I cannot use the cvs tag. Why?

[Jeremy Mawson <je...@qsipayments.com>]

Hi

I have not been able to use the CVS tag. After double-checking the Ant
installation guide I can't find anything that I may have misconfigured. Can
someone help me decipher why I am getting this problem?

Specifically, the tag:

        <cvs dest="${FOOBAR_BUILD_DIR}" cvsRoot="${CVS_ROOT}"
package="FooBar" />

Results in:

[cvs]c:\util\ant/bin/antRun c:\tmp cvs -d :local:v: checkout FooBar
java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: c:\util\ant/bin/antRun c:\tmp cvs -d
:local:v: checkout FooBar error=2
        at java.lang.Win32Process.create(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Win32Process.<init>(Win32Process.java:66)
        at java.lang.Runtime.execInternal(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:551)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:418)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:361)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:325)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Cvs.execute(Cvs.java:86)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:123)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.runTarget(Project.java:471)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:370)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:232)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:173)
BUILD FATAL ERROR: Error checking out: FooBar


However, if I cut, paste and execute the command:

	c:\util\ant/bin/antRun c:\tmp cvs -d :local:v: checkout FooBar

The checkout proceeds as expected.

ANT_HOME is set
JAVA_HOME is correct
PATH includes %ANT_HOME%\bin
Ant is invoked with java -Dant.home=c:\util\ant org.apache.tools.ant.Main
checkoutFooBar
${FOOBAR_BUILD_DIR} resolves correctly
${CVS_ROOT} resolves correctly
I am running NT 4, SP 6. 
Ant version is 1.1.
Java version 1.3 and 1.2.2 tested (fails identically with either).

Is it possible that the problem I am seeing is because from the command
prompt "antRun" is interpreted correctly as "antRun.bat", but from within
the JVM "antRun" (the shell script) is found instead? Hmm, maybe not. Any
advice?

Thanks.
Jeremy Mawson

RE: I cannot use the cvs tag. Why?

[Conor MacNeill <co...@cortexebusiness.com.au>]

Jeremy,

The problem seems to be that your version of ant does not realise you are
running NT. (antRun should only be used on Win9x).

Can you do an

ant -v

With the version of ant that is causing you problems? It may be an issue
with the build process.

Conor


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Mawson [mailto:jeremy.mawson@qsipayments.com]
> Sent: Monday, 14 August 2000 12:32
> To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Re: I cannot use the cvs tag. Why?
>
>
> At 14:50 11/08/00, I wrote:
>
>  ...
>
> >I have not been able to use the CVS tag. After double-checking the Ant
> >installation guide I can't find anything that I may have
> misconfigured. Can
> >someone help me decipher why I am getting this problem?
>
>  ...
>
> In an attempt to debug this problem of mine I pulled the source into
> JBuilder and inserted 1 line of trace into cvs.java. I compiled it and
> retried the project. It worked.
>
> So, the binary distribution from 10 August fails (as does release
> 1.1), but
> the source from 10/8 is fine. What could be different (dare I say wrong?)
> about the compiled dist?
>
> Jem
>

Re: I cannot use the cvs tag. Why?

[Jeremy Mawson <je...@qsipayments.com>]

At 14:50 11/08/00, I wrote:

 ...

>I have not been able to use the CVS tag. After double-checking the Ant
>installation guide I can't find anything that I may have misconfigured. Can
>someone help me decipher why I am getting this problem?

 ...

In an attempt to debug this problem of mine I pulled the source into
JBuilder and inserted 1 line of trace into cvs.java. I compiled it and
retried the project. It worked. 

So, the binary distribution from 10 August fails (as does release 1.1), but
the source from 10/8 is fine. What could be different (dare I say wrong?)
about the compiled dist?

Jem