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Posted to dev@ant.apache.org by David Maclean <da...@cm.co.za> on 2000/06/30 15:12:01 UTC

Error build Ant from CVS

Hi there

I get the following error while tring to build ant using the current CVS -
I checked it out on Fri Jun 30 13:08:38 GMT 2000

BUILD CONFIG ERROR: Configuration property "forceoverwrite" does not have
a setMethod in class org.apache.tool
s.ant.taskdefs.Copydir
org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException: Configuration property
"forceoverwrite" does not have a setMethod in clas
s org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copydir
        at
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configure(ProjectHelper.java:355)
        at
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureTasks(ProjectHelper.java:221)
        at
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java:193)
        at
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java:134)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:223)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:191)

Any ideas??

_________________________________________
David Maclean
david@cm.co.za
CCH Software Development
67 Old Fort Road
Durban, 4001
South Africa
Phone: +27 31 306 9777
Fax:   +27 31 306 9770

RE: Error build Ant from CVS

Posted by David Maclean <da...@cm.co.za>.

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Conor MacNeill wrote:

> Try bootstrapping first.

I was using the 3.1 release of ant to build ant. I did not realize that
bootstrapping build ant first so that one could build ant later using the
current ant code.

My apologies.

> 
> --
> Conor MacNeill
> Home: conor@m64.com
> Work: conor@cortexebusiness.com.au
> Web:  www.cortexebusiness.com.au
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Maclean [mailto:david@cm.co.za]
> > Sent: Friday, 30 June 2000 23:12
> > To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> > Subject: Error build Ant from CVS
> >
> >
> > Hi there
> >
> > I get the following error while tring to build ant using the current CVS -
> > I checked it out on Fri Jun 30 13:08:38 GMT 2000
> >
> > BUILD CONFIG ERROR: Configuration property "forceoverwrite" does not have
> > a setMethod in class org.apache.tool
> > s.ant.taskdefs.Copydir
> > org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException: Configuration property
> > "forceoverwrite" does not have a setMethod in clas
> > s org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copydir
> >         at
> > org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configure(ProjectHelper.java:355)
> >         at
> > org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureTasks(ProjectHelper.java:221)
> >         at
> > org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.
> > java:193)
> >         at
> > org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.
> > java:134)
> >         at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:223)
> >         at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:191)
> >
> > Any ideas??
> >
> > _________________________________________
> > David Maclean
> > david@cm.co.za
> > CCH Software Development
> > 67 Old Fort Road
> > Durban, 4001
> > South Africa
> > Phone: +27 31 306 9777
> > Fax:   +27 31 306 9770
> >
> >
>

RE: Error build Ant from CVS

Posted by Conor MacNeill <co...@m64.com>.
Try bootstrapping first.

--
Conor MacNeill
Home: conor@m64.com
Work: conor@cortexebusiness.com.au
Web:  www.cortexebusiness.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Maclean [mailto:david@cm.co.za]
> Sent: Friday, 30 June 2000 23:12
> To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Error build Ant from CVS
>
>
> Hi there
>
> I get the following error while tring to build ant using the current CVS -
> I checked it out on Fri Jun 30 13:08:38 GMT 2000
>
> BUILD CONFIG ERROR: Configuration property "forceoverwrite" does not have
> a setMethod in class org.apache.tool
> s.ant.taskdefs.Copydir
> org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException: Configuration property
> "forceoverwrite" does not have a setMethod in clas
> s org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copydir
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configure(ProjectHelper.java:355)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureTasks(ProjectHelper.java:221)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.
> java:193)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.
> java:134)
>         at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:223)
>         at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:191)
>
> Any ideas??
>
> _________________________________________
> David Maclean
> david@cm.co.za
> CCH Software Development
> 67 Old Fort Road
> Durban, 4001
> South Africa
> Phone: +27 31 306 9777
> Fax:   +27 31 306 9770
>
>