Stefan Bodewig wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Apr 2004, Peter Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: 
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retrieving revision 1.78
diff -c -r1.78 UnknownElement.java
*** src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java   9 Mar 2004 16:47:59 
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--- src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java   6 Apr 2004 14:26:05 
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*** 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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