5 +22 -0 ant/docs/problems.html Index: problems.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/problems.html,v retrieving revision 1.49.2.4 retrieving revision 1.49.2.5 diff -u -r1.49.2.4 -r1.49.2.5 --- problems.html 29 Jun 2004 15:03:48 - 1.49.2.4 +++ problems.html 21 Sep 2004 12:07:54 - 1.49.2.5 @@ -184,6 +184,28 @@ you in the right direction. /p h4 class=subsection +a name=Ensure that you are actually running the version of Ant that you think you do/a +Ensure that you are actually running the version of Ant that you think you do + /h4 +pMany tools include a version of Ant and some Operating +Systems even install it by default now, so you may have a +version of Ant installed that you haven't been aware of./p +pOne of the first things to do is to run + br /br / + font face=verdana size=-1ant -version/font + br /br / + and + br /br / + font face=verdana size=-1ant -diagnostics/font + br /br / + to be sure. Also, we highly recommend that you run Ant with + an empty CLASSPATH. If any other version of Ant can be + loaded from the CLASSPATH, many types of errors may happen + because of incompatible classes being loaded./p +pSee a href=faq.htmlthe FAQ/a for a href=faq.html#NoClassDefFoundErrorsome/a a href=faq.html#InstantiationExceptionexamples/a, but many +other problems are a result of an old version of Ant on your +system as well./p +h4 class=subsection a name=Read the Manual/a Read the Manual /h4 No revision No revision 1.38.2.17 +11 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.38.2.16 retrieving revision 1.38.2.17 diff -u -r1.38.2.16 -r1.38.2.17 --- faq.xml 16 Jul 2004 07:25:04 - 1.38.2.16 +++ faq.xml 21 Sep 2004 12:07:54 - 1.38.2.17 @@ -622,6 +622,17 @@ /faqsection faqsection title=It doesnapos;t work (as expected) +faq id=genral-advice + questionGeneral Advice/question + answer + +pThere are many reasons why Ant doesnapos;t behave as +expected, not all of them are due to Ant bugs. See our a +href=problems.htmlHaving Problems?/a page for hints that +may help pinning down the reasons for your problem./p + /answer +/faq + faq id=always-recompiles questionWhy does Ant always recompile all my Java files?/question answer 1.14.2.2 +26 -0 ant/xdocs/problems.xml Index: problems.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/problems.xml,v retrieving revision 1.14.2.1 retrieving revision 1.14.2.2 diff -u -r1.14.2.1 -r1.14.2.2 --- problems.xml 16 Feb 2004 16:45:09 - 1.14.2.1 +++ problems.xml 21 Sep 2004 12:07:54
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conor 2004/09/15 15:58:05 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: This is a FAQ by any measure. Revision ChangesPath 1.108 +34 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.107 retrieving revision 1.108 diff -u -w -u -r1.107 -r1.108 --- faq.html 10 Sep 2004 16:52:23 - 1.107 +++ faq.html 15 Sep 2004 22:58:05 - 1.108 @@ -294,6 +294,13 @@ codejava.lang.InstantiationException: org.apache.tools.ant.Main/code /a/li +lia href=#mangled-manifest + +Whenever I use the Ant jar or manifest related tasks, long lines in +my manifest are wrapped at 70 characters and the resulting jar does +not work in my application server. Why does Ant do this? + + /a/li /ul h4 class=tocAnt and IDEs/Editors/h4 ul @@ -1162,6 +1169,33 @@ p One can check if this is the case by doing codeant --noconfig -version/code. +/p +p class=faq + a name=mangled-manifest/a + +Whenever I use the Ant jar or manifest related tasks, long lines in +my manifest are wrapped at 70 characters and the resulting jar does +not work in my application server. Why does Ant do this? + +/p + p + Ant implements the Java + a href=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jar/jar.html;Jar + file specification/a. Please refer to the notes section where it + discusses the maximum allowable length of a line and the concept of + continuation characters. +/p +p + If a jar file produced by Ant does not work in your appserver, and + that failure is due to the wrapped manifest, then you need + to consult your appserver provider, as it is a bug in their + appserver. Far more likely, however, is a problem in your + specification of your classpath. It is not Ant's wrapping of your + classpath that is the problem. +/p +p + Do not raise a bug about this issue until you have checked to ensure + that the problem is not due to your classpath specification. /p p class=faq a name=integration/a 1.63 +32 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.62 retrieving revision 1.63 diff -u -w -u -r1.62 -r1.63 --- faq.xml 10 Sep 2004 16:52:22 - 1.62 +++ faq.xml 15 Sep 2004 22:58:05 - 1.63 @@ -845,6 +845,38 @@ /p /answer /faq +faq id=mangled-manifest + question +Whenever I use the Ant jar or manifest related tasks, long lines in +my manifest are wrapped at 70 characters and the resulting jar does +not work in my application server. Why does Ant do this? + /question + + answer +p + Ant implements the Java + a href=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jar/jar.html;Jar + file specification/a. Please refer to the notes section where it + discusses the maximum allowable length of a line and the concept of + continuation characters. +/p + +p + If a jar file produced by Ant does not work in your appserver, and + that failure is due to the wrapped manifest, then you need + to consult your appserver provider, as it is a bug in their + appserver. Far more likely, however, is a problem in your + specification of your classpath. It is not Ant's wrapping of your + classpath that is the problem. +/p + +p + Do not raise a bug about this issue until you have checked to ensure + that the problem is not due to your classpath specification. +/p + /answer +/faq + /faqsection faqsection title=Ant and IDEs/Editors - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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bodewig 2004/07/28 00:41:44 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: Can talk about 1.6.2 in present tense now Revision ChangesPath 1.104 +1 -1 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.103 retrieving revision 1.104 diff -u -r1.103 -r1.104 --- faq.html 16 Jul 2004 09:30:51 - 1.103 +++ faq.html 28 Jul 2004 07:41:43 - 1.104 @@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ XSLTC yet. This means that you have to install a href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan-J 2/a in order to use this task with JDK 1.5./p pStarting with Ant 1.6.2 codelt;junitreportgt;/code -will support JDK 1.5./p +supports JDK 1.5./p /div /div 1.59 +1 -1 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.58 retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -r1.58 -r1.59 --- faq.xml 16 Jul 2004 09:30:51 - 1.58 +++ faq.xml 28 Jul 2004 07:41:44 - 1.59 @@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ to use this task with JDK 1.5./p pStarting with Ant 1.6.2 codelt;junitreportgt;/code -will support JDK 1.5./p +supports JDK 1.5./p /answer /faq - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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peterreilly2004/07/13 04:54:07 Modified:xdocsfaq.xml Log: opps: forgot to commit the faq.xml for the faq.html Revision ChangesPath 1.57 +29 -1 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.56 retrieving revision 1.57 diff -u -r1.56 -r1.57 --- faq.xml 25 Jun 2004 13:42:10 - 1.56 +++ faq.xml 13 Jul 2004 11:54:07 - 1.57 @@ -787,6 +787,34 @@ WEB-INF will look correct./p /answer /faq + +faq id=NoClassDefFoundError + questionI installed Ant 1.6.x and now get +codeException in thread main java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: + org/apache/tools/ant/launch/Launcher/code + /question + answer +p + The cause of this is that there is an old version of ant somewhere in the + class path or configuration. +/p +p + A version of this problem may be seen on some linux systems. + Some linux systems (Fedora Core 2 for example), comes with a version + of ant pre-installed. There is a configuration file called + code/etc/ant.conf/code which if present, the ant shell + script will 'dot' include. On Fedora Core 2, the /etc/ant.conf + file resets the codeANT_HOME/code environment variable to + code/usr/share/ant/code. This causes the problem that + an old version of ant (1.5.x in this cause) will be used + with a new version of the ant script file. +/p +p + One can check if this is the case by doing + codeant --noconfig -version/code. +/p + /answer +/faq /faqsection faqsection title=Ant and IDEs/Editors @@ -1514,4 +1542,4 @@ /faq /faqsection -/document \ No newline at end of file +/document - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit: ant/xdocs faq.xml
bodewig 2004/06/25 06:42:10
Modified:.WHATSNEW build.xml
docs faq.html
docs/manual/OptionalTasks junitreport.html
src/etc junit-frames.xsl
src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit
Xalan1Executor.java Xalan2Executor.java
XalanExecutor.java
xdocsfaq.xml
Added: src/etc junit-frames-xalan1.xsl
Log:
Make junitreport work with JDK 1.5.
