[DERBY-6071] trunk javadoc build fails with Javadoc failed: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program \bin\javadoc.exe": CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.10.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 10.10.1.1
• Component/s: Build tools
• Labels: derby_backport_reject_10_9
• Environment: Windows 7
• Assignee: Myrna van Lunteren
• Reporter: Myrna van Lunteren
• Created: 13/Feb/13 23:55
• Updated: 12/Oct/16 06:22
• Resolved: 13/Feb/13 23:59

Description

With trunk svn updated to revision 1445458, the javadoc build on windows fails with an error like:

[path_to_trunk]\build.xml:1388: Javadoc failed: java.io.IOException:
Cannot run program "[path_to_ibm16jvm]\bin\javadoc.exe": CreateProcess
error=206, The filename or extension is too long.

This is in the testingdocs target.
It appears a new test causes the javadoc name to be too long for windows javadoc.
The solution is to add a property, 'useexternalfiles=yes'.
Other javadoc targets, e.g. derbydocs and demodocs, already have this property.