taskdef failing when classpathref contains a non existent directo ry

["Shatzer, Larry" <La...@MIROtechnologies.com>]

Consider the following directory structure and build file:

You have a build.xml in the root directory, with a directory named lib1 with
the ant-contrib jar file found in there.

Here is your build file:

<project name="test" default="test">
	<path id="local.classpath">
		<fileset dir="./lib1">
			<include name="**/*.jar"/>
		</fileset>
		<fileset dir="./lib2">
			<include name="**/*.jar"/>
		</fileset>
	</path>
	<taskdef
		resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"
		classpathref="local.classpath"
	/>
	<target name="test">
		<echo message="Made it"/>
	</target>
</project>

If you run this, you get:

BUILD FAILED
C:\sandbox\test\build.xml:10: C:\sandbox\test\lib2 not found.

Now if you add the directory lib2, it works fine.

I found this with a project we are doing in house where we have a master
build script running over a list of sub-projects building it, and some of
the sub-projects will not have a lib directory.

Is it possible to have non existent directories listed in your path, and not
have taskdef blow up on it?

-- Larry

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Re: taskdef failing when classpathref contains a non existent directo ry

[Antoine Levy-Lambert <an...@gmx.de>]

Hello Larry,

the issue is not one of taskdef.
fileset s are not happy when basedir does not exist.
I think there is a bug report of other(s) users having trouble with 
this.

Cheers,

Antoine

> Consider the following directory structure and build file:
> 
> You have a build.xml in the root directory, with a directory named lib1
> with
> the ant-contrib jar file found in there.
> 
> Here is your build file:
> 
> <project name="test" default="test">
> 	<path id="local.classpath">
> 		<fileset dir="./lib1">
> 			<include name="**/*.jar"/>
> 		</fileset>
> 		<fileset dir="./lib2">
> 			<include name="**/*.jar"/>
> 		</fileset>
> 	</path>
> 	<taskdef
> 		resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"
> 		classpathref="local.classpath"
> 	/>
> 	<target name="test">
> 		<echo message="Made it"/>
> 	</target>
> </project>
> 
> If you run this, you get:
> 
> BUILD FAILED
> C:\sandbox\test\build.xml:10: C:\sandbox\test\lib2 not found.
> 
> Now if you add the directory lib2, it works fine.
> 
> I found this with a project we are doing in house where we have a master
> build script running over a list of sub-projects building it, and some of
> the sub-projects will not have a lib directory.
> 
> Is it possible to have non existent directories listed in your path, and
> not
> have taskdef blow up on it?
> 
> -- Larry
> 
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