PR: 27541
Most of the work has been done by Stephane, I just provided the
finishing touches.
Revision ChangesPath
1.632 +14 -0 ant/WHATSNEW
Index: WHATSNEW
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/WHATSNEW,v
retrieving revision 1.631
retrieving revision 1.632
diff -u -r1.631 -r1.632
--- WHATSNEW 24 Jun 2004 19:30:03 - 1.631
+++ WHATSNEW 25 Jun 2004 13:42:07 - 1.632
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@
* Nested elements for namespaced tasks and types may belong to the
Ant default namespace as well as the task's or type's namespace.
+* junitreport will very likely no longer work with Xalan-J 1.
+
+ Note that Xalan-J 1 has been deprecated for a very long time and we
+ highly recommend that you upgrade.
+
+ If you really need to continue using Xalan-J 1, please copy the
+ junit-frames-xalan1.xsl from the distributions etc directory as
+ junit-frames.xsl into a new directory and use the tasks styledir
+ attribute to point to. This is the last version of the XSLT
+ stylesheet that is expected to be compatible with Xalan-J 1.
+
Fixed bugs:
---
@@ -244,6 +255,9 @@
* apply has a new ignoremissing attribute (default true for BC)
which will allow nonexistent files specified via filelists to
be passed to the executable. Bugzilla Report 29585.
+
+* junitreport now also works with Xalan XSLTC and/or JDK 1.5.
+ Bugzilla Report 27541.
Changes from Ant 1.6.0 to Ant 1.6.1
=
1.423 +1 -0 ant/build.xml
Index: build.xml
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/build.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.422
retrieving revision 1.423
diff -u -r1.422 -r1.423
--- build.xml 2 Jun 2004 12:09:45 - 1.422
+++ build.xml 25 Jun 2004 13:42:08 - 1.423
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@
fileset dir=${etc.dir}
include name=junit-frames.xsl/
include name=junit-noframes.xsl/
+include name=junit-frames-xalan1.xsl/
include name=coverage-frames.xsl/
include name=maudit-frames.xsl/
include name=mmetrics-frames.xsl/
1.101 +2 -2 ant/docs/faq.html
Index: faq.html
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.100
retrieving revision 1.101
diff -u -r1.100 -r1.101
--- faq.html 16 Jun 2004 14:25:33 - 1.100
+++ faq.html 25 Jun 2004 13:42:08 - 1.101
@@ -1693,8 +1693,8 @@
extensions for its internal stylesheet, Ant doesn't support
XSLTC yet. This means that you have to install a
href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan-J 2/a in order
to use this task with JDK 1.5./p
-pIf you want to follow progress on this, a
href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27541;here/a
-is the relevant bug report./p
+pStarting with Ant 1.6.2
codelt;junitreportgt;/code
+will support JDK 1.5./p
/div
/div
1.14 +18 -14ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junitreport.html
Index: junitreport.html
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junitreport.html,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14
--- junitreport.html 2 Jun 2004 12:31:18 - 1.13
+++ junitreport.html 25 Jun 2004 13:42:09 - 1.14
@@ -14,21 +14,25 @@
Library Dependencies/a for more information./p
h3Requirements/h3
-pThe task needs a href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan
-2.x/a; although a
+
+pThe task needs Apache a
+href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan 2.x or Xalan XSLTC/a
+(JDK 1.4 contains a version of Xalan-J 2.x while JDK 1.5 ships with a
+version of XSLTC). Versions prior to Ant 1.6.2 worked with Apache a
href=http://xml.apache.org/dist/xalan-j/old/xalan-j_1_2_2.zip;Xalan
-1.2.2/a does work, but as Xalan1 is not supported, we do not
-recommend this. While JDK 1.4.x contains a version of Xalan-J 2, JDK
-1.5 and later have a
-href=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/compatibility.html#4959783;moved
-to
cvs commit: ant/xdocs faq.xml
bodewig 2004/06/02 05:31:18
Modified:docs faq.html
docs/manual/OptionalTasks junitreport.html
src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit
XalanExecutor.java
xdocsfaq.xml
Log:
Document the junitreport/JDK 1.5 problem, PR: 27541
Revision ChangesPath
1.99 +21 -0 ant/docs/faq.html
Index: faq.html
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.98
retrieving revision 1.99
diff -u -r1.98 -r1.99
--- faq.html 11 May 2004 16:37:02 - 1.98
+++ faq.html 2 Jun 2004 12:31:17 - 1.99
@@ -357,6 +357,12 @@
codeNoClassDefFoundError/code if forked.
/a/li
+lia href=#xalan-jdk1.5
+
+codelt;junitreportgt;/code doesn't work with JDK 1.5 but
+worked fine with JDK 1.4.
+
+ /a/li
/ul
h3 class=sectionAnswers/h3
@@ -1674,6 +1680,21 @@
lt;pathelement
path=quot;${ant.home}/lib/xml-apis.jar:${ant.home}/lib/xercesImpl.jarquot;/gt;
/pre
pto your task's lt;classpathgt;./p
+p class=faq
+ a name=xalan-jdk1.5/a
+
+codelt;junitreportgt;/code doesn't work with JDK 1.5 but
+worked fine with JDK 1.4.
+
+/p
+ pWhile JDK 1.4.x contains a version of Xalan-J 2, JDK 1.5
+(and later?) have a
href=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/compatibility.html#4959783;moved
+to XSLTC/a. Since this task uses Xalan's redirect
+extensions for its internal stylesheet, Ant doesn't support
+XSLTC yet. This means that you have to install a
href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan-J 2/a in order
+to use this task with JDK 1.5./p
+pIf you want to follow progress on this, a
href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27541;here/a
+is the relevant bug report./p
/div
/div
1.13 +11 -5 ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junitreport.html
Index: junitreport.html
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junitreport.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- junitreport.html 9 Feb 2004 21:50:08 - 1.12
+++ junitreport.html 2 Jun 2004 12:31:18 - 1.13
@@ -14,11 +14,17 @@
Library Dependencies/a for more information./p
h3Requirements/h3
-pThe task needs a href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan 2.x/a;
-although
-a href=http://xml.apache.org/dist/xalan-j/old/xalan-j_1_2_2.zip;Xalan
1.2.2/a
-does work, but as Xalan1 is not supported, we do not recommend this.
-/p
+pThe task needs a href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan
+2.x/a; although a
+href=http://xml.apache.org/dist/xalan-j/old/xalan-j_1_2_2.zip;Xalan
+1.2.2/a does work, but as Xalan1 is not supported, we do not
+recommend this. While JDK 1.4.x contains a version of Xalan-J 2, JDK
+1.5 and later have a
+href=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/compatibility.html#4959783;moved
+to XSLTC/a. Since this task uses Xalan's redirect extensions for
+its internal stylesheet, Ant doesn't support XSLTC yet. This means
+that you have to install Xalan-J 2 in order to use this task with JDK
+1.5./p
p
If you do you use Xalan 1.2.2 you will need a compatible (older) version of
Xerces.
as well as BSF(bsf.jar). Again, using Xalan 2 is simpler and supported.
