Notice that the getting started guide tells you to use Ant 1.6, not some beta release of Ant. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3983312#3983312 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3983312