For what it's worth, I was having the same issues, and I also had to delete the existing jar file.
I wonder if the timestamp is (was) wrong for one of the jars on the repository? On 11/29/05, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis Byrne wrote: > > Weird. I got this from ant. > > > > [get] Getting: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/commons- > > validator/jars/commons-validator-1.2.0.jar > > [get] To: D:\npeUpdateActionListener\current\lib\commons- > > validator.jar > > [get] Not modified - so not downloaded > > > > which left me w/ the same old version. I deleted the jar, > > ran 'download-dependencies' again, and now I get the correct > > one. > > > > The ant task just compares the timestamp for the file on the webserver > against the timestamp for the local jar you already have. If, for some > reason, the timestamp on your local file is more recent then the jar > won't be downloaded. > > There are all sorts of things that can update the timestamp of a file > (copying it for one). > > This is another reason to move to Maven; maven handles this situation > much more elegantly. > > Cheers, > > Simon >

