Don't print stack traces on compilation errors.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk@268102 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 1e25ba617..64909d3fa 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ native2ascii, copy, move, mparse.
 * copydir, copyfile, deltree and rename are now deprecated. They
 should be replaced with the new copy, delete and move tasks.
 
-* <java> uses ClassLoader of its own in no-fork mode if a classpath is
+* <java> uses a ClassLoader of its own in no-fork mode if a classpath is
 specified.
 
 * <style> will create the necessary target directories and reprocess
 all files if the stylesheet changes.
 
 * New data types fileset and patternset - expected to get a broader use.
-They as well as PATH like structures can now be defined on a global
+They, as well as PATH like structures, can now be defined on a global
 level and later be referenced by their id attribute.
 
 * You can specify environment variables to <exec>.
@@ -114,4 +114,6 @@ cases.
 
 * Nested <src> in <javac> caused NullPointerException.
 
-* Corrupt Zip- and Jar-files ar now deleted if the task fails.
\ No newline at end of file
+* Corrupt Zip- and Jar-files ar now deleted if the task fails.
+
+* many more fixes we've forgotten to document here ...
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
index e17f563c5..ff9875d5e 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
@@ -521,7 +521,11 @@ public class Javac extends MatchingTask {
                 throw new BuildException(FAIL_MSG, location);
             }
         } catch (Exception ex) {
+            if (ex instanceof BuildException) {
+                throw (BuildException) ex;
+            } else {
                 throw new BuildException("Error starting modern compiler", ex, location);
+            }
         }
     }