I'm also attaching the stack trace of the error produced by the "-v" option, if it helps :)
$> /prod/tools/infra/apache/ant-1.8.2/bin/ant compile -v Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on December 20 2010 Trying the default build file: build.xml Buildfile: /u/chittelk/build.xml Detected Java version: 1.6 in: /usr/local/java/jdk1.6.0.21/jre Detected OS: SunOS parsing buildfile /u/chittelk/build.xml with URI = file:/u/chittelk/build.xml Project base dir set to: /u/chittelk parsing buildfile jar:file:/prod/tools/infra/apache/ant-1.8.2/lib/ant.jar!/org/apache/tools/ant/antlib.xml with URI = jar:file:/prod/tools/infra/apache/ant-1.8.2/lib/ant.jar!/org/apache/tools/ant/antlib.xml from a zip file [property] Loading Environment env. Build sequence for target(s) `compile' is [compile] Complete build sequence is [compile, ] compile: [echo] Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on December 20 2010 [echo] /prod/tools/infra/apache/ant-1.8.2 BUILD FAILED /u/chittelk/build.xml:17: The following error occurred while executing this line: jar:file:/prod/tools/infra/apache/ant-1.8.2/lib/ant.jar!/org/apache/tools/ant/antlib.xml:37: Problem: failed to create task or type componentdef Cause: The name is undefined. Action: Check the spelling. Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared. Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place. at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.getNotFoundException(UnknownElement.java:487) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.makeObject(UnknownElement.java:419) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.maybeConfigure(UnknownElement.java:163) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Antlib.execute(Antlib.java:162) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Definer.loadAntlib(Definer.java:443) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Definer.execute(Definer.java:292) at org.apache.tools.ant.ComponentHelper.checkNamespace(ComponentHelper.java:869) at org.apache.tools.ant.ComponentHelper.getDefinition(ComponentHelper.java:308) at org.apache.tools.ant.ComponentHelper.getComponentClass(ComponentHelper.java:298) at org.apache.tools.ant.ComponentHelper.createNewTask(ComponentHelper.java:547) at org.apache.tools.ant.ComponentHelper.createTask(ComponentHelper.java:524) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.createTask(Project.java:1179) at Obfuscate.execute(Obfuscate.java:29) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:390) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:411) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1399) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1368) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1251) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:809) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:217) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:280) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:109) Total time: 0 seconds -- View this message in context: http://ant.1045680.n5.nabble.com/project-createTask-not-working-with-ant-1-8-2-tp3385716p3385995.html Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org