Hi Marc Can you please raise this on forums.gradle.org. That way the any discussion is easily accessible to anyone else who might be experiencing the same problem. We also have good integration that allows us to escalate a forum issue to Jira, if it proves to be a legitimate bug. Thanks Daz
On 13 April 2013 10:07, Marc Paquette <mar...@mac.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- Darrell (Daz) DeBoer Principal Engineer, Gradleware http://www.gradleware.com Join us at the Gradle Summit 2013, June 13th and 14th in Santa Clara, CA: http://www.gradlesummit.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
