diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 9abc496a5..a9315472b 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
+Changes from Ant 1.2 to the current sources
+===========================================
+
+Other changes:
+--------------
+
+* New tasks: propertyfile
+
+Fixed bugs:
+-----------
+
+* <signjar> doesn't use deprectated methods anymore.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.1 to Ant 1.2
+===============================
 
 Changes that could break older environments:
 --------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 9a0b47029..4a280028d 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <li>Dave Walend (<a href="mailto:dwalend@cs.tufts.edu">dwalend@cs.tufts.edu</a>)</li>
 </ul>
 
-<p>Version 1.2 - 2000/10/24</p>
+<p>Version 1.3 - 2000/10/27</p>
 
 <hr>
 <h2>Table of Contents</h2>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecTask.java
index 181d2ab6e..a15e0ae72 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecTask.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class ExecTask extends Task {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Only execute the process if <code>os.name</code> includes this string.
+     * Only execute the process if <code>os.name</code> is included in this string.
      */
     public void setOs(String os) {
         this.os = os;
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
index 754c3b11e..1e0622d15 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ public class Javac extends MatchingTask {
             }
         }
         catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
-            throw new BuildException("Cannot use classic compiler, as it is not available", location);
+            throw new BuildException("Cannot use classic compiler, as it is not available"+
+            						 " A common solution is to set the environment variable"+
+                                     " JAVA_HOME to your jdk directory.", location);
         }
         catch (Exception ex) {
             if (ex instanceof BuildException) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
index 16f409f73..9615ee2af 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
@@ -150,67 +150,57 @@ public class SignJar extends Task {
 
         final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 
-        sb.append("jarsigner ");
-
+        final ExecTask cmd = (ExecTask) project.createTask("exec");
+        cmd.setExecutable("jarsigner");
+        
         if (null != keystore) {
-            sb.append("-keystore \"");
-            sb.append(keystore);
-            sb.append("\" ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-keystore");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue(keystore);
         } 
 
         if (null != storepass) {
-            sb.append("-storepass \"");
-            sb.append(storepass);
-            sb.append("\" ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-storepass");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue(storepass);
         } 
 
         if (null != storetype) {
-            sb.append("-storetype \"");
-            sb.append(storetype);
-            sb.append("\" ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-storetype");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue(storetype);
         } 
 
         if (null != keypass) {
-            sb.append("-keypass \"");
-            sb.append(keypass);
-            sb.append("\" ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-keypass");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue(keypass);
         } 
 
         if (null != sigfile) {
-            sb.append("-sigfile \"");
-            sb.append(sigfile);
-            sb.append("\" ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-sigfile");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue(sigfile);
         } 
 
         if (null != signedjar) {
-            sb.append("-signedjar \"");
-            sb.append(signedjar);
-            sb.append("\" ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-signedjar");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue(signedjar);
         } 
 
         if (verbose) {
-            sb.append("-verbose ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-verbose");
         } 
 
         if (internalsf) {
-            sb.append("-internalsf ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-internalsf");
         } 
 
         if (sectionsonly) {
-            sb.append("-sectionsonly ");
+            cmd.createArg().setValue("-sectionsonly");
         } 
 
-        sb.append('\"');
-        sb.append(jar);
-        sb.append("\" ");
+        cmd.createArg().setValue(jar);
         
-        sb.append('\"');
-        sb.append(alias);
-        sb.append("\" ");
+
+        cmd.createArg().setValue(alias);
 
         log("Signing Jar : " + (new File(jar)).getAbsolutePath());
-        final ExecTask cmd = (ExecTask) project.createTask("exec");
-        cmd.setCommand(new Commandline(sb.toString()));
         cmd.setFailonerror(true);
         cmd.setTaskName( getTaskName() );
         cmd.execute();
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
index 19814e3d0..a8080ec6e 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Path.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.PathTokenizer;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.Stack;
@@ -111,7 +112,16 @@ public class Path extends DataType implements Cloneable {
         private String[] parts;
 
         public void setLocation(File loc) {
-            parts = new String[] {translateFile(loc.getAbsolutePath())};
+            try {
+                parts = new String[] {translateFile(loc.getCanonicalPath())};
+            } catch(IOException e) {
+                // XXX I'd like to log something here but if I don't
+                //     have a Project I can't
+                if (project != null) {
+                    project.log(e.getMessage(), Project.MSG_WARN);
+                }
+                parts = new String[] {translateFile(loc.getAbsolutePath())};
+            }
         }
 
         public void setPath(String path) {
@@ -294,9 +304,15 @@ public class Path extends DataType implements Cloneable {
                 String[] s = ds.getIncludedFiles();
                 File dir = fs.getDir(project);
                 for (int j=0; j<s.length; j++) {
-                    addUnlessPresent(result, 
-                                     translateFile((new File(dir, s[j])).getAbsolutePath()));
-                }
+                    String canonicalPath;
+                    File f = new File(dir, s[j]);
+                    try {
+                        canonicalPath = f.getCanonicalPath();
+                    } catch(IOException e) {
+                        canonicalPath = f.getAbsolutePath();
+                    }
+                    addUnlessPresent(result, translateFile(canonicalPath));
+                } 
             }
         }
         String[] res = new String[result.size()];
@@ -430,7 +446,13 @@ public class Path extends DataType implements Cloneable {
      */
     private static String resolveFile(Project project, String relativeName) {
         if (project != null) {
-            return project.resolveFile(relativeName).getAbsolutePath();
+            File f = project.resolveFile(relativeName);
+            try {
+                return f.getCanonicalPath();
+            } catch(IOException e) {
+                project.log(e.getMessage(), Project.MSG_WARN);
+                return f.getAbsolutePath();
+            }
         }
         return relativeName;
     }