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Posted to derby-commits@db.apache.org by km...@apache.org on 2008/04/14 22:04:21 UTC
svn commit: r647978 - /db/derby/code/trunk/BUILDING.txt
Author: kmarsden
Date: Mon Apr 14 13:04:17 2008
New Revision: 647978
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=647978&view=rev
Log:
DERBY-3615 Making the instructions more clear in documentation(BUILDING.txt) regarding setting JRE lib path for a Windows system
Contributed by Udai Gupta (mailtoud at gmail dot com)
Modified:
db/derby/code/trunk/BUILDING.txt
Modified: db/derby/code/trunk/BUILDING.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/db/derby/code/trunk/BUILDING.txt?rev=647978&r1=647977&r2=647978&view=diff
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--- db/derby/code/trunk/BUILDING.txt (original)
+++ db/derby/code/trunk/BUILDING.txt Mon Apr 14 13:04:17 2008
@@ -347,19 +347,21 @@
not your Cygwin home directory.
NOTE TO WINDOWS USERS: *use forward slashes* ("/") in your
- path specifications. Backward-slashes ("\") confuse Ant.
- Check your path specifications for correct use of slashes in
- ant.properties if you get errors during the build saying java.lang
- can not be found.
+ path specifications. Backward-slashes ("\") confuse Ant because it
+ behaves as escape character for it. Check your path specifications
+ for correct use of slashes in ant.properties if you get errors during
+ the build saying java.lang can not be found.
For example, you should have:
- j14lib=c:/jdk1.4.2/jre/lib
+ j14lib=C:/jdk1.4.2/jre/lib
+ or
+ j14lib=C:\\jdk1.4.2\\jre\\lib (Double Slashes)
NOT
- j14lib=c:\jdk1.4.2\jre\lib
-
+ j14lib=C:\jdk1.4.2\jre\lib
+
- j14lib