Hi Steve I'm not sure what's the latest patch/update you talk about. My settings are as follows:
------------------------------------------- System properties ------------------------------------------- java.runtime.name : Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment sun.boot.library.path : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\bin java.vm.version : 1.6.0_03-b05 ant.library.dir : C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib java.vm.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc. java.vendor.url : http://java.sun.com/ path.separator : ; java.vm.name : Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM file.encoding.pkg : sun.io user.country : US sun.java.launcher : SUN_STANDARD sun.os.patch.level : Service Pack 2 java.vm.specification.name : Java Virtual Machine Specification java.runtime.version : 1.6.0_03-b05 java.awt.graphicsenv : sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment java.endorsed.dirs : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\lib\endorsed os.arch : x86 java.io.tmpdir : C:\DOCUME~1\ZACHAR~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\ line.separator : java.vm.specification.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc. user.variant : os.name : Windows XP ant.home : C:\apache-ant-1.7.0 sun.jnu.encoding : Cp1252 java.specification.name : Java Platform API Specification java.class.version : 50.0 sun.management.compiler : HotSpot Client Compiler os.version : 5.1 java.awt.printerjob : sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob file.encoding : Cp1252 java.specification.version : 1.6 java.class.path : C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-launcher.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\l ib\activation.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-antlr.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ ant-apache-bcel.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-apache-bsf.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7 .0\lib\ant-apache-log4j.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-apache-oro.jar ;C:\apache -ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-apache-regexp.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-apache-resolver .jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-commons-logging.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ant -commons-net.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7 .0\lib\ant-jai.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-javamail.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\ lib\ant-jdepend.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-jmf.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ ant-jsch.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-junit.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-l auncher.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-netrexx.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ant- nodeps.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-starteam.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ant- stylebook.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-swing.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ant- testutil.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-trax.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\ant-we blogic.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\ant.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\commons-net-1 .4.1.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\j sch-0.1.36.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\mail.jar;C:\apache- ant-1.7.0\lib\xercesIm pl.jar;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\lib\xml-apis.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\li b\tools.jar java.vm.specification.version : 1.0 sun.arch.data.model : 32 java.home : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre java.specification.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc. user.language : en awt.toolkit : sun.awt.windows.WToolkit java.vm.info : mixed mode, sharing java.version : 1.6.0_03 java.ext.dirs : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\lib\ext;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Jav a\lib\ext sun.boot.class.path : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\lib\resources.jar;C: \Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\lib\rt.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03 \jre\lib\sunrsasign.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\lib\jsse.jar;C:\Pr ogram Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\lib\jce.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\j re\lib\charsets.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\classes java.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc. file.separator : \ java.vendor.url.bug : http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi sun.cpu.endian : little sun.io.unicode.encoding : UnicodeLittle sun.desktop : windows sun.cpu.isalist : pentium_pro+mmx pentium_pro pentium+mmx pentium i486 i386 i86 Should I still go ahead and log the defect ? Steve, Would you help answer my other question concerning property setting using antcallback with antfile. I can't seem to be able to retrieve the property from antcallback, Appreciate your contribution. On Jan 14, 2008 2:23 AM, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Z W wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm trying to "ping" hosts on network using <isreachable> with > ant-contrib. > > All these hosts variables point to the same host ie linpac2. > > > > > [echo] start isreachable linpac2 > > > > Dynamically discovered 'isreachable' > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Probing host linpac2 > > > > Unknown host: linpac2 > > > > Condition false; not setting offline > > > > [echo] build_main.debug=0 > > > > [sleep] sleeping for 5000 milliseconds > > > > Why on both consecutive "pinging" to the same host, it works the first > time > > but not the second ? > > > > I'm the author of that task, so blame me. > Here's the source > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/IsReachable.java?view=markup > > -isreachable uses Sun's API InetAddress.isReachable() , the exact > behaviour of which is undocumented (they dont say how it pings) > > If its playing up, its probably the implementation. I see that java 6.4 > mentions three fixes for this > > 6587875 java classes_net InetAddress.isReachable() will not > work for > super users with "large" process ids > 6599750 java classes_net InetAddress.isReachableimplementation > not > completely thread safe > 6601686 java classes_net InetAddress.isReachable(timeout) > may not > return after timout milliseconds > > 1. please open a bugrep on issues.apache.org/bugzilla > 2. try with the latest sun JVM update; if it goes away, then we've found > the problem > > I've found I dont use the condition much, because > -some of the hosts I deploy to have ping locked down > -it doesnt go through firewalls > -when a machine is booting up, ping starts ahead of the services I need > > I prefer to use <http> and <socket>. Could they work for you ? > > -- > Steve Loughran http://www.1060.org/blogxter/publish/5 > Author: Ant in Action http://antbook.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
