Re: Please test Ant 1.10.16 release candidate

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Odd - ant.bat (and thus, "ant" without an extension) is giving me this:

C:\>ant.bat
Files\Ant was unexpected at this time.
C:\>antenv

  and ant.cmd and antenv give me this:

C:\>/*
'/*' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Java runs fine:

C:\>java --version
java 24.0.1 2025-04-15
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 24.0.1+9-30)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.0.1+9-30, mixed mode, sharing)

I'm running Win 11 and I get the same result with cmd and PowerShell...  
and current working directory doesn't make a difference.  My environment 
variables are:

C:\>echo %ANT_HOME%
"C:\Program Files\Ant 1.10.16"

C:\>echo %JAVA_HOME%
"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-24"

C:\>echo %PATH%
C:\Python313\Scripts\;C:\Python313\;C:\Program 
Files\Java\jdk-24\bin;C:\Program Files\Common 
Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program 
Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;*_/C:\Program Files\Ant 
1.10.16\bin/_*;C:\Program Files\Wolfram 
Research\WolframScript\;C:\Program Files\Go\bin;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA 
Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\VSCodium\bin;C:\Program 
Files\dotnet\;C:\Program 
Files\nodejs\;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft 
SQL Server\150\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client 
SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\;C:\Program 
Files\GitHub CLI\;C:\Program 
Files\PowerShell\7-preview\preview;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program 
Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program 
Files\Tailscale\;C:\Users\Richa\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Richa\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;C:\ghcup\bin;C:\Users\Richa\go\bin;C:\Users\Richa\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Program 
Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 
2025.2.2\bin;C:\Users\Richa\AppData\Local\Programs\Ollama;C:\Program 
Files\GitHub 
CLI;C:\Users\Richa\AppData\Local\Programs\Antigravity\bin;C:\Users\Richa\AppData\Local\Keybase\

Thanks,

-Richard


On 2/9/2026 9:48 AM, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> Hi all
>
> On 2026-02-08, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
>
>> we've cut a release candidate for what shall become Ant 1.10.16, details
>> are available from
>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ant/RELEASE-NOTES-1.10.16.html
> We've had a first issue reported that shows differences in behavior. In
> the specific case the same would happen if people switched to Java 25
> and kept using Ant 1.10.15.[1]
>
> So we will have a second RC but please keep testing with the one we have
> right now. Even with the next RC you may need to change your build files
> for 1.10.16 to have your builds behave as before. Without 1.10.16 your
> builds would fail for the same reasons when running on Java 24+, but
> 1.10.16 should at least provide you with options to adapt.
>
> Stefan
>
> [1] For those interested, File#getCanonicalPath has always resolved
> symbolic links on Unix but prior to Java 24 not on Windows. Ant uses
> this in several places. Part of the changes for 1.10.16 is to switch to
> Path#toRealPath instead which resolves symbolic links (and junction) on
> Windows as well - likely since Java 7.
>
> If your build relies an links not being resolved, they will break -
> either with Java 24+ and Ant 1.10.15 or any version of Java and Ant
> 1.10.16.
>
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