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.
Normally people will get ant precomiled - to get all the optional tasks compiled correcty is difficult.
Peter
Jack J. Woehr wrote:
This diff corrects an outdated error message that sent me off on a wrongful exploration last week!
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Index: src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java =================================================================== 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 5 Apr 2004 04:12:29 -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 Ant" + lSep ! + " itself was built." + 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 download a" + lSep ! + " 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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