[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-197?page=comments#action_65605 ] Edward Rayl commented on DERBY-197: -----------------------------------
Escaping backslashes is unnecessay on Windows because it is not necessary to use the backslash in the first place. Standard Java slashes work just fine. Here are entries from my ant.properties: j14lib=C:/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib j13lib=C:/j2sdk1.3.1/jre/lib Notice that the colon is NOT escaped. I feel format above is preferable for Windows because it comforms more closely to default examples used by Sun and is easier to read. > Add tip for Windows users in BUILDING.txt file regarding file paths in the > ant.properties file > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-197 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-197 > Project: Derby > Type: Improvement > Components: Documentation > Reporter: John Sisson > Assignee: David Van Couvering > Priority: Trivial > Attachments: DERBY-197.diff > > In the section 3.2, step 2, where the user is instructed to add the j14lib > and j13lib properties to the ant.properties file, it would be worth reminding > the user that on windows, the file seperators need to be escaped. This is > something most windows users will know, but it can be easily forgotten, > especially when in other parts of the instructions you don't need to escape > paths (e.g. when setting the path). > For example, the following works: > j14lib=C:\\j2sdk1.4.2_06\\jre\\lib > j13lib=C:\\jdk1.3.1_14\\jre\\lib > The following doesn't: > j14lib=C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib > j13lib=C:\jdk1.3.1_14\jre\lib > and causes the following errors: > compile_reference: > [javac] Compiling 9 source files to > D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\classes > [javac] Found 2 system errors: > [javac] *** Error: Could not find package "java/util" in: > [javac] > D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\tools\java\tools\java\empty.jar > [javac] C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib\ext\dnsns.jar > [javac] C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib\ext\ldapsec.jar > [javac] C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib\ext\localedata.jar > [javac] C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib\ext\sunjce_provider.jar > [javac] D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\classes > [javac] > D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\tools\java\jdbc2_0-stdext.jar > [javac] D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\java\engine > [javac] . > [javac] *** Error: Could not find package "java/lang" in: > [javac] > D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\tools\java\tools\java\empty.jar > [javac] C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib\ext\dnsns.jar > [javac] C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib\ext\ldapsec.jar > [javac] C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib\ext\localedata.jar > [javac] C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06\jre\lib\ext\sunjce_provider.jar > [javac] D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\classes > [javac] > D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\tools\java\jdbc2_0-stdext.jar > [javac] D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\java\engine > [javac] . > BUILD FAILED > D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\build.xml:256: Following error occured > while executing this line > D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\java\engine\build.xml:57: Following error > occured while executing this line > D:\OpenSourceJava\derby_trunk\trunk\java\engine\org\apache\derby\iapi\reference\build.xml:32: > Compile failed; see the compiler error > output for details. > Total time: 3 seconds -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
