yes i was able to build ant by settings java_home=j2sdk142_18 not sure if the tests are called. i see you already know it builds. i can help if you need any tests on windows.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 22:24, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > On 2012-01-20, Tushar Kapila wrote: > > > I got java 1.4 from Oracle/ old sun java site for windows and got it > > running for a test app. > > I didn't realize there are Windows/Linux versions of 1.4.2_19 and older, > I just looked at the later 1.4.2 versions and they are availabe for > Solaris only. I may try to get the Linux version working on my machine. > > > Can you share the command to get the latest ant code? > > > I tried > > svn co https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/browse/ant/core/trunk ant > > > > svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/ant/trunk ant > > (svn: Repository moved permanently to '/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/'; please > > relocate) > > You may want to use https instead. > > We know Ant builds with 1.4 - we have a CI build that verifies build and > test there. > > But if I create a release using, say, OpenJDK 1.6 it is possible javac > resolves some method invocations to methods that are present in Java6 > but not in 1.4. This is why the release process of Ant has been a > staged process so far where you start with the lowest JDK needed to > support, then compile the remaining classes with the next higher version > and so on until you reach the highest version required by an optional > task or type. > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org > > -- Regards Tushar Kapila
