Thanks Wayne for your reply. I added your suggested artifact too though I guess it was not required because junit task is included in ant-junit artifcat but I am still facing same issue. On researching on google, I found that many people have asked about this problem with different ant tasks
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users/200601.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users/200601.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] There must be some solution and I simply can't find out. Now I am desperate :-( Petr Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You probably want the ant-nodeps artifact. ant ant-nodeps 1.6.5 Wayne On 5/1/07, Petr V. wrote: > I added one more dependency > > > org.apache.ant > ant-junit > 1.6.2 > > > and still seeing the same results. Any pointers ?? > > Thanks, > > > > "Petr V." wrote: Greetings, > > I have simple ant file that has junit task and it executes fine using ant > 1.6.2. > > Now I am trying to call that ant script via pom file and I am getting an > error that junit task is not found. > > C:\ncp\ncp\main\component\ClientTests\build\client\build.xml:117: Could not > create task or type of type: junit. > > Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon. > > This is common and has a number of causes; the usual > solutions are to read the manual pages then download and > install needed JAR files, or fix the build file: > - You have misspelt 'junit'. > Fix: check your spelling. > - The task needs an external JAR file to execute > and this is not found at the right place in the classpath. > Fix: check the documentation for dependencies. > Fix: declare the task. > - The task is an Ant optional task and the JAR file and/or libraries > implementing the functionality were not found at the time you > yourself built your installation of Ant from the Ant sources. > Fix: Look in the ANT_HOME/lib for the 'ant-' JAR corresponding to the > task and make sure it contains more than merely a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF. > If all it contains is the manifest, then rebuild Ant with the needed > libraries present in ${ant.home}/lib/optional/ , or alternatively, > download a pre-built release version from apache.org > - The build file was written for a later version of Ant > Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant > - The task is not an Ant core or optional task > and needs to be declared using . > - You are attempting to use a task defined using > > or but have spelt wrong or not > defined it at the point of use > > Remember that for JAR files to be visible to Ant tasks implemented > in ANT_HOME/lib, the files must be in the same directory or on the > classpath > > > ================================= > > So I figured it out that probably maven is using wrong version of ant and I > checked it, it downloaded ant 1.6.5 > > [INFO] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ant/ant/1.6.5/ant-1.6.5.pom > 521b downloaded > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ant/ant-launcher/1.6.5/ant-launcher-1.6.5.pom > 149b downloaded > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ant/ant-launcher/1.6.5/ant-launcher-1.6.5.jar > 8K downloaded > Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ant/ant/1.6.5/ant-1.6.5.jar > 1009K downloaded > [INFO] [antrun:run {execution: 1}] > [INFO] Executing tasks > > > ======================================== > > Then I asked maven to use ant 1.6.2 in following pom file but it still > downloads 1.6.5. Any idea what is going on ??? How can I make sure that > maven uses 1.6.2 ?? > > Here is my pom file > > 4.0.0 > > > > com.comp.cp > cp-component > 1.0-SNAPSHOT > > > > com.comp.cp > ClientTests > 1.0-SNAPSHOT > > pom > > ClientTests > > > > junit > junit > 4.3.1 > > > > > clienttests > > > > > > org.apache.maven.plugins > maven-compiler-plugin > 2.0 > > 1.5 > 1.5 > > > > > > > maven-antrun-plugin > > > 1 > > generate-sources > > > > > > > > run > > > > > > > ant > ant-antlr > 1.6.2 > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance > > Petr V. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. > > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.