1.15 +12 -2
ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XalanExecutor.java
Index: XalanExecutor.java
===
RCS file:
/home/cvs/ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XalanExecutor.java,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- XalanExecutor.java9 Feb 2004 21:05:32 - 1.14
+++ XalanExecutor.java2 Jun 2004 12:31:18 - 1.15
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils;
/**
* Command class that encapsulate specific behavior for each
@@ -86,8 +87,17 @@
xalan1missing.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(swr));
caller.task.log(Didn't find Xalan1., Project.MSG_DEBUG);
caller.task.log(swr.toString(), Project.MSG_DEBUG);
-throw new BuildException(Could not find xalan2 nor xalan1
-+ in the classpath. Check
http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j;);
+String msg = Could not find xalan2 nor xalan1
+
cvs commit: ant/xdocs faq.xml
bodewig 2004/06/02 05:33:21
Modified:docs Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.html
docs/manual/OptionalTasks Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH
junitreport.html
src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit Tag:
ANT_16_BRANCH XalanExecutor.java
xdocsTag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.xml
Log:
merge
Revision ChangesPath
No revision
No revision
1.77.2.13 +21 -0 ant/docs/faq.html
Index: faq.html
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.77.2.12
retrieving revision 1.77.2.13
diff -u -r1.77.2.12 -r1.77.2.13
--- faq.html 20 Apr 2004 07:29:35 - 1.77.2.12
+++ faq.html 2 Jun 2004 12:33:21 - 1.77.2.13
@@ -351,6 +351,12 @@
codeNoClassDefFoundError/code if forked.
/a/li
+lia href=#xalan-jdk1.5
+
+codelt;junitreportgt;/code doesn't work with JDK 1.5 but
+worked fine with JDK 1.4.
+
+ /a/li
/ul
h3 class=sectionAnswers/h3
@@ -1650,6 +1656,21 @@
lt;pathelement
path=quot;${ant.home}/lib/xml-apis.jar:${ant.home}/lib/xercesImpl.jarquot;/gt;
/pre
pto your task's lt;classpathgt;./p
+p class=faq
+ a name=xalan-jdk1.5/a
+
+codelt;junitreportgt;/code doesn't work with JDK 1.5 but
+worked fine with JDK 1.4.
+
+/p
+ pWhile JDK 1.4.x contains a version of Xalan-J 2, JDK 1.5
+(and later?) have a
href=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/compatibility.html#4959783;moved
+to XSLTC/a. Since this task uses Xalan's redirect
+extensions for its internal stylesheet, Ant doesn't support
+XSLTC yet. This means that you have to install a
href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan-J 2/a in order
+to use this task with JDK 1.5./p
+pIf you want to follow progress on this, a
href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27541;here/a
+is the relevant bug report./p
/div
/div
No revision
No revision
1.11.2.3 +11 -5 ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junitreport.html
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===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junitreport.html,v
retrieving revision 1.11.2.2
retrieving revision 1.11.2.3
diff -u -r1.11.2.2 -r1.11.2.3
--- junitreport.html 9 Feb 2004 22:12:11 - 1.11.2.2
+++ junitreport.html 2 Jun 2004 12:33:21 - 1.11.2.3
@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@
Library Dependencies/a for more information./p
h3Requirements/h3
-pThe task needs a href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan 2.x/a;
-although
-a href=http://xml.apache.org/dist/xalan-j/old/xalan-j_1_2_2.zip;Xalan
1.2.2/a
-does work, but as Xalan1 is not supported, we do not recommend this.
-/p
+pThe task needs a href=http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/;Xalan
+2.x/a; although a
+href=http://xml.apache.org/dist/xalan-j/old/xalan-j_1_2_2.zip;Xalan
+1.2.2/a does work, but as Xalan1 is not supported, we do not
+recommend this. While JDK 1.4.x contains a version of Xalan-J 2, JDK
+1.5 and later have a
+href=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/compatibility.html#4959783;moved
+to XSLTC/a. Since this task uses Xalan's redirect extensions for
+its internal stylesheet, Ant doesn't support XSLTC yet. This means
+that you have to install Xalan-J 2 in order to use this task with JDK
+1.5./p
p
If you do you use Xalan 1.2.2 you will need a compatible (older) version of
Xerces.
as well as BSF(bsf.jar). Again, using Xalan 2 is simpler and supported.
No revision
No revision
1.11.2.4 +12 -2
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Index: XalanExecutor.java
===
RCS file:
/home/cvs/ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XalanExecutor.java,v
retrieving revision 1.11.2.3
retrieving revision 1.11.2.4
diff -u -r1.11.2.3 -r1.11.2.4
--- XalanExecutor.java9 Feb 2004 22:12:34 - 1.11.2.3
+++ XalanExecutor.java2 Jun 2004 12:33:21 - 1.11.2.4
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils;
/**
* Command class that encapsulate specific behavior for each
@@ -86,8 +87,17 @@
xalan1missing.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(swr));
caller.task.log(Didn't find Xalan1.,
cvs commit: ant/xdocs faq.xml
bodewig 2004/04/20 00:27:21
Modified:docs faq.html
docs/manual/OptionalTasks junit.html
xdocsfaq.xml
Log:
Document yet another classloading quirk within junit, PR: 24646
Revision ChangesPath
1.97 +31 -0 ant/docs/faq.html
Index: faq.html
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.96
retrieving revision 1.97
diff -u -r1.96 -r1.97
--- faq.html 14 Apr 2004 06:40:08 - 1.96
+++ faq.html 20 Apr 2004 07:27:20 - 1.97
@@ -348,6 +348,12 @@
can't seem to get the full stack trace.
/a/li
+lia href=#junit-no-runtime-xml
+
+Using format=xml, lt;junitgt; fails with a
+codeNoClassDefFoundError/code if forked.
+
+ /a/li
/ul
h3 class=sectionAnswers/h3
@@ -1622,6 +1628,31 @@
pAs a workaround, run your lt;javagt; task with
codefork=true/code and Ant will display the full
trace./p
+p class=faq
+ a name=junit-no-runtime-xml/a
+
+Using format=xml, lt;junitgt; fails with a
+codeNoClassDefFoundError/code if forked.
+
+/p
+ pThe XML formatter needs the a
href=http://www.w3.org/DOM/;DOM classes/a to work. If you
+are using JDK 1.4 or later they are included with your Java
+Runtime and this problem won't occur. If you are running JDK
+1.3 or earlier, the DOM classes have to be on your
+lt;junitgt; task's lt;classpathgt;./p
+pPrior to Ant 1.6.0 Ant would include the DOM
classes from
+the XML parser that is used by Ant itself if you set the
+includeAntRuntime attribute to true (the default). With Ant
+1.6.0 this has been changed as this behavior made it
+impossible to use a different XML parser in your tests./p
+pThis means that you have to take care of the DOM
classes
+explicitly starting with Ant 1.6.0. If you don't need to set
+up a different XML parser for your tests, the easiest solution
+is to add/p
+pre class=code
+lt;pathelement
path=quot;${ant.home}/lib/xml-apis.jar:${ant.home}/lib/xercesImpl.jarquot;/gt;
+/pre
+pto your task's lt;classpathgt;./p
/div
/div
1.34 +11 -1 ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junit.html
Index: junit.html
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junit.html,v
retrieving revision 1.33
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -r1.33 -r1.34
--- junit.html6 Apr 2004 14:09:25 - 1.33
+++ junit.html20 Apr 2004 07:27:21 - 1.34
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@
tr
td valign=topincludeantruntime/td
td valign=topImplicitly add the Ant classes required to run
- the tests and JUnit to the classpath in forked mode./td
+ the tests and JUnit to the classpath in forked mode.
+ bNote:/b Please read the a
+ href=../../faq.html#junit-no-runtime-xmlAnt FAQ/a if you
+ want to set this to codefalse/code and use the XML formatter
+ at the same time./td
td align=center valign=topNo; default is codetrue/code./td
/tr
tr
@@ -290,6 +294,12 @@
pIf you use the XML formatter, it may not include the same output
that your tests have written as some characters are illegal in XML
documents and will be dropped./p
+
+pbNote:/b Please read the a
+href=../../faq.html#junit-no-runtime-xmlAnt FAQ/a if you want to
+set the fork attribute to codetrue/code, the includeAntRuntime
+attribute to codefalse/code and use the XML formatter at the same
+time./p
table border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
tr
1.53 +34 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml
Index: faq.xml
===
RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -r1.52 -r1.53
--- faq.xml 14 Apr 2004 06:40:08 - 1.52
+++ faq.xml 20 Apr 2004 07:27:21 - 1.53
@@ -1435,6 +1435,40 @@
trace./p
/answer
/faq
+
+faq id=junit-no-runtime-xml
+ question
+Using format=quot;xmlquot;, lt;junitgt; fails with a
+codeNoClassDefFoundError/code if forked.
