Bug#850945: ant: exec task fails with error 127 on kfreebsd-i386

[Gilles Filippini]

Package: ant
Version: 1.9.6-1
Severity: important

Hi,

This simple build.xml file fails with error 127 on kfreebsd-i386:

$ cat build.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="Test" basedir=".">
    <target name="test">
	<exec executable="/bin/ls">
	</exec>
    </target>
</project>

$ ant test
Buildfile: /home/pini/debian/jxgrabkey-0.3.2/misc/Ant/build.xml

test:
     [exec] Result: 127

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 0 seconds

Moreover, ant reports BUILD SUCCESSFUL while it is obviously unsuccessful.

This bug causes jxgrabkey to FTBFS on kfreebsd-i386. Full log at [1].

[1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=jxgrabkey&arch=kfreebsd-i386&ver=0.3.2-9&stamp=1484086920&file=log

BTW I don't understand why kfreebsd-i386/unstable still has ant 1.9.6-1 :/

Thanks,

_g.