Please use build.properties for jboss.home in examples and the auto-install script ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBMESSAGING-412 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBMESSAGING-412 Project: JBoss Messaging Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Build System Reporter: Michael Yuan Assigned To: Sergey Koshcheyev Priority: Minor Fix For: 1.4.0.CR1 Right now, the build relies on JBOSS_HOME system variable. It is not the way most other projects do and it is broken on Mac. I would suggest to use a build.properties file in the root of the distribution. It has a jboss.home property that the user can edit. The user edits it once and can then use all ant tasks (auto install, examples etc.) in the distribution.