Hello,

Apache Ant version 1.6.2

I have a problem with my Ant script. I create a classpath reference at
the start of the script, like this:

   <path id="classpath">
       <pathelement location="/myjar.jar"/>
       <pathelement location="/myotherjar.jar"/>
       <pathelement location="/my3rdjar.jar"/>
   </path>

... but when I reference this from one of the targets in the build
script (a JUnit test), it doesn't seem to be picking up the elements
in the reference.

I define the classpath in the target as below. I need to add
additional jars into the classpath at this point, so I use
<pathelement location=""/> to do this.

   <target name="test">
       <junit printsummary="no">
           <classpath>
               <pathelement path="${classpath}"/>
               <pathelement location="/myadditionaljar.jar"/>
           </classpath>
... etc...

When I try and run the target from the script, I get lots of
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError exceptions - the classes which should
be included in the <classpath> reference.

I'm guessing that the line in error is <pathelement
path="${classpath}"/>, but I can't work out why. The online manual
offers no obvious solution.

If I replace the <pathelement path="${classpath}"/> line with a repeat
of the <pathelement location=""/> lines for the jars I defined at the
top of my script, it works without a problem.

Thanks for any assistance,

Oaf