[DERBY-6860] Automatic download of junit.jar broken

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.13.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 10.13.1.0
• Component/s: Build tools
• Issue & fix info: Workaround attached
• Assignee: Knut Anders Hatlen
• Reporter: Knut Anders Hatlen
• Created: 28/Jan/16 14:52
• Updated: 04/Feb/16 10:15
• Resolved: 04/Feb/16 10:15

Description

Automatic download of junit.jar seems to be broken. If you don't already have a copy in tools/java, "ant all" fails like this:

junit_check:

BUILD FAILED
/code/derby/trunk/build.xml:66: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/code/derby/trunk/build.xml:177: junit property is set to /code/derby/trunk/tools/java/junit.jar, but there is no junit.jar there.

The problem seems to be that junit_check refuses to continue if the junit property is set, but does not point to an existing file. This property is set when the setCompilerProperties target, which runs before junit_check, loads tools/ant/properties/extrapath.properties, as extrapath.properties contains the following line:

junit=${javatools.dir}/junit.jar

Since the install_junit target depends on the check_junit target, this prevents the build script from downloading junit.jar automatically.

Workaround: run "ant install_junit" before "ant all"

Issue Links

• is broken by: DERBY-6857 Deprecate support for building Derby under JDKs 6 and 7