This is because late-ish versions of antcontrib are defined as an antlib, so newer tasks aren't in the old-style properties file. Using xml namespace mapping, for example, works fine.
HTH, Matt On Sep 7, 2010, at 7:55 PM, Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: > I had to declare the <for> task via its own <taskdef> to get it to work, > > -- > Jonathan Rosenberg > Founder & Executive Director > Tabby's Place > http://www.tabbysplace.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob Beard [mailto:jbea...@cs.mcgill.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 8:47 PM > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: ant-contrib 1.0b3 broken? > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to use ant-contrib 1.0b2 or 1.0b3, because that's what's > available in the standard maven repos. In the past, I've used > ant-contrib 0.6, which has worked fine, but I cannot seem to declare > 1.0b2 or 1.0b3. For example, the following build file works as > expected with ant-contrib 0.6, echoing foo, bar and bat: > > > <project name="test-antcontrib" basedir="." default="use-antcontrib"> > > <property name="list" value="foo,bar,bat"/> > > <target name="setup-antcontrib"> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"> > <classpath> > <pathelement location="ant-contrib-0.6.jar" > /> > </classpath> > </taskdef> > </target> > > <target name="use-antcontrib" depends="setup-antcontrib"> > <for list="${list}" param="var"> > <sequential> > <echo>@{var}</echo> > </sequential> > </for> > </target> > </project> > > > But this build file, using ant-contrib 1.0b3, fails: > > > <project name="test-antcontrib" basedir="." default="use-antcontrib"> > > <property name="list" value="foo,bar,bat"/> > > <target name="setup-antcontrib"> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"> > <classpath> > <pathelement > location="ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"/> > </classpath> > </taskdef> > </target> > > <target name="use-antcontrib" depends="setup-antcontrib"> > <for list="${list}" param="var"> > <sequential> > <echo>@{var}</echo> > </sequential> > </for> > </target> > </project> > > > With the following error: > > > BUILD FAILED > /home/jacob/workspace/gsoc2010/git-scxml-js/scxml-js/test-antcontrib.xml:36: > Problem: failed to create task or type for > Cause: The name is undefined. > Action: Check the spelling. > Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared. > Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place. > > > As I said, I've tried 1.0b2 and 20020829 versions which are also in > the maven repo. I've also tried using the 1.0b3 version from > sourceforge, but the results are the same. > > I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this problem. Let me > know what you think. Thanks, > > Jake > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
