Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Apr 2004, Peter Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am not sure it is good advice to tell people to recompile ant, in
> > the (already alarming) error message that most ant newbies see.
>
> I agree. The statement should be conditional in that it says "look
> whether it actually conatins something, if you have compiled Ant
> yourself".
Okay, how's this?
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Index: src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java
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diff -c -r1.78 UnknownElement.java
*** src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java 9 Mar 2004 16:47:59
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--- src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java 6 Apr 2004 14:26:05
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*** 458,469 ****
+ " and this is not found at the right place in the
classpath." + lSep
+ " Fix: check the documentation for dependencies." + lSep
+ " Fix: declare the task." + lSep
! + " - The task is an Ant optional task and optional.jar is
absent" + lSep
! + " Fix: look for optional.jar in ANT_HOME/lib, download if
needed" + lSep
! + " - The task was not built into optional.jar as dependent" +
lSep
! + " libraries were not found at build time." + lSep
! + " Fix: look in the JAR to verify, then rebuild with the
needed" + lSep
! + " libraries, or download a release version from apache.org" +
lSep
+ " - The build file was written for a later version of Ant" +
lSep
+ " Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant"
+ lSep
+ " - The task is not an Ant core or optional task " + lSep
--- 458,471 ----
+ " and this is not found at the right place in the
classpath." + lSep
+ " Fix: check the documentation for dependencies." + lSep
+ " Fix: declare the task." + lSep
! + " - The task is an Ant optional task and the JAR file and/or
libraries" + lSep
! + " implementing the functionality were not found at the time
you" + lSep
! + " yourself built your installation of Ant from the Ant
sources." + lSep
! + " Fix: Look in the ANT_HOME/lib for the 'ant-' JAR
corresponding to the" + lSep
! + " task and make sure it contains more than merely a
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF." + lSep
! + " If all it contains is the manifest, then rebuild Ant with
the needed" + lSep
! + " libraries present in ${ant.home}/lib/optional/ , or
alternatively," + lSep
! + " download a pre-built release version from apache.org" +
lSep
+ " - The build file was written for a later version of Ant" +
lSep
+ " Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant"
+ lSep
+ " - The task is not an Ant core or optional task " + lSep
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