Looks like something needs to be updated. Either the Ant task needs fixing, or one of the instructions files needs to be updated with further instructions (BUILDING.txt or build.properties.samples, maybe?).
---------- Buildfile: build.xml deploy-prepare: [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/build deploy-static: deploy: [echo] Target: Catalina - Deploy ... flags: flags.display: [echo] --- Build environment for Catalina --- [echo] If ${property_name} is displayed, then the property is not set) [echo] --- Build options --- [echo] full.dist=${full.dist} [echo] build.sysclasspath=${build.sysclasspath} [echo] compile.debug=on [echo] compile.deprecation=off [echo] compile.optimize=on [echo] --- Ant Flags --- [echo] <style> task available (required)=true [echo] --- JDK --- [echo] jdk.1.2.present=true [echo] jdk.1.3.present=true [echo] jdk.1.4.present=${jdk.1.4.present} [echo] --- Required Libraries --- [echo] jndi.present=true [echo] regexp.present=true [echo] servlet.present=true [echo] --- Optional Libraries --- [echo] javamail.present=true [echo] jsse.present=true [echo] jta.present=true [echo] junit.present=true [echo] ldap.present=true [echo] tyrex.present=${tyrex.present} [echo] --- Required JARs --- [echo] jndi.jar.present(except JDK 1.3+)=true [echo] regexp.jar.present=true [echo] servlet.jar.present=true [echo] tomcat-util.jar.present=${tomcat-util.jar.present} [echo] --- Optional JARs --- [echo] ajp.jar.present=${ajp.jar.present} [echo] javamail.jar.present=true [echo] jdbc20ext.jar.present=true [echo] jta.jar.present=true [echo] junit.jar.present=true [echo] ldap.jar.present=true [echo] tyrex.jar.present=${tyrex.jar.present} [echo] --- Conditional compilation flags --- [echo] compile.javamail=true [echo] compile.jmx=true [echo] compile.jndi=true [echo] compile.jsse=true [echo] compile.jta=true [echo] compile.junit=true [echo] compile.ldap=true [echo] compile.tyrex=${compile.tyrex} [echo] --- Distribution flags --- [echo] copy.ajp.jar=${copy.ajp.jar} [echo] copy.jdbc20ext.jar=true [echo] copy.jndi.jar=${copy.jndi.jar} [echo] copy.javamail.jar=true [echo] copy.jta.jar=true [echo] copy.ldap.jar=${copy.ldap.jar} [echo] copy.tomcat-util.jar=${copy.tomcat-util.jar} [echo] copy.tyrex.jar=${copy.tyrex.jar} build-prepare: [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/bin [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/classes [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/common [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/common/classes [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/common/lib [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/conf [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/lib [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/server [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/server/classes [mkdir] Created dir: /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/server/lib copy-activation.jar: [copy] Copying 1 file to /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/common/lib [copy] Copying 1 file to /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/common/lib copy-ajp.jar: copy-jdbc20ext.jar: [copy] Copying 1 file to /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/common/lib copy-jndi.jar: copy-jsse.jar: copy-jta.jar: [copy] Copying 1 file to /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/common/lib copy-ldap.jar: copy-tomcat-util.jar: copy-tyrex.jar: build-static: [copy] Copying 9 files to /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/bin [copy] Copying 1 file to /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/build/common/lib [copy] Could not find file /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat- 4.0/catalina/${xerces.jar} to copy. BUILD FAILED /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/catalina/build.xml:431: Could not find file /usr/local/src/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/catalina/${xerces.jar} to copy. Total time: 7 seconds ---------- - Christopher /** * Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux, et fondez vous en eau! * La moitié de ma vie a mis l'autre au tombeau. * ---Corneille */