The gcj-compiled version of ant has a problem in FC2. I do not know if this problem still exists in FC3-test2. This bug was previously filed in bugzilla as Bug# 124976. I have added more data to that bug report. I did some more investigation and determined the problem to be with the gcj compiled version of ant. The workaround for fc2 is as follows: su - cd /usr/bin mv ant gcj-ant ln -s classic-ant ant Miguel