+ /question
+ answer
+
+pThe XML formatter needs the a
+href=http://www.w3.org/DOM/;DOM classes/a to work. If you
+are using JDK 1.4 or later they are included with your Java
+Runtime and this problem won't occur. If you are running JDK
+1.3 or
cvs commit: ant/xdocs faq.xml
bodewig 2004/04/20 00:29:36
Modified:docs Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.html
docs/manual/OptionalTasks Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH junit.html
xdocsTag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.xml
Log:
merge
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===
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diff -u -r1.77.2.11 -r1.77.2.12
--- faq.html 14 Apr 2004 14:46:05 - 1.77.2.11
+++ faq.html 20 Apr 2004 07:29:35 - 1.77.2.12
@@ -345,6 +345,12 @@
can't seem to get the full stack trace.
/a/li
+lia href=#junit-no-runtime-xml
+
+Using format=xml, lt;junitgt; fails with a
+codeNoClassDefFoundError/code if forked.
+
+ /a/li
/ul
h3 class=sectionAnswers/h3
@@ -1619,6 +1625,31 @@
pAs a workaround, run your lt;javagt; task with
codefork=true/code and Ant will display the full
trace./p
+p class=faq
+ a name=junit-no-runtime-xml/a
+
+Using format=xml, lt;junitgt; fails with a
+codeNoClassDefFoundError/code if forked.
+
+/p
+ pThe XML formatter needs the a
href=http://www.w3.org/DOM/;DOM classes/a to work. If you
+are using JDK 1.4 or later they are included with your Java
+Runtime and this problem won't occur. If you are running JDK
+1.3 or earlier, the DOM classes have to be on your
+lt;junitgt; task's lt;classpathgt;./p
+pPrior to Ant 1.6.0 Ant would include the DOM
classes from
+the XML parser that is used by Ant itself if you set the
+includeAntRuntime attribute to true (the default). With Ant
+1.6.0 this has been changed as this behavior made it
+impossible to use a different XML parser in your tests./p
+pThis means that you have to take care of the DOM
classes
+explicitly starting with Ant 1.6.0. If you don't need to set
+up a different XML parser for your tests, the easiest solution
+is to add/p
+pre class=code
+lt;pathelement
path=quot;${ant.home}/lib/xml-apis.jar:${ant.home}/lib/xercesImpl.jarquot;/gt;
+/pre
+pto your task's lt;classpathgt;./p
/div
/div
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Index: junit.html
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diff -u -r1.30.2.3 -r1.30.2.4
--- junit.html9 Feb 2004 22:12:11 - 1.30.2.3
+++ junit.html20 Apr 2004 07:29:36 - 1.30.2.4
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@
tr
td valign=topincludeantruntime/td
td valign=topImplicitly add the Ant classes required to run
- the tests and JUnit to the classpath in forked mode./td
+ the tests and JUnit to the classpath in forked mode.
+ bNote:/b Please read the a
+ href=../../faq.html#junit-no-runtime-xmlAnt FAQ/a if you
+ want to set this to codefalse/code and use the XML formatter
+ at the same time./td
td align=center valign=topNo; default is codetrue/code./td
/tr
tr
@@ -282,6 +286,12 @@
pIf you use the XML formatter, it may not include the same output
that your tests have written as some characters are illegal in XML
documents and will be dropped./p
+
+pbNote:/b Please read the a
+href=../../faq.html#junit-no-runtime-xmlAnt FAQ/a if you want to
+set the fork attribute to codetrue/code, the includeAntRuntime
+attribute to codefalse/code and use the XML formatter at the same
+time./p
table border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
tr
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diff -u -r1.38.2.11 -r1.38.2.12
--- faq.xml 14 Apr 2004 14:46:05 - 1.38.2.11
+++ faq.xml 20 Apr 2004 07:29:36 - 1.38.2.12
@@ -1435,6 +1435,40 @@
trace./p
/answer
/faq
+
+faq id=junit-no-runtime-xml
+ question
+Using format=quot;xmlquot;, lt;junitgt; fails with a
+codeNoClassDefFoundError/code if forked.
+ /question
+ answer
+
cvs commit: ant/xdocs faq.xml
bodewig 2004/03/15 03:23:48
Modified:.WHATSNEW
docs faq.html
src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs Java.java
xdocsfaq.xml
Log:
Don't swallow the stack trace if a Java program throws an exception.
Revision ChangesPath
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diff -u -r1.571 -r1.572
--- WHATSNEW 12 Mar 2004 09:00:30 - 1.571
+++ WHATSNEW 15 Mar 2004 11:23:47 - 1.572
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
* NPE when running commons listener. Bugzilla Report 27373.
+* java swallowed the stack trace of exceptions thrown by the
+ executed program if run in the same VM.
+
Other changes:
--
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--- faq.html 29 Feb 2004 08:43:54 - 1.94
+++ faq.html 15 Mar 2004 11:23:48 - 1.95
@@ -342,6 +342,12 @@
- they worked in Ant 1.5?
/a/li
+lia href=#java.exception.stacktrace
+
+The program I run via lt;javagt; throws an exception but I
+can't seem to get the full stack trace.
+
+ /a/li
/ul
h3 class=sectionAnswers/h3
@@ -1593,6 +1599,18 @@
p
This approach should work for ant1.5 and ant1.6.
/p
+p class=faq
+ a name=java.exception.stacktrace/a
+
+The program I run via lt;javagt; throws an exception but I
+can't seem to get the full stack trace.
+
+/p
+ pThis is a know bug that has been fixed after the
release of
+Ant 1.6.1./p
+pAs a workaround, run your lt;javagt; task with
+codefork=true/code and Ant will display the full
+trace./p
/div
/div
1.87 +14 -2 ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
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--- Java.java 9 Mar 2004 16:48:05 - 1.86
+++ Java.java 15 Mar 2004 11:23:48 - 1.87
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.util.Vector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.ExitException;
@@ -169,14 +171,14 @@
if (failOnError) {
throw e;
} else {
-log(e.getMessage(), Project.MSG_ERR);
+log(e);
return 0;
}
} catch (Throwable t) {
if (failOnError) {
throw new BuildException(t);
} else {
-log(t.getMessage(), Project.MSG_ERR);
+log(t);
return 0;
}
}
@@ -792,4 +794,14 @@
return new ExecuteWatchdog(timeout.longValue());
}
+/**
+ * @since 1.6.2
+ */
+private void log(Throwable t) {
+StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+PrintWriter w = new PrintWriter(sw);
+t.printStackTrace(w);
+w.close();
+log(sw.toString(), Project.MSG_ERR);
+}
}
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--- faq.xml 19 Feb 2004 12:45:03 - 1.50
+++ faq.xml 15 Mar 2004 11:23:48 - 1.51
@@ -1409,6 +1409,21 @@
/p
/answer
/faq
+
+faq id=java.exception.stacktrace
+ question
+The program I run via lt;javagt; throws an exception but I
+can't seem to get the full stack trace.
