SAXParseException when building backlocate

[sargant]

Can run all the steps under "Download & Install" on the Compilation page fine, but when I try to compile backlocate with ant backlocate, I get the following error:

Buildfile: /scratch/ukapd/jvarkit/jvarkit/build.xml

backlocate:

BUILD FAILED
/scratch/ukapd/jvarkit/jvarkit/build.xml:1854: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/scratch/ukapd/jvarkit/jvarkit/build.xml:198: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/scratch/ukapd/jvarkit/jvarkit/build.xml:8: java.util.InvalidPropertiesFormatException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; Content is not allowed in prolog.
    at java.util.XMLUtils.load(XMLUtils.java:76)
    at java.util.Properties.loadFromXML(Properties.java:868)
    ....(trim)....

ant -version is Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.2 compiled on July 8 2013

The first few lines of build.xml are:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE project SYSTEM "build.dtd">
<project name="jvarkit" default="all" basedir=".">
<property file="build.properties"/>
<property name="http.proxy" value="localhost:80"/>
<property name="generated.dir" value="src/main/generated-sources/java"/>
<property name="test.output" value="tests"/>
<property file="${htsjdk.home}/htsjdk.version.property.xml"/>

<!--define htsjdk.home if is not defined in the file "build.properties" -->
<property name="htsjdk.home" value="htsjdk"/>
...

The content of ./htsjdk/htsjdk.version.property.xml is:

#htsjdk version
#Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:02:22 +0100

htsjdk-version=1.117

build.properties is entirely commented out

[lindenb]

Hum... I'll be away from my code for some times. But it looks like htsjdk produced a non-XML file while it is named "*.xml". Can you please try to rename "./htsjdk/htsjdk.version.property.xml" to``"./htsjdk/htsjdk.version.properties" (and in the jvarkit/build.xml file too)

[sargant]

That does work, thanks.

[nmb85]

Yes, that solved it for me, too; thanks!