this seems to fix the problem.  here's the new build.xml:

<project name="tidy" default="package">

        <import file="tidyBuild/properties.xml" />

        <target name="clean">
                <delete dir="${outputDir}" />
        </target>

        <target name="prepare" depends="clean">
                <mkdir dir="${outputDir}" />
        </target>

        <echo message="classpath=${cp}" />

        <target name="compile" depends="prepare">
                <javac
                        srcdir          ="${sourceDir}"
                        destdir         ="${outputDir}">
                        <classpath>
                                <path refid="tidy.path" />
                        </classpath>
                </javac>
        </target>

        <target name="package" depends="compile">
                <jar jarfile="${outputDir}/${mainClass}.jar"
basedir="${outputDir}" >
                        <manifest>
                                <attribute name="Main-Class"
value="${pkgPath}${mainClass}"/>
                        </manifest>
                </jar>
        </target>

</project>


is ant offtopic here, or something?


-Thufir