Same error using JDK1.5 on Mac and JDK 1.5 and 1.6 on Win XP.
C:\asamuel\tools\activiti-5.0.alpha1\setup>set JAVACMD=c:\asamuel\tools\Java\jdk1.5.0\bin\java
C:\asamuel\tools\activiti-5.0.alpha1\setup>ant
Buildfile: build.xml
[echo] Activiti home = ..
[echo] Activiti version = 5.0.alpha1
h2.install:
internal.classpath.libs:
internal.taskdef.launch:
h2.start:
BUILD FAILED
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.io.File.canExecute()Z
at org.activiti.impl.ant.LaunchTask.isExecutable(LaunchTask.java:73)
at org.activiti.impl.ant.LaunchTask.getExecutable(LaunchTask.java:57)
at org.activiti.impl.ant.LaunchTask.execute(LaunchTask.java:40)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExe
cutor.java:41)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:758)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:217)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:257)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:104)
Total time: 1 second