+ /question
+ answer
+pThis is a know bug that has been fixed after the release of
+Ant 1.6.1./p
+
+pAs a workaround, run your lt;javagt; task with
+codefork=true/code and Ant will display the full
+trace./p
+ /answer
+/faq
/faqsection
/document
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bodewig 2004/02/19 04:45:03 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: typos Revision ChangesPath 1.93 +3 -3 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.92 retrieving revision 1.93 diff -u -r1.92 -r1.93 --- faq.html 18 Feb 2004 16:01:14 - 1.92 +++ faq.html 19 Feb 2004 12:45:03 - 1.93 @@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ /p p There was a number of valid reasons for this change. But the backward - compatibility problems were not noticied until after Ant 1.6.0 was + compatibility problems were not noticed until after Ant 1.6.0 was released. /p p @@ -1570,11 +1570,11 @@ If you want to do more processing on the task, you need to use the techniques in apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Antlib#execute() This does make use of one 1.6 method call (UE#getRealObject()), - you need to use UE#getTask() instread - this will + you need to use UE#getTask() instead - this will return null for non tasks (types like fileset id=x). /p p - So.. interate over the tasks, if they are UEs, convert them to + So.. iterate over the tasks, if they are UEs, convert them to tasks, using UE#maybeConfigure and UE#getTask() /p pre class=code 1.50 +3 -3 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.49 retrieving revision 1.50 diff -u -r1.49 -r1.50 --- faq.xml 18 Feb 2004 16:01:14 - 1.49 +++ faq.xml 19 Feb 2004 12:45:03 - 1.50 @@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ /p p There was a number of valid reasons for this change. But the backward - compatibility problems were not noticied until after Ant 1.6.0 was + compatibility problems were not noticed until after Ant 1.6.0 was released. /p p @@ -1384,11 +1384,11 @@ If you want to do more processing on the task, you need to use the techniques in apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Antlib#execute() This does make use of one 1.6 method call (UE#getRealObject()), - you need to use UE#getTask() instread - this will + you need to use UE#getTask() instead - this will return null for non tasks (types like fileset id=x). /p p - So.. interate over the tasks, if they are UEs, convert them to + So.. iterate over the tasks, if they are UEs, convert them to tasks, using UE#maybeConfigure and UE#getTask() /p source![CDATA[ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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peterreilly2004/01/08 09:01:27 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: Typeo in faq.xml Obtained from: Yuji Yamano Revision ChangesPath 1.90 +1 -1 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.89 retrieving revision 1.90 diff -u -r1.89 -r1.90 --- faq.html 7 Jan 2004 07:27:59 - 1.89 +++ faq.html 8 Jan 2004 17:01:27 - 1.90 @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ ... lt;/targetgt; - lt;import file=quot;../common.xmlquot;/gt; + lt;import file=quot;./common.xmlquot;/gt; ... 1.46 +2 -2 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.45 retrieving revision 1.46 diff -u -r1.45 -r1.46 --- faq.xml 18 Dec 2003 21:47:05 - 1.45 +++ faq.xml 8 Jan 2004 17:01:27 - 1.46 @@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ ... /target - import file=../common.xml/ + import file=./common.xml/ ... @@ -1341,4 +1341,4 @@ /faqsection -/document \ No newline at end of file +/document - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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bodewig 2003/10/13 06:18:08 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: Mention import in the FAQ Revision ChangesPath 1.81 +22 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.80 retrieving revision 1.81 diff -u -r1.80 -r1.81 --- faq.html 12 Oct 2003 19:39:52 - 1.80 +++ faq.html 13 Oct 2003 13:18:08 - 1.81 @@ -1109,6 +1109,28 @@ lt;!ENTITY include SYSTEM quot;file:./header.xmlquot;gt; ]gt; /pre +pStarting with Ant 1.6, there is a new +codelt;importgt;/code task that can (also) be used to +include build file fragments. Unlike the snippets used with +entity includes, the referenced files have to be complete Ant +build files, though./p +pThe example above would become:/p +pre class=code +lt;?xml version=quot;1.0quot;?gt; +lt;project name=quot;testquot; default=quot;testquot; basedir=quot;.quot;gt; + + lt;target name=quot;setupquot;gt; +... + lt;/targetgt; + + lt;import file=quot;../common.xmlquot;/gt; + + ... + +lt;/projectgt; +/pre +pUnlike entity includes, codelt;importgt;/code will +let you use Ant properties in the file name./p p class=faq a name=mail-logger/a How do I send an email with the result of my build 1.40 +25 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.39 retrieving revision 1.40 diff -u -r1.39 -r1.40 --- faq.xml 7 Oct 2003 14:28:25 - 1.39 +++ faq.xml 13 Oct 2003 13:18:08 - 1.40 @@ -845,6 +845,31 @@ !ENTITY include SYSTEM file:./header.xml ] ]]/source + +pStarting with Ant 1.6, there is a new +codelt;importgt;/code task that can (also) be used to +include build file fragments. Unlike the snippets used with +entity includes, the referenced files have to be complete Ant +build files, though./p + +pThe example above would become:/p +source![CDATA[ +?xml version=1.0? +project name=test default=test basedir=. + + target name=setup +... + /target + + import file=../common.xml/ + + ... + +/project +]]/source + +pUnlike entity includes, codelt;importgt;/code will +let you use Ant properties in the file name./p /answer /faq - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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bodewig 2003/10/13 06:20:01 Modified:docs Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.html xdocsTag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.xml Log: Merge from HEAD Revision ChangesPath No revision No revision 1.77.2.2 +22 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.77.2.1 retrieving revision 1.77.2.2 diff -u -r1.77.2.1 -r1.77.2.2 --- faq.html 7 Oct 2003 14:29:30 - 1.77.2.1 +++ faq.html 13 Oct 2003 13:20:01 - 1.77.2.2 @@ -1103,6 +1103,28 @@ lt;!ENTITY include SYSTEM quot;file:./header.xmlquot;gt; ]gt; /pre +pStarting with Ant 1.6, there is a new +codelt;importgt;/code task that can (also) be used to +include build file fragments. Unlike the snippets used with +entity includes, the referenced files have to be complete Ant +build files, though./p +pThe example above would become:/p +pre class=code +lt;?xml version=quot;1.0quot;?gt; +lt;project name=quot;testquot; default=quot;testquot; basedir=quot;.quot;gt; + + lt;target name=quot;setupquot;gt; +... + lt;/targetgt; + + lt;import file=quot;../common.xmlquot;/gt; + + ... + +lt;/projectgt; +/pre +pUnlike entity includes, codelt;importgt;/code will +let you use Ant properties in the file name./p p class=faq a name=mail-logger/a How do I send an email with the result of my build No revision No revision 1.38.2.2 +25 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.38.2.1 retrieving revision 1.38.2.2 diff -u -r1.38.2.1 -r1.38.2.2 --- faq.xml 7 Oct 2003 14:29:30 - 1.38.2.1 +++ faq.xml 13 Oct 2003 13:20:01 - 1.38.2.2 @@ -845,6 +845,31 @@ !ENTITY include SYSTEM file:./header.xml ] ]]/source + +pStarting with Ant 1.6, there is a new +codelt;importgt;/code task that can (also) be used to +include build file fragments. Unlike the snippets used with +entity includes, the referenced files have to be complete Ant +build files, though./p + +pThe example above would become:/p +source![CDATA[ +?xml version=1.0? +project name=test default=test basedir=. + + target name=setup +... + /target + + import file=../common.xml/ + + ... + +/project +]]/source + +pUnlike entity includes, codelt;importgt;/code will +let you use Ant properties in the file name./p /answer /faq - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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bodewig 2003/10/13 06:42:16 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: Answered that jar M question once too often Revision ChangesPath 1.82 +17 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.81 retrieving revision 1.82 diff -u -r1.81 -r1.82 --- faq.html 13 Oct 2003 13:18:08 - 1.81 +++ faq.html 13 Oct 2003 13:42:16 - 1.82 @@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ How can I include national characters like German umlauts in my build file? /a/li +lia href=#encoding + How do I use codejar/code's codeM/code switch? + I don't want a MANIFEST. + /a/li /ul h4 class=tocIt doesn't work (as expected)/h4 ul @@ -852,6 +856,19 @@ pre class=code lt;?xml version=quot;1.0quot; encoding=quot;ISO-8859-1quot; ?gt; /pre +p class=faq + a name=encoding/a + How do I use codejar/code's codeM/code switch? + I don't want a MANIFEST. +/p + pA JAR archive is a ZIP file, so if you don't want a +MANIFEST you can simply use codelt;zipgt;/code./p +pIf your filenames contain national characters you should +know that Sun's codejar/code utility like Ant's +codelt;jargt;/code uses UFT8 to encode their names while +codelt;zipgt;/code uses your platforms default encoding. +Use the encoding attribute of codelt;zipgt;/code if +necessary./p p class=faq a name=always-recompiles/a Why does Ant always recompile all my Java files? 