Spring GAE / J Could Not Find API Version Error

Question

I am trying to use Spring MVC 3 on GAE / J and I got this error and I don’t know what it means, does anyone have an idea and maybe gives me directions on how to fix this?

May 21, 2010 9:50:23 AM com.google.appengine.tools.info.LocalVersionFactory getVersion INFO: Could not find API version from /opt/home/me/workspace/SpringMVC/war/WEB-INF/lib/.svn java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:114) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:133) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:97) at com.google.appengine.tools.util.ApiVersionFinder.findApiVersion(ApiVersionFinder.java:37) at com.google.appengine.tools.info.LocalVersionFactory.getVersion(LocalVersionFactory.java:65) at com.google.appengine.tools.info.UpdateCheck.getLocalVersion(UpdateCheck.java:112) at com.google.appengine.tools.info.UpdateCheck.checkForUpdates(UpdateCheck.java:91) at com.google.appengine.tools.info.UpdateCheck.doNagScreen(UpdateCheck.java:164) at com.google.appengine.tools.info.UpdateCheck.maybePrintNagScreen(UpdateCheck.java:132) at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain$StartAction.apply(DevAppServerMain.java:150) at com.google.appengine.tools.util.Parser$ParseResult.applyArgs(Parser.java:48) at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.<init>(DevAppServerMain.java:113) at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.main(DevAppServerMain.java:89) 

Answer 1

Just a wild hunch: it looks like you have packed the subversion hidden directory (.svn) into your war file. Typically, these directories are not deployed. Maybe delete it from the war file?