I believe they should be downloaded during the build process. But rather than patching via the ZIP, why not clone the GitHub repo and then provide a pull request there?
What does your patch do? Gj On Wed, 8 May 2019 at 22:34, Joseph Huber <jhu...@stanref.com> wrote: > Hello! > > > > I am in the initial phase of trying to patch a NetBeans 11.0 platform > module (which I have successfully done in NetBeans 8.2) per the procedure > at http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqOrphanedNetBeansOrgModules. I > downloaded the 11.0 source from the links at > > > https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans/incubating-11.0/incubating-netbeans-11.0-source.zip > > > > The process is crashing at the “ant -f nbbuild/build.xml bootstrap” step > with numerous errors regarding javax.help, such as: > > nb_all\nbbuild\antsrc\org\netbeans\nbbuild\CheckHelpSets.java:37: error: > package javax.help does not exist > > > > In the netbeans 8.2 platform source, javahelp\external contains the > following files: binaries-list, jhall-2.0_05.jar, jhall-2.0_05-license.txt > > > > In the netbeans 11.0 platform source, javahelp\external contains the > following files: binaries-list, jhall-2.0_05-license.txt > > > > jhall-2.0_05.jar is missing in 11.0, which I believe is the source of the > above error. The 11.0 binaries-list file contains the following text: > > > > # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one > > # or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file > > # distributed with this work for additional information > > # regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file > > # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the > > # "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance > > # with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at > > # > > # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > # > > # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, > > # software distributed under the License is distributed on an > > # "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY > > # KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the > > # specific language governing permissions and limitations > > # under the License. > > CA70822C47A67FC3A11670270567C2D01566DAE1 jhall-2.0_05.jar > > > > <https://maps.google.com/?q=2005+Reverchon+Dr+%0D%0A+Arlington,+TX+76017&entry=gmail&source=g> > > It seems that jhall-2.0_05.jar should be in the 11.0, javahelp\external > folder (like it is in 8.2), but it is missing. Is this a bug? I searched > through the 11.0 source, and I don’t find jhall-2.0_05.jar included. > > Thank You for any help! > > > > Joe Huber > > Standard Refrigeration LLC > > 2005 Reverchon Dr > <https://maps.google.com/?q=2005+Reverchon+Dr+%0D%0A+Arlington,+TX+76017&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Arlington, TX > <https://maps.google.com/?q=2005+Reverchon+Dr+%0D%0A+Arlington,+TX+76017&entry=gmail&source=g> > 76017 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=2005+Reverchon+Dr+%0D%0A+Arlington,+TX+76017&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Cell: 682-777-8374 > > jhu...@stanref.co >