1.41 +23 -6 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.40 retrieving revision 1.41 diff -u -r1.40 -r1.41 --- faq.xml 13 Oct 2003 13:18:08 - 1.40 +++ faq.xml 13 Oct 2003 13:42:16 - 1.41 @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ faqsection title=How do I ... faq id=adding-external-tasks - questionHow do I add an external task that I've written to the + questionHow do I add an external task that Iapos;ve written to the page quot;External Tools and Taskquot;?/question answer @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ lia URL: entry linking to the main page of the tool/task/li lia Contact: entry containing the email address or the URL of a webpage for the person or list to contact for issues - related to the tool/task. strongNote that we'll add a + related to the tool/task. strongNote that weapos;ll add a link on the page, so any email address added there is not obfuscated and can (and probably will) be abused by robots harvesting websites for addresses to spam./strong/li @@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ declaration/a./p pBy default the parser assumes you are using the UTF-8 -encoding instead of your platform's default. For most Western +encoding instead of your platformapos;s default. For most Western European countries you should set the encoding to codeISO-8859-1/code. To do so, make the very first line of you build file read like/p @@ -523,6 +523,23 @@ ]]/source /answer /faq + +faq if=use-zip-instead-of-jar + questionHow do I use codejar/codeapos;s codeM/code switch? + I donapos;t want a MANIFEST./question + + answer +pA JAR archive is a ZIP file, so if you donapos;t want a +MANIFEST you can simply use codelt;zipgt;/code./p + +pIf your filenames contain national characters you should +know that Sunapos;s codejar/code utility like Antapos;s +codelt;jargt;/code uses UFT8 to encode their names while +codelt;zipgt;/code uses your platforms default encoding. +Use the encoding attribute of codelt;zipgt;/code if +necessary./p + /answer +/faq /faqsection faqsection title=It doesnapos;t work (as expected) @@ -662,12 +679,12 @@ answer pWhen codeant/code loads properties from an external -file it dosn't touch the value of properties, trailing blanks +file it dosnapos;t touch the value of properties, trailing blanks will not be trimmed for example./p pIf the value represents a file path, like a jar needed to compile, the task which requires the value, javac for example -would fail to compile since it can't find the file due to +would fail to compile since it canapos;t find the file
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bodewig 2003/10/13 06:42:54 Modified:docs Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.html xdocsTag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.xml Log: Merge from HEAD Revision ChangesPath No revision No revision 1.77.2.3 +17 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.77.2.2 retrieving revision 1.77.2.3 diff -u -r1.77.2.2 -r1.77.2.3 --- faq.html 13 Oct 2003 13:20:01 - 1.77.2.2 +++ faq.html 13 Oct 2003 13:42:53 - 1.77.2.3 @@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ How can I include national characters like German umlauts in my build file? /a/li +lia href=#encoding + How do I use codejar/code's codeM/code switch? + I don't want a MANIFEST. + /a/li /ul h4 class=tocIt doesn't work (as expected)/h4 ul @@ -846,6 +850,19 @@ pre class=code lt;?xml version=quot;1.0quot; encoding=quot;ISO-8859-1quot; ?gt; /pre +p class=faq + a name=encoding/a + How do I use codejar/code's codeM/code switch? + I don't want a MANIFEST. +/p + pA JAR archive is a ZIP file, so if you don't want a +MANIFEST you can simply use codelt;zipgt;/code./p +pIf your filenames contain national characters you should +know that Sun's codejar/code utility like Ant's +codelt;jargt;/code uses UFT8 to encode their names while +codelt;zipgt;/code uses your platforms default encoding. +Use the encoding attribute of codelt;zipgt;/code if +necessary./p p class=faq a name=always-recompiles/a Why does Ant always recompile all my Java files? No revision No revision 1.38.2.3 +23 -6 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.38.2.2 retrieving revision 1.38.2.3 diff -u -r1.38.2.2 -r1.38.2.3 --- faq.xml 13 Oct 2003 13:20:01 - 1.38.2.2 +++ faq.xml 13 Oct 2003 13:42:54 - 1.38.2.3 @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ faqsection title=How do I ... faq id=adding-external-tasks - questionHow do I add an external task that I've written to the + questionHow do I add an external task that Iapos;ve written to the page quot;External Tools and Taskquot;?/question answer @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ lia URL: entry linking to the main page of the tool/task/li lia Contact: entry containing the email address or the URL of a webpage for the person or list to contact for issues - related to the tool/task. strongNote that we'll add a + related to the tool/task. strongNote that weapos;ll add a link on the page, so any email address added there is not obfuscated and can (and probably will) be abused by robots harvesting websites for addresses to spam./strong/li @@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ declaration/a./p pBy default the parser assumes you are using the UTF-8 -encoding instead of your platform's default. For most Western +encoding instead of your platformapos;s default. For most Western European countries you should set the encoding to codeISO-8859-1/code. To do so, make the very first line of you build file read like/p @@ -523,6 +523,23 @@ ]]/source /answer /faq + +faq if=use-zip-instead-of-jar + questionHow do I use codejar/codeapos;s codeM/code switch? + I donapos;t want a MANIFEST./question + + answer +pA JAR archive is a ZIP file, so if you donapos;t want a +MANIFEST you can simply use codelt;zipgt;/code./p + +pIf your filenames contain national characters you should +know that Sunapos;s codejar/code utility like Antapos;s +codelt;jargt;/code uses UFT8 to encode their names while +codelt;zipgt;/code uses your platforms default encoding. +Use the encoding attribute of codelt;zipgt;/code if +necessary./p + /answer +/faq /faqsection faqsection title=It doesnapos;t work (as expected) @@ -662,12 +679,12 @@ answer pWhen codeant/code loads properties from an external -file it dosn't touch the value of properties, trailing blanks +file it dosnapos;t touch the value of properties, trailing blanks will not be trimmed for example./p pIf the value represents a file path, like a jar needed to compile,
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bodewig 2003/10/13 06:45:47 Modified:docs Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.html xdocsTag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.xml Log: Merge from HEAD Revision ChangesPath No revision No revision 1.77.2.4 +3 -3 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.77.2.3 retrieving revision 1.77.2.4 diff -u -r1.77.2.3 -r1.77.2.4 --- faq.html 13 Oct 2003 13:42:53 - 1.77.2.3 +++ faq.html 13 Oct 2003 13:45:47 - 1.77.2.4 @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ How can I include national characters like German umlauts in my build file? /a/li -lia href=#encoding +lia href=#use-zip-instead-of-jar How do I use codejar/code's codeM/code switch? I don't want a MANIFEST. /a/li @@ -851,13 +851,13 @@ lt;?xml version=quot;1.0quot; encoding=quot;ISO-8859-1quot; ?gt; /pre p class=faq - a name=encoding/a + a name=use-zip-instead-of-jar/a How do I use codejar/code's codeM/code switch? I don't want a MANIFEST. /p pA JAR archive is a ZIP file, so if you don't want a MANIFEST you can simply use codelt;zipgt;/code./p -pIf your filenames contain national characters you should +pIf your file names contain national characters you should know that Sun's codejar/code utility like Ant's codelt;jargt;/code uses UFT8 to encode their names while codelt;zipgt;/code uses your platforms default encoding. No revision No revision 1.38.2.4 +2 -2 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.38.2.3 retrieving revision 1.38.2.4 diff -u -r1.38.2.3 -r1.38.2.4 --- faq.xml 13 Oct 2003 13:42:54 - 1.38.2.3 +++ faq.xml 13 Oct 2003 13:45:47 - 1.38.2.4 @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ /answer /faq -faq if=use-zip-instead-of-jar +faq id=use-zip-instead-of-jar questionHow do I use codejar/codeapos;s codeM/code switch? I donapos;t want a MANIFEST./question @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ pA JAR archive is a ZIP file, so if you donapos;t want a MANIFEST you can simply use codelt;zipgt;/code./p -pIf your filenames contain national characters you should +pIf your file names contain national characters you should know that Sunapos;s codejar/code utility like Antapos;s codelt;jargt;/code uses UFT8 to encode their names while codelt;zipgt;/code uses your platforms default encoding. