Below is the test build.xml I am using to verify installation of Ant. I am
only seeing this problem on AIX. I was able to "get around" this error by
setting the CLASSPATH in the ant script to include the rt.jar as such:
CLASSPATH=/usr/java_dev2/jre/lib/rt.jar
I get different errors after doing this. See the email "Problems running on
AIX" on this list for details. However, I would expect a
ClassNotFoundException and not a NullPointerException with a missing jar.
As I said I am only seeing these problems on AIX. I have successfully
installed Ant on NT and Solaris and it is working fine there. Unfortunately
our source and builds are all on an AIX box. Currently we use a big hairy
makefile, but I would like to convert to Ant as it has some features we want
to take advantage of.
Chris
==== build.xml ====
<project name="Test" default="help" basedir=".">
<!-- set global properties for this build -->
<property name="src" value="${basedir}/src" />
<property name="lib" value="${basedir}/lib" />
<property name="dest" value="${basedir}/classes" />
<!-- ========================================================= -->
<!-- Help - Default targe -->
<!-- ========================================================= -->
<target name="help">
<echo>
This is a Test build file for Ant.
Usage: ant "target-name"
</echo>
</target>
<target name="prepare">
<!-- Create the time stamp -->
<tstamp/>
<!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile -->
<!-- mkdir dir="${build}" /-->
</target>
</project>
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:21 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: NullPointerException
Chris Stillwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is the result of trying to run it the first time using a simple
> build file that just echos some messages.
Could you please show us the build file?
The stack trace is a mystery to me as it indicates you'd have no
project, which in turn is impossible.
Stefan
