Re: netbeans doesn't create lib directory under dist

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:59:07 -0400
Message-ID:
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Ron wrote:

I had the exact same problem. When I first started working with
Netbeans, my lib directory in the dist directory was created and
populated correctly. I did not have to add my libraries with the
library manager. I just added them as Netbeans projects. Everything
was great.

But then it stopped creating the lib directory. :(

I tried alot of stuff to get that lib directory back. I double and
triple checked that my project files (everything in nbproject) had not
changed. I tried all the advice in this thread, including adding my
jar files to the libraries governed by the Library Manager. Nothing
worked.

Then I became suspicious that one of the updates applied by Update
Center must have broken this functionality. I re-installed Netbeans
from scratch, loaded my projects and re-built, and now my lib
directory was back!

I will slowly apply the updates one at a time, and see if I can find
the culprit.


Please do not top-post. Use trim-and-inline posting.

NetBeans isn't supposed to put a lib directory under dist/. It goes in
build/. dist/ is where the JAR / WAR / EAR files go.

--
Lew

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