dojo looking for build.js in wrong path - dojo

Question

I am trying to run my dojo project on a local Tomcat (7.0) server using Eclipse Juno 64bit as a dev environment.
I ran into a problem yesterday concerning how dojo assumes where files are stored within the source tree.
Below is a firebug log showing the issue:
304 Not Modified 23ms dojo.js (Line 295)
GET http://localhost:8080/src/dojo-18/dojo/parser.js
304 Not Modified 46ms dojo.js (Line 295)
GET http://localhost:8080/src/dojo-18/dojo/util.js
404 Not Found 24ms dojo.js (Line 295)
"NetworkError: 404 Not Found - http://localhost:8080/src/dojo-18/dojo/util.js"
The first 2 paths (and a lot before them) are loaded correctly, now the third path is incorrect, there is no util.js in the base dojo folder, I dont know why dojo would look there.
In order to solve the issue I tried describing the path better using the baseUrl property
<script>
dojoConfig = {
isDebug: true,
parseOnLoad: false,
baseUrl: './src/dojo-18/',
};
</script>
the dojo.js is referenced like this:
<script src="./src/dojo-18/dojo/dojo.js"></script>

Answer 1

Dojo does not look for util.js by itself, if it's doing that, you have imported a module called util by yourself, for example:
require([ "dojo/util" ], function(util) {
// This will not work because the util module does not exist
});
If you want to reference a self defined module, you have to configure the package first using dojoConfig:
<script>
dojoConfig = {
isDebug: true,
parseOnLoad: false,
baseUrl: './src/dojo-18/',
packages: [{
name: 'custom',
location: '/path/to/custom'
}]
};
</script>
Then you can reference a module in that package by using:
require([ "custom/util" ], function(util) {
// This will load the custom util module
});
In this case, the Dojo AMD loader will look for util.js inside the /path/to/custom folder, so it would become:
/path/to/custom/util.js