As Yung found out by comparison with another Linux RHEL 5 machine, the problem is related to ant-1.6.5-2jpp.2 package. Things started working properly after the package was un-installed.
--Vladimir > -----Original Message----- > From: Yung Choi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 5:18 AM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: RE: ant -lib seems not working on Linux RHEL 5 > > Hi Jan, > > Unfortunately '-lib <path>' does not work either. > > Any other suggestions? Thank you for your help, - yung > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > |Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 1:35 AM > |To: user@ant.apache.org > |Subject: AW: ant -lib seems not working on Linux RHEL 5 > | > |>The Ant -lib option does not seem working on Linux RHEL 5. > |> > |>I am in a directory, where I have ant-contrib-1.0b2.jar and the > |>following t.xml. > | > | > | -lib <path> specifies a path to search for jars and classes > | > |If your antlib.jar is in the current directory, try "ant -lib ." > | > | > |Jan > | > | > | > |> > |>$ cat t.xml > |><project> > |> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" /> > |> <if><istrue value="true"/> > |> <then><echo message="it works!"/></then> > |> </if> > |></project> > |> > |>I run this using the -lib option. > |> > |>$ ant -lib ant-contrib-1.0.b2 -f t.xml > |>Buildfile: t.xml > |> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource > |>net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml. It could not be found. > |> > |>BUILD FAILED > |> ... Could not create task or type of type: if. > |> > |>The above t.xml works on a different platform. > |> > |>Thank you, > |> > |>--Vladimir > |> > |>P.S. If I explicitly specify classpath in taskdef, it works on Linux > |>RHEL 5. > |> > |>$ cat t.xml > |><project> > |> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" > |> classpath="ant-contrib-1.0b2.jar"/> > |> <if><istrue value="true"/> > |> <then><echo message="it works!"/></then> > |> </if> > |></project> > |> > |>$ ant -f t.xml > |>Buildfile: t.xml > |> [echo] it works! > |> > |>BUILD SUCCESSFUL > |> > |>Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, > |>may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its > |>subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be > |>confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally > |>privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the > |>individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the > |>intended recipient, and have received this message in error, > |>please immediately return this by email and then delete it. > |> > |>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > |>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |> > |> > | > |--------------------------------------------------------------------- > |To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain > information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated > entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or > legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual > or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, > and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by > email and then delete it. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]