Hi,

I have the same problem with Win XP Pro. The output is below.
This is from the cvs I downloaded December 30, 2003.

Rick

all-tests-pure-java:

BUILD FAILED
file:./build/test.xml:21: Could not create task or type of type: junit.

Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.

This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
- You have misspelt 'junit'.
Fix: check your spelling.
- The task needs an external JAR file to execute
and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
Fix: check the documentation for dependencies.
Fix: declare the task.
- The task is an Ant optional task and optional.jar is absent
Fix: look for optional.jar in ANT_HOME/lib, download if needed
- The task was not built into optional.jar as dependent
libraries were not found at build time.
Fix: look in the JAR to verify, then rebuild with the needed
libraries, or download a release version from apache.org
- The build file was written for a later version of Ant
Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant
- The task is not an Ant core or optional task
and needs to be declared using <taskdef>.

Remember that for JAR files to be visible to Ant tasks implemented
in ANT_HOME/lib, the files must be in the same directory or on the
classpath

Please neither file bug reports on this problem, nor email the
Ant mailing lists, until all of these causes have been explored,
as this is not an Ant bug.

Total time: 10 seconds

----- Original Message -----

> Hi,
>
> > I just tried to build from cvs sources and ran into a small problem.
> > The junit.jar lib needs to be added to the classpath in the build.bat
> > file:
> >
> > set CLASSPATH=.\lib\junit.jar
> >
> > Otherwise, ant complains that it cannot find the junit task:
>
> Which OS do you use? Under Win2k it works ok, ant.bat correctly
> discovers all jar files from lib directory and adds them to the
> classpath, including junit.jar.
>
> Does anybody else have same problem?
>
> Thanks!
> Roman