Hello all, I'm reading "Gradle Effective Implementation Guide" by mrhaki and I = noticed a small hiccup in the application plugin.
With this build file: apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'application' archivesBaseName =3D 'gradle.sample' version =3D '1.0' mainClassName =3D 'gradle.sample.SampleApp' running "gradle startScripts" will compile and create the jar = 'build/libs/gradle.sample-1.0.jar' and the scripts = 'build/scripts/chapter6' and 'build/scripts/chapter6.bat'. The problem is that the scripts generated refer to the 'lib' (note no = trailing 's') directory and thus trying to run them at that point fails: [marcpa@moliere-wifi chapter6]$ gradle --build-file appPlugin.gradle = clean startScripts Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Dfile.encoding=3DUTF-8 :clean :compileJava :processResources :classes :jar :startScripts BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 1.503 secs [marcpa@moliere-wifi chapter6]$ ./build/scripts/chapter6 Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Dfile.encoding=3DUTF-8 Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: = gradle/sample/SampleApp Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: gradle.sample.SampleApp at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) [marcpa@moliere-wifi chapter6]$ However, if you run 'gradle installApp', then the jar is copied to = 'build/install/lib', the scripts to 'build/install/bin' and you can = execute the scripts because now the lib subdirectory exists. Looking at the source of ApplicationPlugin it seems intentional, but I = find it confusing to end up with a script that cannot be used to run the = application after "gradle startScripts". Should I open an issue on that ? Regards, Marc Paquette --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email