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Steps: 1) Install NetBeans 6.8 from FedoraCore distribution (do not download it from netbeans.org site) 2) create new NetBeans Platform Application 3) run the empty application, so you are sure thai it works fine 4) invoke 'Build ZIP Distribution' this fails with: branding: files-init: release: build: No sub-builds to iterate on Hidden modules: [Advanced Templating, Auto Update Services, Auto Update UI, Compatibility APIs, Core - Execution, Execution API, Favorites, MultiView Windows, Old Enumeration API, RCP Platform, Scripting API Integration, Settings Options API, Visual Library API] build-launchers: Created dir: /tmp/suite1/build/launcher/etc Created dir: /tmp/suite1/build/launcher/bin /usr/share/netbeans/6.8/harness/suite.xml:308: Warning: Could not find file /usr/share/netbeans/6.8/harness/launchers/pre7_app.exe to copy. BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds) The build failure is caused by the fact that Linux distributions of NetBeans do not contain Winodws binary exe and dll files.
Not sure what to do about that other than report a bug to the Linux packager and recommend people not try to build Platform apps using this incomplete version of the harness.
Right, I am also not sure what to do. Once possibility could be to fix the build process and build at least Unix version.
Yes, build process certainly should be fixed to work w/o Windows artefacts. Adding Yulia, so she should be able to check for Ubuntu as well.
Fixed for Ubuntu. netbeans_6.9-0ubuntu2 package will be available soon.
Fixed for Fedora 14 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2440653 Nevertheless, I'm sure that this bug should also be fixed in the NetBeans sources to make the suite build procedure robust in case if the windows component pre7_app.exe is not present on a platform (Like for pre7_app_w.exe). See patch http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=netbeans.git;a=blob_plain;f=netbeans-6.9~80-suite-xml.patch;hb=ba5d12d3249f338f48a636b3235bef1a5b1ba4fa
(In reply to comment #5) > I'm sure that this bug should also be fixed in the NetBeans > sources to make the suite build procedure robust in case if the windows > component pre7_app.exe is not present on a platform No. pre7_app.exe is supposed to be included in the harness and should always be copied. If a particular distribution modifies the harness to omit this file, it must also modify the harness to not try to copy it; that should be part of the "diff from upstream" patch.
(In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #5) > > I'm sure that this bug should also be fixed in the NetBeans > > sources to make the suite build procedure robust in case if the windows > > component pre7_app.exe is not present on a platform > > No. pre7_app.exe is supposed to be included in the harness and should always be > copied. If a particular distribution modifies the harness to omit this file, it > must also modify the harness to not try to copy it; that should be part of the > "diff from upstream" patch. OK. So, I'll close this bug as fixed, because it is fixed in the Fedora distribution in such manner.