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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bodewig 2003/10/07 07:29:30 Modified:docs Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.html xdocsTag: ANT_16_BRANCH faq.xml Log: Update the delegating-classloader FAQ Revision ChangesPath No revision No revision 1.77.2.1 +19 -1 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.77 retrieving revision 1.77.2.1 diff -u -r1.77 -r1.77.2.1 --- faq.html 20 Aug 2003 16:07:48 - 1.77 +++ faq.html 7 Oct 2003 14:29:30 - 1.77.2.1 @@ -1315,6 +1315,10 @@ codeCLASSPATH/code environment variable or codeANT_HOME/lib/code for the rest of this answer./p +pTechnically the sentence above isn't true for Ant 1.6 +and later anymore, but the result is the same. For the sake +of this discussion, codeCLASSPATH/code and +codeANT_HOME/lib/code are identical./p pThis question collects a common type of problem: A task needs an external library and it has a nested classpath element so that you can point it to this external library, but @@ -1367,6 +1371,8 @@ liremove the class that loads the external library from the codeCLASSPATH/code./li /ol +pstrongUsing The Second Option with Ant 1.5.4 and +Earlier:/strong/p pThe easiest way to do this is to remove codeoptional.jar/code from codeANT_HOME/lib/code. If you do so, you will have to codelt;taskdefgt;/code all @@ -1393,8 +1399,20 @@ directory, in the codelt;stylegt;/code case it is one of the code*Liaison/code classes in codeorg/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/code./p +pstrongUsing The Second Option with Ant 1.6 and +later:/strong/p +pIn Ant 1.6 codeoptional.jar/code has been split into +multiple jars, each one containing classes with the same +dependencies on external libraries. You can move the +offending jar out of ANT_HOME/lib. For the +codelt;junitgt;/code task it would be +codeant-junit.jar/code and for codelt;stylegt;/code +it would be codeant-trax.jar/code, +codeant-xalan1.jar/code or codeant-xslp.jar/code - +depending on the processor you use./p pIf you use the option to break up codeoptional.jar/code -for codelt;junitgt;/code, you still have to use a +for codelt;junitgt;/code or remove +codeant-junit.jar/code, you still have to use a codelt;taskdefgt;/code with a nested codelt;classpathgt;/code to define the junit task./p p class=faq No revision No revision 1.38.2.1 +23 -1 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.38 retrieving revision 1.38.2.1 diff -u -r1.38 -r1.38.2.1 --- faq.xml 20 Aug 2003 16:07:48 - 1.38 +++ faq.xml 7 Oct 2003 14:29:30 - 1.38.2.1 @@ -1090,6 +1090,11 @@ codeANT_HOME/lib/codequot; for the rest of this answer./p +pTechnically the sentence above isnapos;t true for Ant 1.6 +and later anymore, but the result is the same. For the sake +of this discussion, codeCLASSPATH/code and +codeANT_HOME/lib/code are identical./p + pThis question collects a common type of problem: A task needs an external library and it has a nested classpath element so that you can point it to this external library, but @@ -1154,6 +1159,9 @@ the codeCLASSPATH/code./li /ol +pstrongUsing The Second Option with Ant 1.5.4 and +Earlier:/strong/p + pThe easiest way to do this is to remove codeoptional.jar/code from codeANT_HOME/lib/code. If you do so, you will have to codelt;taskdefgt;/code all @@ -1183,8 +1191,22 @@ the code*Liaison/code classes in codeorg/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/code./p +pstrongUsing The Second Option with Ant 1.6 and +later:/strong/p + +pIn Ant 1.6 codeoptional.jar/code has been split into +multiple jars, each one containing classes with the same +dependencies on external libraries. You can move the +offending jar out of ANT_HOME/lib. For the +codelt;junitgt;/code task it would be +codeant-junit.jar/code and for codelt;stylegt;/code +it would be codeant-trax.jar/code, +
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antoine 2003/08/20 09:07:48 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: Added information about how to configure Winzip to see better what is in a war file Submitted by: Neil Pitman (neil dot pitman at sympatico dot ca) Revision ChangesPath 1.77 +4 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.76 retrieving revision 1.77 diff -u -r1.76 -r1.77 --- faq.html 14 Aug 2003 16:16:20 - 1.76 +++ faq.html 20 Aug 2003 16:07:48 - 1.77 @@ -974,6 +974,10 @@ all lower-case for you./p pIf you extract (or just check) the archive with jar, you will see that the names have the correct case./p +pWith WinZIP (version 8.1 at least), this can be corrected in the +configuration. In the Options/Configuration menu, in the View tab, General +section, check the Allow all upper case files names box. The META-INF and +WEB-INF will look correct./p p class=faq a name=integration/a Is Ant supported by my IDE/Editor? 1.38 +5 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.37 retrieving revision 1.38 diff -u -r1.37 -r1.38 --- faq.xml 14 Aug 2003 16:16:21 - 1.37 +++ faq.xml 20 Aug 2003 16:07:48 - 1.38 @@ -688,6 +688,11 @@ pIf you extract (or just check) the archive with jar, you will see that the names have the correct case./p + +pWith WinZIP (version 8.1 at least), this can be corrected in the +configuration. In the Options/Configuration menu, in the View tab, General +section, check the Allow all upper case files names box. The META-INF and +WEB-INF will look correct./p /answer /faq /faqsection - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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bodewig 2003/08/14 09:16:21 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: Avoid useless use of cat award by using a real world example. Revision ChangesPath 1.76 +10 -9 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.75 retrieving revision 1.76 diff -u -r1.75 -r1.76 --- faq.html 13 Aug 2003 06:11:58 - 1.75 +++ faq.html 14 Aug 2003 16:16:20 - 1.76 @@ -673,26 +673,27 @@ How do I redirect standard input or standard output in the codelt;execgt;/code task? /p - pSay you want to redirect the standard input stream of the -codecat/code command to read from a file, something + pSay you want to redirect the standard output stream of the +codem4/code command to write to a file, something like:/p pre class=code -shell-promptgt; cat lt; foo +shell-promptgt; m4 foo.m4 gt; foo /pre pand try to translate it into/p pre class=code -lt;exec executable=quot;catquot;gt; - lt;arg value=quot;amp;lt;quot; /gt; - lt;arg value=quot;fooquot; /gt; +lt;exec executable=quot;m4quot;gt; + lt;arg value=quot;foo.m4quot;/gt; + lt;arg value=quot;amp;gt;quot;/gt; + lt;arg value=quot;fooquot;/gt; lt;/execgt; /pre -pThis will not do what you expect. The input redirection is +pThis will not do what you expect. The output redirection is performed by your shell, not the command itself, so this should read:/p pre class=code lt;exec executable=quot;/bin/shquot;gt; lt;arg value=quot;-cquot; /gt; - lt;arg value=quot;cat amp;lt; fooquot; /gt; + lt;arg value=quot;m4 foo.m4 amp;gt; fooquot; /gt; lt;/execgt; /pre pNote that you must use the codevalue/code attribute of @@ -701,7 +702,7 @@ you can use:/p pre class=code lt;exec executable=quot;/bin/shquot;gt; - lt;arg line='-c quot;cat amp;lt; fooquot;'/gt; + lt;arg line='-c quot;m4 foo.m4 amp;gt; fooquot;'/gt; lt;/execgt; /pre pNote the double-quotes nested inside the single-quotes./p 1.37 +10 -9 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.36 retrieving revision 1.37 diff -u -r1.36 -r1.37 --- faq.xml 13 Aug 2003 06:11:58 - 1.36 +++ faq.xml 14 Aug 2003 16:16:21 - 1.37 @@ -313,31 +313,32 @@ questionHow do I redirect standard input or standard output in the codelt;execgt;/code task?