[rabbitmq-discuss] [A] compiling java client lib fails on OSX

[Chuck Remes]

I'm trying to learn my way around the java client libraries for  
rabbitmq. It's pretty handy to poke around a new system by modifying  
example programs to see how their behavior changes.

However, I had trouble compiling the java libraries. Whenever I ran  
'ant' it blew up on the third step (amqp-generate). I *could*  
successfully run the tests from the binary download of the client libs.

Here's a pastie with the output of the failed compilation attempt:

http://pastie.org/347962

The solution was actually pretty simple. Note that the pastie says:

Directory /Volumes/spiff/cremes/Downloads/rabbitmq-java-client-1.5.0/ 
build/gensrc/com/rabbitmq/client creation was not successful for an  
unknown reason

This is because in the source directory there is a file called BUILD  
with the build instructions inside. By default the OSX filesystem is  
case insensitive, so the BUILD file blocks the creation of the  
lowercase build directory.

I recommend the BUILD file be renamed to README or somesuch.

cr