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Dan Rollo edited comment on MNGSITE-147 at 12/10/11 11:34 PM: -------------------------------------------------------------- add recommended Ant version. fix 'export M2_HOME' and 'ant all' newline. was (Author: bhamail): add recommended Ant version. fix 'export M2_HOME' and 'ant ant' newline. > guide-m2-development should state recommended version of Ant (eg: 1.7.1 > fails, and is still the default in some LTS distros). > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNGSITE-147 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGSITE-147 > Project: Maven Project Web Site > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Dan Rollo > Attachments: MNGSITE-147_recommended_Ant_Version.patch > > > The "guide-m2-development" ("Guide to Developing Maven", > "http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-m2-development.html") > section: > "Don't forget tests!" does not mention a recommended version of Ant to use. I > found the hard way that Ant version: > Apache Ant version 1.7.1 compiled on September 8 2010 > will fail with an error like: > BUILD FAILED > /home/dan/javadev/maven/maven-3/trunk/build.xml:228: Syntax error in > property: ${ > There is a bug in Ant that is apparently fixed in Ant 1.8+. > (see: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.turbine.maven.devel/98115 ) > Ant 1.7.1 was the default in my linux environment (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS), and I > expect others might hit this same bug and not be so lucky in searching for a > cause/solution. > I will attach a doc patch that recommends Ant 1.8+. > (I tried to find a way to verify the Ant version in the build.xml, but > couldn't find a way that was not coupled to known versions). > Also (and sorry to overload this report with another issue), I think the > current guide-m2-development.apt in subversion includes another error: > The 'ant all' command was moved up to the same line that sets the M2_HOME env > var. Also, that M2_HOME env var line is missing the export command. The patch > fixes these as well. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira