Details
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Bug
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Status: Closed
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Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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None
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Patch
Description
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.