I was having the same issue. I fixed it by adding the JUnit.jar (version 3.8) to the Ant-Install\lib\optional directory. Yes, the optional directory seems to be the place where Ant looks for dependencies.
Good luck! Kevin Tomasek wrote: > > all, > > > i am trying to build ant from source code on a rhel4 amd 64 bit system. > > i get this message: > BUILD FAILED > /tmp/ant/apache-ant-1.7.0/build.xml:1105: The following error occurred > while executing this line: > /tmp/ant/apache-ant-1.7.0/build.xml:911: We cannot build the test jar > unless JUnit is present, > as JUnit is needed to compile the test classes. > > the apache web site provides two solutions to the problem.. > 1. add the junit.jar to the classpath > 2. remove the dependancy from the build.xml file > > the second one works, of course. > > the first one doesn't... i have done the following: > setenv CLASSPATH /tmp/jars > setenv CLASSPATH /tmp/jars/junit.jar > > where junit.jar is 'ln -s /tmp/jars/junit-4.4-src.jar junit.jar' . > /tmp/jars/junit-4.4-src.jar is readable by all. > > i have put the junit.jar in the following directories: > ~/.ant/lib > /tmp/ant/apache-ant-1.7.0 > /tmp/ant/apache-ant-1.7.0/lib > /tmp/ant/apache-ant-1.7.0/lib/optional > > setenv ANTHOME /tmp/ant/apache-ant-1.7.0 is set > > it still fails.. > does any one have any idea what little thing that i am missing? i don't > > know what the ant commands/scripts are supposed to look like. i have > basic java understood. i have succesfully used netbeans to > write/build/compile java programs. > > thanks kevin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/building-ant-from-source-and-junit-build-error-tp14603916p15910578.html Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
