Build execution fails due to java.lang.StackOverflowError
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
Executing builds fails due to,
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2007-09-14 09:06:25,016 INFO [BAM:Default Queue:BuildExe] [DefaultErrorHandler] Recording error: Failed to execute build 'BuildResults: "YOUR-BUILD"
java.lang.StackOverflowError
at sun.nio.cs.UTF_8$Decoder.decodeArrayLoop(UTF_8.java:212)
at sun.nio.cs.UTF_8$Decoder.decodeLoop(UTF_8.java:358)
at java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder.decode(CharsetDecoder.java:544)
at java.lang.StringCoding$StringDecoder.decode(StringCoding.java:140)
at java.lang.StringCoding.decode(StringCoding.java:173)
at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:444)
at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:516)
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.list(Native Method)
at java.io.File.list(File.java:973)
at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1028)
at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1074)
at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1074)
Cause
The stack limit for the native JAVA threads has been exceeded, due to nested files/directories in the checked out source code.
Resolution
Re-organize the working directory (your source code) such that, filesystem is not deeply nested.
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