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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 08:27:59 -0600
From: "Jack J. Woehr" <jax@purematrix.com>
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Subject: Re: Suggested Diff: UnknownElement.java
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Stefan Bodewig wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Apr 2004, Peter Reilly <peter.reilly@corvil.com> wrote:
>
> > I am not sure it is good advice to tell people to recompile ant, in
> > the (already alarming) error message that most ant newbies see.
>
> I agree.  The statement should be conditional in that it says "look
> whether it actually conatins something, if you have compiled Ant
> yourself".

Okay, how's this?

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Index: src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java,v
retrieving revision 1.78
diff -c -r1.78 UnknownElement.java
*** src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java	9 Mar 2004 16:47:59 -0000	1.78
--- src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java	6 Apr 2004 14:26:05 -0000
***************
*** 458,469 ****
              + "     and this is not found at the right place in the classpath." + lSep
              + "   Fix: check the documentation for dependencies." + lSep
              + "   Fix: declare the task." + lSep
!             + " - The task is an Ant optional task and optional.jar is absent" + lSep
!             + "   Fix: look for optional.jar in ANT_HOME/lib, download if needed" + lSep
!             + " - The task was not built into optional.jar as dependent"  + lSep
!             + "     libraries were not found at build time." + lSep
!             + "   Fix: look in the JAR to verify, then rebuild with the needed" + lSep
!             + "   libraries, or download a release version from apache.org" + lSep
              + " - The build file was written for a later version of Ant" + lSep
              + "   Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant" + lSep
              + " - The task is not an Ant core or optional task " + lSep
--- 458,471 ----
              + "     and this is not found at the right place in the classpath." + lSep
              + "   Fix: check the documentation for dependencies." + lSep
              + "   Fix: declare the task." + lSep
!             + " - The task is an Ant optional task and the JAR file and/or libraries" + lSep
!             + "     implementing the functionality were not found at the time you" + lSep
!             + "     yourself built your installation of Ant from the Ant sources." + lSep
!             + "   Fix: Look in the ANT_HOME/lib for the 'ant-' JAR corresponding to the" + lSep
!             + "     task and make sure it contains more than merely a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF." + lSep
!             + "     If all it contains is the manifest, then rebuild Ant with the needed" + lSep
!             + "     libraries present in ${ant.home}/lib/optional/ , or alternatively," + lSep
!             + "     download a pre-built release version from apache.org" + lSep
              + " - The build file was written for a later version of Ant" + lSep
              + "   Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant" + lSep
              + " - The task is not an Ant core or optional task " + lSep


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