It was indeed! After downloading the bin dist of Xalan 2.4.D1, rather then the one from ports (on our FreeBSD 4.6 box) the build was successfull.
Thank you very much for your help - we really appreciate it! >I still think it's a xalan issue. How did you solve the problem? Copy >xalan.jar into ant/lib or are you using jdk1.4 (if 1.4, which build? ) > >Xalan has a known issue with converting style sheets that Xalan 2.4.D1 >resolves. > >Check these for more info >http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6750 >http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6156 > >- Andrew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dev Zero G Ltd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 4:14 PM > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: Re: build-main fails for tomcat 4.1 (XSLP problem?) > > > FANTASTIC! That worked a treat :) > > New problem :( > > (THANKS VERY MUCH FOR GETTING ME THIS FAR!) > > > build-main: > [style] Transforming into > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/build/tomcat-docs > [style] Processing > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/tomcat-docs/clas > s-loader-howto.xml > to > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/build/tomcat-doc > s/class-loader-howto.html > [style] Loading stylesheet > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/tomcat-docs/tomc > at-docs.xsl > [style] Processing > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/tomcat-docs/inde > x.xml to > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/build/tomcat-doc > s/index.html > [style] Processing > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/tomcat-docs/intr > oduction.xml > to > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/build/tomcat-doc > s/introduction.html > [style] Processing > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/tomcat-docs/jndi > -datasource-examples-howto.xml > to > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/build/tomcat-doc > s/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html > [style] : Fatal Error! java.lang.NullPointerException: Cause: > java.lang.NullPointerException: > [style] Failed to process > /usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/tomcat-docs/jndi > -datasource-examples-howto.xml > > BUILD FAILED > file:/usr/home/d3wh3m1c/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/tomcat-docs > /build.xml:80: > Fatal error during transformation -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>