[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-197?page=comments#action_65618 ] David Van Couvering commented on DERBY-197: -------------------------------------------
Yes, I totally agree with Edward's comment. If you look at the patch, this is what I recommend: use forward slashes. The change is more to direct Windows users *away* from back-slashes, and also to help guide them if they get the infamous "cannot find java.lang in boot classpath" error. David > 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
