Can't zip SDK

Troubleshooting SDK
1

As per Normen’s instructions, I did [java]ant run[/java], then [java]ant zip[/java].
The latter ends with this:
[java]-netbeans:

netbeans:
[genlist] Generating Auto Update information for net.java.nboglpack.glsleditor

zip:
[propertyfile] Updating property file: /home/jo/jme3/sdk/nbproject/project.properties

BUILD FAILED
/home/jo/jme3/build.xml:39: Warning: Could not find file /home/jo/jme3/sdk/dist/${app.name}.zip to copy.

Total time: 2 minutes 13 seconds
[/java]

Any ideas what’s wrong?

(BTW [java]ant run[/java] works just fine.)

2

You need to do this from the base directory with the engine and sdk folders inside. But it could also be the zip target doesn’t work, its not used anymore.

3

Did that from the base directory, so that goal is broken. If it’s not going to be fixed, I guess it should be removed.
What’s the alternative to ant zip? ant run insists on recompiling everything, which is good for making a release but not so good for just running the SDK at its current state.

4

As you might gather from the output the zip is ready, it just doesn’t get copied cause the variable isn’t filled.

5

Nah, I didn’t gather that. The build process is spewing out tons of messages, I wouldn’t know where to look.

Here’s the list of all zips in the jme3 directory after ant run completed; maybe you can point out the right one?

[java]~/jme3$ find -name “*.zip”
./engine/lib/swing-layout/swing-layout-1.0.4-doc.zip
./engine/lib/swing-layout/swing-layout-1.0.4-src.zip
./engine/lib/junit_4/junit-4.5-api.zip
./engine/quake3level.zip
./engine/wildhouse.zip
./engine/town.zip
./engine/mountains.zip
./engine/dist/jMonkeyEngine3-javadoc.zip
./engine/dist/jMonkeyEngine3-sources.zip
./netbeans/java/docs/beansbinding-1.2.1-doc.zip
./netbeans/java/docs/jaxws-api-doc.zip
./netbeans/ide/modules/ext/derbysampledb.zip
./netbeans/ide/modules/dict/ispell-enwl-3.1.20.zip
./netbeans/ide/jsstubs/reststubs.zip
./netbeans/ide/jsstubs/corestubs.zip
./netbeans/ide/jsstubs/domstubs.zip
./netbeans/ide/docs/html5doc.zip
./netbeans/ide/docs/css21-spec.zip
./netbeans/ide/docs/jaxb-api-doc.zip
./netbeans/ide/docs/html-4.01.zip
./netbeans/ide/docs/css3-spec.zip
./netbeans/platform/docs/swing-layout-1.0.4-src.zip
./netbeans/platform/docs/testng-6.5.1-javadoc.zip
./netbeans/platform/docs/swing-layout-1.0.4-doc.zip
./netbeans/harness/docs/jemmy-2.3.1.1-src.zip
./netbeans/harness/docs/jemmy-2.3.1.1-doc.zip
./sdk/jme3-assetpack-support/src/com/jme3/gde/assetpack/AssetPackProject.zip
./sdk/jme3-assetpack-support/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/assetpack/AssetPackProject.zip
./sdk/jme3-templates/src/com/jme3/gde/templates/BasicGameProject.zip
./sdk/jme3-templates/src/com/jme3/gde/templates/JME3TestsAndroidProject.zip
./sdk/jme3-templates/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/templates/BasicGameProject.zip
./sdk/jme3-templates/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/templates/JME3TestsAndroidProject.zip
./sdk/jme3-desktop-executables/src/com/jme3/gde/desktop/executables/winapp-data.zip
./sdk/jme3-desktop-executables/src/com/jme3/gde/desktop/executables/macapp-data.zip
./sdk/jme3-desktop-executables/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/desktop/executables/macapp-data.zip
./sdk/jme3-desktop-executables/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/desktop/executables/winapp-data.zip
./sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/convert/OgreTools-Mac-Intel.zip
./sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/convert/OgreTools-Windows.zip
./sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/blender/scripts.zip
./sdk/jme3-ogretools/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/blender/scripts.zip
./sdk/jme3-ogretools/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/convert/OgreTools-Mac-Intel.zip
./sdk/jme3-ogretools/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/convert/OgreTools-Windows.zip
./sdk/jme3-project-baselibs/release/libs/jMonkeyEngine3-javadoc.zip
./sdk/jme3-project-baselibs/release/libs/jMonkeyEngine3-sources.zip
./sdk/jme3-lwjgl-applet/release/libs/applet-loader.zip
./sdk/jme3-tests-template/src/com/jme3/gde/templates/tests/JmeTestsProject.zip
./sdk/jme3-tests-template/build/classes/com/jme3/gde/templates/tests/JmeTestsProject.zip
./sdk/build/cluster/libs/jMonkeyEngine3-javadoc.zip
./sdk/build/cluster/libs/jMonkeyEngine3-sources.zip
./sdk/build/cluster/libs/applet-loader.zip
~/jme3$[/java]

6

line 10 in your first post

7

Any zip files in dist or any subdirectory would have shown up between lines 51 and 52 in my previous post.
There isn’t a single .zip file in ./sdk/dist. In fact, ./sdk/dist does not exist at all.

I just created a dist directory so that IF something is building anything into ./sdk/dist, it will find the directory…
… no luck, it didn’t help.

No idea what could cause this kind of behaviour without ending in a BUILD FAILED message.