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Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Its been some time since I've been able to build fop from CVS. I just
completed a fresh checkout of xml-fop and when I run ./build.sh, the
thing just hangs after printing "Starting Ant...".
Has anyone else run into this? Is it solved? I'd like to get back to
using FOP for some of my projects, and I'd prefer to track the
development rather than go back to an older release.
Regards,
-- Gregor
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by "Gregor N. Purdy" <gr...@focusresearch.com>.
It was hung, so the time is the time I let it stay hung until
Ctrl+C.
On 22 Jul 2001 09:39:54 +1000, Peter B. West wrote:
> Gregor,
>
> I don't know ant all that well, but here is what happens when I do it:
>
> /tmp 9:35$ ant
> Buildfile: build.xml
>
> testCRLF:
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
>
> Total time: 1 second
> /tmp 9:35$
>
> I don't know whether there are properties you can have set which
> suppress the normal output of ant, but I suspect you should be seeing
> the same sort of output.
>
> Is that "real" time real?
>
> Change the value of "cr" from "remove" to "add" and see if the file is
> modified.
>
> Peter
>
> Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
>
> > On 20 Jul 2001 12:56:29 +1000, Peter B. West wrote:
> >
> >>If you haven't written one already, you might try the attached
> >>build.xml. Drop it in /tmp, copy some text file over as
> >>/tmp/YourTextFile (or edit the "includes" value in build.xml, and run
> >>ant. The text file will be modified in place.
> >>
> >
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> > --
> >
> > I've attached a typescript file of an attempt.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Script started on Fri Jul 20 09:21:06 2001
> > [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ cat build.xml
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> >
> > <project default="testCRLF" basedir=".">
> > <taskdef name="fixcrlf"
> > classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.FixCRLF"/>
> > <target name="testCRLF">
> > <fixcrlf srcdir="."
> > includes="YourTextFile"
> > tab="remove"
> > cr="remove"
> > eof="remove"
> > />
> > </target>
> >
> > </project>
> >
> > [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ cat YourTextFile
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> >
> > <project default="testCRLF" basedir=".">
> > <taskdef name="fixcrlf"
> > classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.FixCRLF"/>
> > <target name="testCRLF">
> > <fixcrlf srcdir="."
> > includes="YourTextFile"
> > tab="remove"
> > cr="remove"
> > eof="remove"
> > />
> > </target>
> >
> > </project>
> >
> > [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ time ant
> >
> >
> > real 37m19.108s
> > user 0m0.270s
> > sys 0m0.120s
> > [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ ls
> > build.xml typescript YourTextFile
> > [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ exit
> > exit
> >
> > Script done on Fri Jul 20 09:58:45 2001
> >
> > typescript
> >
> > Content-Type:
> >
> > text/plain
> > Content-Encoding:
> >
> > 7bit
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Peter B. West pbwest@powerup.com.au http://powerup.com.au/~pbwest
> "Lord, to whom shall we go?"
>
>
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Regards,
-- Gregor
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by "Peter B. West" <pb...@powerup.com.au>.
Gregor,
I don't know ant all that well, but here is what happens when I do it:
/tmp 9:35$ ant
Buildfile: build.xml
testCRLF:
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 second
/tmp 9:35$
I don't know whether there are properties you can have set which
suppress the normal output of ant, but I suspect you should be seeing
the same sort of output.
Is that "real" time real?
Change the value of "cr" from "remove" to "add" and see if the file is
modified.
Peter
Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
> On 20 Jul 2001 12:56:29 +1000, Peter B. West wrote:
>
>>If you haven't written one already, you might try the attached
>>build.xml. Drop it in /tmp, copy some text file over as
>>/tmp/YourTextFile (or edit the "includes" value in build.xml, and run
>>ant. The text file will be modified in place.
>>
>
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
> --
>
> I've attached a typescript file of an attempt.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Script started on Fri Jul 20 09:21:06 2001
> [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ cat build.xml
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>
> <project default="testCRLF" basedir=".">
> <taskdef name="fixcrlf"
> classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.FixCRLF"/>
> <target name="testCRLF">
> <fixcrlf srcdir="."
> includes="YourTextFile"
> tab="remove"
> cr="remove"
> eof="remove"
> />
> </target>
>
> </project>
>
> [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ cat YourTextFile
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>
> <project default="testCRLF" basedir=".">
> <taskdef name="fixcrlf"
> classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.FixCRLF"/>
> <target name="testCRLF">
> <fixcrlf srcdir="."
