Thanks for the great answer ;-)

It did NOT work!

Now I checked out tagged version JBoss_3_0_3. When I try to build that I succeed. I guess it will be OK for me.

I WOULD like to be able to compile the current version of jboss-all.

I have checked out jboss-all using:
cvs checkout jboss-all

I try to build using jboss-all/build/build.bat, and get the following output:
Calling ..\tools\bin\ant.bat -logger org.apache.tools.ant.NoBannerLogger
Buildfile: build.xml

_buildmagic:init:
Trying to override old definition of task property

configure-project:
[echo] groups: default
[echo] modules: common,jmx,system,aop,cache,j2ee,naming,management,transaction,server,blocks,console,security,m
ging,connector,varia,cluster,jetty,jboss.net,iiop

_buildmagic:modules:most:

==============================================================
==
== Executing 'most' in module 'common'...
==
==

BUILD FAILED
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory
at xdoclet.util.LogUtil.getLog(LogUtil.java:26)
at xdoclet.loader.ModuleFinder.findModules(ModuleFinder.java:114)
at xdoclet.DocletTask.registerModules(DocletTask.java:533)
at xdoclet.DocletTask.createDynamicElement(DocletTask.java:332)
at org.apache.tools.ant.IntrospectionHelper.createElement(IntrospectionHelper.java:510)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelperImpl$NestedElementHandler.init(ProjectHelperImpl.java:960)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelperImpl$TaskHandler.startElement(ProjectHelperImpl.java:870)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderAdapter.startElement(XMLReaderAdapter.java:333)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1490)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.content(Parser2.java:1779)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1507)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.content(Parser2.java:1779)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1507)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.content(Parser2.java:1779)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.externalParsedEntity(Parser2.java:2827)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.expandEntityInContent(Parser2.java:2545)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeReferenceInContent(Parser2.java:2422)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.content(Parser2.java:1833)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1507)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parseInternal(Parser2.java:500)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parse(Parser2.java:305)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.parse(XMLReaderImpl.java:442)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderAdapter.parse(XMLReaderAdapter.java:223)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelperImpl.parse(ProjectHelperImpl.java:155)
at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java:117)
at org.jboss.tools.buildmagic.task.Ant.execute(Ant.java:246)
at org.jboss.tools.buildmagic.task.module.ExecuteModules$1.run(ExecuteModules.java:329)
at org.jboss.tools.buildmagic.task.module.ExecuteModules.executeModule(ExecuteModules.java:342)
at org.jboss.tools.buildmagic.task.module.ExecuteModules.execute(ExecuteModules.java:217)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:166)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:319)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:309)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:336)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1250)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:610)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:196)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:235)

It seems like LogFactory cant be found. The only place I can find LogFactory is in jar-files under thirdparty. So maby I should setup the building job so that it can see the jars in the thirdparty library.

But how do I do that the easiest way?
Why is it not setup for me already?
Have I done something wrong?

Thanx