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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 22:35:13 +0000 (GMT)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Elliot?= <jspboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Thanks ;-)
To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org
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Hi Scott,

Thanks very much for your help, I pulled down
the latest checkout from CVS and everything is 
working fine ;-)  Must have picked up a bad
package...

Thanks again!

Dave Elliot


--- Scott Stirling <sstirling@mediaone.net> wrote: >
Hmmm.  Well, this is what I did on RH Linux 7.0. 
> Not sure if it's going to
> be any help:
> 
> -download latest CVS (I suggest doing this, since
> line 88 in my build.xml is
> the closing </target> from the prepare target, but
> yours suggests that line
> 88 is somewhere in the compile target, which is
> close, but a little off.
> 
> -edit jakarta-ant/.ant.properties.sample to set
> build.compiler to modern
> (this is where you should set the build.compiler, as
> opposed to editing
> build.xml).  Also edit /path/to/junit.jar to compile
> all the optional tasks.
> 
> -cp jakarta-ant/.ant.properties.sample to
> ~/.ant.properties
> 
> -export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk
> 
> -run ./bootstrap.sh
> 
> Reported build time with modern compiler and
> optional tasks: 29 secs.
> 
> I also tried it with build.compiler=jikes, which
> took 12 secs.
> 
> Also, just in case, try putting your
> /path/to/jdk/bin first in your PATH.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Elliot [mailto:jspboy@yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 1:49 AM
> To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Compiling Ant on Linux...classic/modern
> javac not detected.
> 
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> No, no Kaffe...I'm hoping to work it with a
> 1.3.0 jvm (Blackdown or IBM).
> 
> Anyway, at present java -version reports:
> 
> -----
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
> (build Blackdown-1.3.0-FCS)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build
> Blackdown-1.3.0-FCS,
> mixed mode)
> -----
> 
> My shell environment for the Ant build is:
> 
> -----
> BASH=/bin/bash
> BASH_VERSION=1.14.7(1)
> CLASSPATH=
> JAKARTA_HOME=/opt/jakarta-home
> JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.3
> LANG=en_US
>
PATH=/opt/jakarta-home/jakarta-ant/bin/:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/l
>
ocal/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin:/usr/X11R6/bi
> n:/usr/local/jdk1.3/bin
> -----
> 
> The output from running bootstrap.sh is:
> 
> -----
> ... Bootstrapping Ant Distribution
> ... Compiling Ant Classes
> ... Copying Required Files
> ... Building Ant Distribution
> Searching for build.xml ...
> Buildfile: /opt/jakarta-home/jakarta-ant/build.xml
> 
> clean:
>    [delete] Deleting directory
> /opt/jakarta-home/build/ant
> 
> prepare:
>     [mkdir] Created dir: /opt/jakarta-home/build/ant
> 
> check_for_optional_packages:
> 
> compile:
>     [mkdir] Created dir:
> /opt/jakarta-home/build/ant/classes
>     [javac] Compiling 120 source files to
> /opt/jakarta-home/build/ant/classes
> 
> BUILD FAILED
> 
> /opt/jakarta-home/jakarta-ant/build.xml:88: Cannot
> use
> classic compiler, as it is not available
> 
> Total time: 5 seconds
> ... Cleaning Up Build Directories
> ... Done Bootstrapping Ant
> -----
> 
> It cannot find a classic compiler apparently...
> I get the same error when trying Blackdown 1.3,
> 1.2.2 or IBM 1.1.8.  I have also tried changing
> build.compiler in build.xml to 'modern' rather
> than 'classic'...in which case the build reports:
> 
> -----
>     [javac] Compiling 120 source files to
> /opt/jakarta-home/build/ant/classes
>     [javac] Modern compiler is not available - using
> classic compiler
> 
> BUILD FAILED
> 
> /opt/jakarta-home/jakarta-ant/build.xml:88: Cannot
> use
> classic compiler, as it is not available
> -----
> 
> Is there any way to hardwire it so as to just
> use the javac in the current path rather than
> trying to do clever things ??
> 
> Many thanks for your help,
> 
> Dave Elliot
> 


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