> includes="YourTextFile"
> tab="remove"
> cr="remove"
> eof="remove"
> />
> </target>
>
> </project>
>
> [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ time ant
>
>
> real 37m19.108s
> user 0m0.270s
> sys 0m0.120s
> [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ ls
> build.xml typescript YourTextFile
> [gregor@sarek ant-test]$ exit
> exit
>
> Script done on Fri Jul 20 09:58:45 2001
>
> typescript
>
> Content-Type:
>
> text/plain
> Content-Encoding:
>
> 7bit
>
>
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by "Gregor N. Purdy" <gr...@focusresearch.com>.
On 20 Jul 2001 12:56:29 +1000, Peter B. West wrote:
> If you haven't written one already, you might try the attached
> build.xml. Drop it in /tmp, copy some text file over as
> /tmp/YourTextFile (or edit the "includes" value in build.xml, and run
> ant. The text file will be modified in place.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-dev-unsubscribe@xml.apache.org
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I've attached a typescript file of an attempt.
Regards,
-- Gregor
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by "Peter B. West" <pb...@powerup.com.au>.
Gregor,
If you haven't written one already, you might try the attached
build.xml. Drop it in /tmp, copy some text file over as
/tmp/YourTextFile (or edit the "includes" value in build.xml, and run
ant. The text file will be modified in place.
Peter
Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> At 11:34 AM 7/19/01 -0400, Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
>
>>>Can you run your current Ant on other build files?
>>>
>>I don't use Ant for anything else.
>>
>
> Well, just a little trial one, one single super-simple target...just to
> eliminate Ant itself as being problematic.
>
>
>>>What version of Ant are you using? Try Ant 1.3 if all else fails.
>>>
>>I just installed the 1.3-2 RPMs for Ant from jakarta.apache.org,
>>but it seems to me from build.sh that a private version of ant.jar is
>>used...
>>
>
> Hmmm, we're talking about UNIX and strange lack of evidence...permissions on
> directories?
>
> Regards,
> Arved
>
> Fairly Senior Software Type
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by Arved Sandstrom <Ar...@chebucto.ns.ca>.
At 11:34 AM 7/19/01 -0400, Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
>> Can you run your current Ant on other build files?
>
>I don't use Ant for anything else.
Well, just a little trial one, one single super-simple target...just to
eliminate Ant itself as being problematic.
>> What version of Ant are you using? Try Ant 1.3 if all else fails.
>
>I just installed the 1.3-2 RPMs for Ant from jakarta.apache.org,
>but it seems to me from build.sh that a private version of ant.jar is
>used...
Hmmm, we're talking about UNIX and strange lack of evidence...permissions on
directories?
Regards,
Arved
Fairly Senior Software Type
e-plicity (http://www.e-plicity.com)
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by Elliotte Rusty Harold <el...@metalab.unc.edu>.
At 8:51 PM -0300 7/18/01, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
>At 04:34 PM 7/18/01 -0400, Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
>>All --
>>
>>On 11 Jul 2001 11:12:50 -0400, Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
>>> Its been some time since I've been able to build fop from CVS. I just
>>> completed a fresh checkout of xml-fop and when I run ./build.sh, the
>>> thing just hangs after printing "Starting Ant...".
>>>
I haven't seen this specific problem, but I've had a lot of other problems lately building both FOP, other Apache tools like Xerces-J, and non-Apache stuff like JDOM. Invariably the solution is to take everything out of my jre/lib/ext directory and then build. I can put it all back after the build is finished.
The interdependencies between the various XML tools are getting really nasty. It might be time to figure out if there's some way to better handle this, though I'm afraid the solution might lie more with changing Java than with changing ANT. Wherever the solution lies, the constant version conflicts between different Apache tools is getting extremely burdensome. I suspect all the projects need to do more testing against all the other projects since they all keep breaking each other.
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by "Gregor N. Purdy" <gr...@focusresearch.com>.
Arved --
Thanks for the reply.
> Could it be a line-ending issue? This has bitten us a few times, depending
> on what machine a committer was on when they committed UNIX shell scripts,
> and if they weren't careful. I did it a time or two myself, committing the
> shell scripts with DOS line endings.
build.sh appears to be in proper *nix format.
> Failing that, what happens when you set the environment variables by hand,
> and then execute the final command by itself, not through the script...still
> no joy?
No joy.
> Can you run your current Ant on other build files?
I don't use Ant for anything else.
> What version of Ant are you using? Try Ant 1.3 if all else fails.