/question answer -pSay you want to redirect the standard input stream of the -codecat/code command to read from a file, something +pSay you want to redirect the standard output stream of the +codem4/code command to write to a file, something like:/p source![CDATA[ -shell-prompt cat foo +shell-prompt m4 foo.m4 foo ]]/source pand try to translate it into/p source![CDATA[ -exec executable=cat - arg value=lt; / - arg value=foo / +exec executable=m4 + arg value=foo.m4/ + arg value=gt;/ + arg value=foo/ /exec ]]/source -pThis will not do what you expect. The input redirection is +pThis will not do what you expect. The output redirection is performed by your shell, not the command itself, so this should read:/p source![CDATA[ exec executable=/bin/sh arg value=-c / - arg value=cat lt; foo / + arg value=m4 foo.m4 gt; foo / /exec ]]/source @@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ you can use:/p source![CDATA[ exec executable=/bin/sh - arg line='-c cat lt; foo'/ + arg line='-c m4 foo.m4 gt; foo'/ /exec ]]/source - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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umagesh 2003/04/14 12:28:14 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: Update Release history. Revision ChangesPath 1.69 +10 -0 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.68 retrieving revision 1.69 diff -u -r1.68 -r1.69 --- faq.html 9 Apr 2003 01:44:48 - 1.68 +++ faq.html 14 Apr 2003 19:28:12 - 1.69 @@ -496,6 +496,16 @@ 3 March 2003 /td /tr + tr + td colspan=1 rowspan=1 + valign=top align=left + 1.5.3 + /td + td colspan=1 rowspan=1 + valign=top align=left + 9 April 2003 + /td + /tr /table p class=faq a name=no-gnu-tar/a 1.35 +5 -0 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.34 retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35 --- faq.xml 8 Apr 2003 13:04:24 - 1.34 +++ faq.xml 14 Apr 2003 19:28:14 - 1.35 @@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ td1.5.2/td td3 March 2003/td /tr + + tr +td1.5.3/td +td9 April 2003/td + /tr /table /answer /faq
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bodewig 2003/04/08 06:04:24 Modified:docs faq.html xdocsfaq.xml Log: FAQ about the broken zip task in 1.5.2 Revision ChangesPath 1.67 +19 -1 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.66 retrieving revision 1.67 diff -u -r1.66 -r1.67 --- faq.html 4 Apr 2003 04:21:02 - 1.66 +++ faq.html 8 Apr 2003 13:04:23 - 1.67 @@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ for Cygwin if codeANT_HOME/code is set to a Windows style path. /a/li +lia href=#1.5.2-zip-broken + codelt;zipgt;/code is broken in Ant 1.5.2. + /a/li /ul h3 class=sectionAnswers/h3 @@ -1389,9 +1392,24 @@ /p pThis problem has been reported only hours after Ant 1.5 has been released, see a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10664;Bug -10664/a and all it's duplicates./p +10664/a and all its duplicates./p pA fixed version of the wrapper script can be found a href=http://ant.apache.org/old-releases/v1.5/errata/;here/a. Simply replace your script with this version./p +p class=faq + a name=1.5.2-zip-broken/a + codelt;zipgt;/code is broken in Ant 1.5.2. +/p + pYes, it is./p +pThe problem reported by most people - see a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17648;Bug +17648/a and all its duplicates - is that Ant creates +archives that a partially unreadable by WinZIP. Luckily +codejar/code deals with the archives and so the generated +jars/wars/ears will most likely work for you anyway./p +pThere are additional problems, see bugs a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17780;Bug +17780/a, a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17871;Bug +17871/a and a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18403;Bug +18403/a. All of them are supposed to be fixed with Ant +1.5.3 (and only 18403 should exist in 1.5.3beta1)./p /div p class=copyright 1.34 +26 -1 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.33 retrieving revision 1.34 diff -u -r1.33 -r1.34 --- faq.xml 3 Mar 2003 15:24:14 - 1.33 +++ faq.xml 8 Apr 2003 13:04:24 - 1.34 @@ -1204,13 +1204,38 @@ pThis problem has been reported only hours after Ant 1.5 has been released, see a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10664;Bug -10664/a and all it's duplicates./p +10664/a and all its duplicates./p pA fixed version of the wrapper script can be found a href=http://ant.apache.org/old-releases/v1.5/errata/;here/a. Simply replace your script with this version./p /answer /faq + +faq id=1.5.2-zip-broken + questioncodelt;zipgt;/code is broken in Ant 1.5.2./question + answer + +pYes, it is./p + +pThe problem reported by most people - see a +href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17648;Bug +17648/a and all its duplicates - is that Ant creates +archives that a partially unreadable by WinZIP. Luckily +codejar/code deals with the archives and so the generated +jars/wars/ears will most likely work for you anyway./p + +pThere are additional problems, see bugs a +href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17780;Bug +17780/a, a +href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17871;Bug +17871/a and a +href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18403;Bug +18403/a. All of them are supposed to be fixed with Ant +1.5.3 (and only 18403 should exist in 1.5.3beta1)./p + /answer +/faq + /faqsection /document
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bodewig 2003/04/08 06:05:06 Modified:docs Tag: ANT_15_BRANCH faq.html xdocsTag: ANT_15_BRANCH faq.xml Log: sync with HEAD Revision ChangesPath No revision No revision 1.30.2.9 +26 -1 ant/docs/faq.html Index: faq.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.30.2.8 retrieving revision 1.30.2.9 diff -u -r1.30.2.8 -r1.30.2.9 --- faq.html 7 Mar 2003 12:36:18 - 1.30.2.8 +++ faq.html 8 Apr 2003 13:05:06 - 1.30.2.9 @@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ for Cygwin if codeANT_HOME/code is set to a Windows style path. /a/li +lia href=#1.5.2-zip-broken + codelt;zipgt;/code is broken in Ant 1.5.2. + /a/li /ul table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=100% @@ -1724,9 +1727,31 @@ /table pThis problem has been reported only hours after Ant 1.5 has been released, see a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10664;Bug -10664/a and all it's duplicates./p +10664/a and all its duplicates./p pA fixed version of the wrapper script can be found a href=http://ant.apache.org/old-releases/v1.5/errata/;here/a. Simply replace your script with this version./p +br/ + a name=1.5.2-zip-broken/a + table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=100% +trtd bgcolor=#4C6C8F + font color=#ff face=arial,helvetica,sanserif +strong + codelt;zipgt;/code is broken in Ant 1.5.2. +/strong + /font +/td/tr + /table + pYes, it is./p +pThe problem reported by most people - see a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17648;Bug +17648/a and all its duplicates - is that Ant creates +archives that a partially unreadable by WinZIP. Luckily +codejar/code deals with the archives and so the generated +jars/wars/ears will most likely work for you anyway./p +pThere are additional problems, see bugs a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17780;Bug +17780/a, a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17871;Bug +17871/a and a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18403;Bug +18403/a. All of them are supposed to be fixed with Ant +1.5.3 (and only 18403 should exist in 1.5.3beta1)./p /div /tdtd width=10img width=10 height=4 alt= src=./images/spacer.gif/td No revision No revision 1.17.2.9 +26 -1 ant/xdocs/faq.xml Index: faq.xml === RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/xdocs/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.17.2.8 retrieving revision 1.17.2.9 diff -u -r1.17.2.8 -r1.17.2.9 --- faq.xml 7 Mar 2003 12:36:19 - 1.17.2.8 +++ faq.xml 8 Apr 2003 13:05:06 - 1.17.2.9 @@ -1204,13 +1204,38 @@ pThis problem has been reported only hours after Ant 1.5 has been released, see a href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10664;Bug -10664/a and all it's duplicates./p +10664/a and all its duplicates./p pA fixed version of the wrapper script can be found a href=http://ant.apache.org/old-releases/v1.5/errata/;here/a. Simply replace your script with this version./p /answer /faq + +faq id=1.5.2-zip-broken + questioncodelt;zipgt;/code is broken in Ant 1.5.2./question + answer + +pYes, it is./p + +pThe problem reported by most people - see a +href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17648;Bug +17648/a and all its duplicates - is that Ant creates +archives that a partially unreadable by WinZIP. Luckily +codejar/code deals with the archives and so the generated +jars/wars/ears will most likely work for you anyway./p + +pThere are additional problems, see bugs a +href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17780;Bug +17780/a, a +href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17871;Bug +17871/a and a +href=http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18403;Bug +18403/a. All of them are supposed to be fixed with Ant +1.5.3 (and only 18403 should exist in 1.5.3beta1)./p + /answer +/faq + /faqsection /document
