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The freeform project wizard consequently states that the most simple ant scripts are 'not a valid ant script'. Command-line ant, using the binaries bundled with NB, reports no problems whatsoever.
Created attachment 21497 [details] Example of a refused ant script
Problem was a missing XML declaration, sorry. Will file an enhancement request for better feedback.
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