I just installed the 1.3-2 RPMs for Ant from jakarta.apache.org,
but it seems to me from build.sh that a private version of ant.jar is
used...
--
Regards,
-- Gregor
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by Arved Sandstrom <Ar...@chebucto.ns.ca>.
At 04:34 PM 7/18/01 -0400, Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
>All --
>
>On 11 Jul 2001 11:12:50 -0400, Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
>> Its been some time since I've been able to build fop from CVS. I just
>> completed a fresh checkout of xml-fop and when I run ./build.sh, the
>> thing just hangs after printing "Starting Ant...".
>>
>> Has anyone else run into this? Is it solved? I'd like to get back to
>> using FOP for some of my projects, and I'd prefer to track the
>> development rather than go back to an older release.
>
>My apologies if someone dealt with this and I didn't see it. I still
>cannot build fop out of CVS. I just did a CVS update, too.
>
>I can't figure out why Ant would hang, and I thought fop was self-
>contained, so whatever I'm running should be whatever you all are
>running, but I assume you are all able to build fop.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what I could look at to try to resolve
>the problem? I'd really like to get back to producing PDF files...
Hi, Gregor
Well, let's try and troubleshoot this through. I recall having had identical
hangs last year; I wish I could remember why. :-)
Could it be a line-ending issue? This has bitten us a few times, depending
on what machine a committer was on when they committed UNIX shell scripts,
and if they weren't careful. I did it a time or two myself, committing the
shell scripts with DOS line endings.
Failing that, what happens when you set the environment variables by hand,
and then execute the final command by itself, not through the script...still
no joy?
Can you run your current Ant on other build files?
What version of Ant are you using? Try Ant 1.3 if all else fails.
Just some starter ideas. I'm sure we'll get to the solution sooner or later.
Regards,
Arved Sandstrom
Fairly Senior Software Type
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by "Gregor N. Purdy" <gr...@focusresearch.com>.
Karen --
Thanks for the ideas. Still no success. I'm attaching a typescript file
and build.sh. I figure whatever is going on has got to be something
very foundational but probably very simple once found. I'm puzzled by
the fact that fop has its own private copy of ant, etc. and that it
is set up to use its own private tools, yet doesn't work here while
working there.
I wonder if Java itself is broken.
I don't do a lot with Java on my own, so if there are some simple
checks you could guide me through to see that I'm not getting breakage
at that level, I'd appreciate it.
>
--
Regards,
-- Gregor
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by Karen Lease <kl...@club-internet.fr>.
Hi Gregor,
If you are still stuck, I have a few more ideas of things to try.
./build.sh -version
Ant should print out its version number
(I get: Ant version 1.3 compiled on March 2 2001)
If you still get nothing, try running ant from the command line directly
(from the same directory where you have your build.sh) :
java -classpath lib/ant.jar org.apache.tools.ant.Main -version
and see if you get anything.
If the second works and the first doesn't, there's something amiss with
your build.sh file. Perhaps you could attach it to your next mail. I
tend to think the problem is in your build.sh and not your build.xml.
If you get ant to print its version number, then at least it is starting
up. In that case, try using the -verbose
switch which should print out lots of stuff, starting with the version,
the build file name, the java version, the OS ....
Good luck,
Karen
"Gregor N. Purdy" wrote:
>
> All --
>
> On 11 Jul 2001 11:12:50 -0400, Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
> > Its been some time since I've been able to build fop from CVS. I just
> > completed a fresh checkout of xml-fop and when I run ./build.sh, the
> > thing just hangs after printing "Starting Ant...".
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Re: Can't build fop: Hangs after "Starting Ant..."
Posted by "Gregor N. Purdy" <gr...@focusresearch.com>.
All --
On 11 Jul 2001 11:12:50 -0400, Gregor N. Purdy wrote:
> Its been some time since I've been able to build fop from CVS. I just
> completed a fresh checkout of xml-fop and when I run ./build.sh, the
> thing just hangs after printing "Starting Ant...".
>
> Has anyone else run into this? Is it solved? I'd like to get back to
> using FOP for some of my projects, and I'd prefer to track the
> development rather than go back to an older release.
My apologies if someone dealt with this and I didn't see it. I still
cannot build fop out of CVS. I just did a CVS update, too.
I can't figure out why Ant would hang, and I thought fop was self-
contained, so whatever I'm running should be whatever you all are
running, but I assume you are all able to build fop.
Does anyone have any idea what I could look at to try to resolve
the problem? I'd really like to get back to producing PDF files...
Thanks!
Regards,
-- Gregor
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