Recently, I moved computers, and in the process I upgraded ant from 1.6.2 to
1.6.5. I copied a program over from my old computer onto my new computer,
which also upgraded from Java 1.4 to 1.5. When I tried using ant to
compile my project, it failed where it had previously compiled. I originally
thought it was an ant problem, and here is my ant diagnostics
------- Ant diagnostics report -------
Apache Ant version 1.6.5 compiled on March 6 2006
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Implementation Version (JDK1.2+ only)
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core tasks : 1.6.5
optional tasks : 1.6.5
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ANT_HOME/lib jar listing
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ant.home: /usr/share/ant
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Tasks availability
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image : Not Available
wlrun : Not Available
icontract : Not Available
vajload : Not Available
rexec : Not Available
stlist : Not Available
telnet : Not Available
netrexxc : Not Available
ftp : Not Available
starteam : Not Available
stylebook : Not Available
stlabel : Not Available
splash : Not Available
stcheckin : Not Available
vajexport : Not Available
stcheckout : Not Available
ejbc : Not Available
vajimport : Not Available
wlstop : Not Available
sound : Not Available
ddcreator : Not Available
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org.apache.env.Which diagnostics
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Not available.
Download it at http://xml.apache.org/commons/
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XML Parser information
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XML Parser : org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl
XML Parser Location: /usr/share/java/xerces-j2-2.7.1.jar
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System properties
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java.runtime.name : Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
sun.boot.library.path : /opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/i386
java.vm.version : 1.5.0_06-b05
ant.library.dir : /usr/share/ant/lib
java.vm.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vendor.url : http://java.sun.com/
path.separator : :
java.vm.name : Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
file.encoding.pkg : sun.io
user.country : US
sun.os.patch.level : unknown
java.vm.specification.name : Java Virtual Machine Specification
user.dir : /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ISBNLive/WEB-INF/src
java.runtime.version : 1.5.0_06-b05
java.awt.graphicsenv : sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
java.endorsed.dirs : /opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/endorsed
os.arch : i386
java.io.tmpdir : /tmp
line.separator :
java.vm.specification.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc.
os.name : Linux
ant.home : /usr/share/ant
sun.jnu.encoding : ANSI_X3.4-1968
java.library.path :
/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/i386/client:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/i386:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/../lib/i386
java.specification.name : Java Platform API Specification
java.class.version : 49.0
sun.management.compiler : HotSpot Client Compiler
os.version : 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
user.home : /home/travis
user.timezone :
java.awt.printerjob : sun.print.PSPrinterJob
file.encoding : ANSI_X3.4-1968
java.specification.version : 1.5
user.name : travis
java.class.path : /usr/share/java/ant.jar:/usr/share/java/ant-
launcher.jar:/usr/share/java/jaxp_parser_impl.jar:/usr/share/java/xml-commons-apis.jar:/usr/share/java/antlr.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-antlr.jar:/usr/share/java/bcel.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-apache-bcel.jar:/usr/share/java/bsf.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-apache-bsf.jar:/usr/share/java/log4j.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-apache-log4j.jar:/usr/share/java/oro.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-apache-oro.jar:/usr/share/java/regexp.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-apache-regexp.jar:/usr/share/java/xml-commons-resolver.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-apache-resolver.jar:/usr/share/java/jakarta-commons-logging.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-commons-logging.jar:/usr/share/java/javamail/mailapi-1.3.1.jar:/usr/share/java/javamail/providers-1.3.1.jar:/usr/share/java/jaf.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-javamail.jar:/usr/share/java/jdepend.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-jdepend.jar:/usr/share/java/jsch.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-jsch.jar:/usr/share/java/junit.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-junit.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-nodeps.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-swing.jar:/usr/share/java/jaxp_transform_impl.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-trax.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/lib/tools.jar::/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/lib/tools.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/rt.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/lib/tools.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/rt.jar
java.vm.specification.version : 1.0
sun.arch.data.model : 32
java.home : /opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre
java.specification.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc.
user.language : en
java.vm.info : mixed mode, sharing
java.version : 1.5.0_06
java.ext.dirs : /opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/ext
sun.boot.class.path :
/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/rt.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/i18n.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/sunrsasign.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/jsse.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/jce.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/lib/charsets.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/classes
java.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc.
file.separator : /
java.vendor.url.bug : http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
sun.cpu.endian : little
sun.io.unicode.encoding : UnicodeLittle
sun.cpu.isalist :
However, I did not see anything obviously wrong there. Seeing how this
problem appeared after I had upgraded from Java 1.4 to 1.5, could there be
a problem there?
Thanks,
Travis West