[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: External ant classpath

["Darin Swanson" <Darin_Swanson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We have a bug currently with not supporting ${user.home}/.ant/lib
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=98412

I will be working to fix this up today

Darins

"cbrown" <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:870b96ca303f5c4ed95896f0aaaa1836$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>   I need help setting the classpath for an external ant build file in a 
> manner that will work for a team of developers working on differnt 
> machines - i.e., when external packages aren't always installed in the 
> same place.
>
>  I have a build.xml file like;
>
> <project default="mine">
>  <target name="mine" >
>    <java dir="." fork="true" classname="myPackage.myClass">
>      <arg value="myDoc.xml" />
>    </java>
>  </target>
> </project>
>
>  I have tried;
>
> - placing a link to myPackage.jar in ~/.ant/lib
> - adding an environment variable 'export MY_HOME=myPath', and adding an 
> entry for ${env_var:MY_HOME}/myPackage.jar to the ant Runtime preferences
> - using
>  <classpath>
>    <pathelement location="${env.MY_HOME}/myPackage.jar"/>
>  </classpath>
> - using
>  <classpath>
>    <pathelement path="${java.class.path}"/>
>  </classpath>
> - a couple of other variations I can't recall.
>
>   Also, is there a mechanism that works for both IDE builds and external 
> builders?  I.e., a way to define the classpath once and have it work 
> throughout?
>
>   Thank you for your help.
>