Jenkins Build Script Works Again

2026-10-27

Dear developers,

(intended audience: developers and anyone running a build server for
Gridarta)

The continuous integration script build-jenkins.sh works again. The old
version still expected the Subversion layout (cd trunk) and called the
installApp task, which Gradle removed long ago.

What changed:

1. The build runs inside the Docker build environment (build-setup and
   build-run), so the build server needs Docker but no particular Java
   version. It runs "clean" first, then installDist, check, preparePublish
   and the Javadoc.
2. For safety the script refuses to run as root or as a system account (user
   ID below 1000), and it does not pass an SSH agent into the container.
3. The Javadoc build is clean: the "cannot read build/javadoc-options" error
   is fixed, and so are the nine "bad use of '>'" warnings.

A full run on a test machine ended with BUILD SUCCESSFUL. "Continuous
Integration (Jenkins)" in INSTALL describes how to set up the build server
account and which results to archive: the editor jars, the JUnit and
Checkstyle reports, and the Javadoc.

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Rick Tanner (leaf)
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