On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 16:22, Eric Weidner wrote: > So, if I don't have Maven installed at all, I can use the latest > distribution to install it and then do a build from cvs (what target? > build-bootstrap wipes the maven dir) to update to the latest?
Just check out the sources from CVS and 'ant -f build-bootstrap.xml' and when it's finished you'll have a working version of Maven. > Jason van Zyl wrote: > > >On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 16:00, Eric Weidner wrote: > > > > > >>So, when is your best guess as to when the latest CVS code will be in a > >>useable state? I'd rather not download the released version because I > >>hate using old stuff that is effectively obsolete when I download it. :) > >> > >>BTW, thanks for the quick reply. > >> > >> > > > >It works now if all you want to do is build. I still don't have the > >tasklist/changelog/activity reports working but everything else does. > > > >Maven itself works. It's a few plugins that don't work yet. If you > >download and bootstrap you can use Maven, you just can't generate the > >complete site. > > > > > > > >>Eric > >> > >>Jason van Zyl wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 15:48, Eric Weidner wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I'm having trouble getting Maven to install properly on the latest cvs > >>>>code. I checkout the latest code and follow the instructions on the > >>>>site (ant -f build-bootstrap.xml). It seems to install fine where I > >>>>told it to go (/opt/maven), but if I try to run the maven:jar target > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>from several turbine projects (turbine-3, torque, etc) I get > >>> > >>> > >>>>"java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/maven/plugins/core/build.xml (No > >>>>such file or directory)". > >>>> > >>>>It appears that the installer has neglected to install almost all of the > >>>>plugin build.xml files. I tried Friday and it did seem to create the > >>>>plugin/core directory, etc. I tried today and it doesn't even create > >>>>the core directory now. > >>>> > >>>>Same thing applies with the maven:docs target. It seems that the docs > >>>>on the site are out of synch with the cvs code (understandable since > >>>>they probably synch with the "realease" version), but I can't build them > >>>>to see what the new docs would say. > >>>> > >>>>This is my first attempt at using Maven. Help!! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>If this is your first attempt then I suggest you not use CVS HEAD. It > >>>more than likely will not work for you and you'll get frustrated. We're > >>>in the middle of the big plugin shakedown so nothing is likely to work > >>>for you. The docs are out of sync because I haven't been able to deploy > >>>the site yet with the plugins. But hopefully that will be fixed today. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Eric Weidner > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
