这是我在原始Mule分布上得到的：
$ ./mule
MULE_HOME is set to /home/wena/src/mule-standalone-3.1.2
Running in console (foreground) mode by default, use Ctrl-C to exit...
MULE_HOME is set to /home/wena/src/mule-standalone-3.1.2
Running Mule...
--> Wrapper Started as Console
Launching a JVM...
Starting the Mule Container...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
INFO 2011-07-02 05:00:33,164 [WrapperListener_start_runner] org.mule.module.launcher.MuleContainer:
**********************************************************************
* Mule ESB and Integration Platform *
* Version: 3.1.2 Build: 21975 *
* MuleSoft, Inc. *
* For more information go to http://www.mulesoft.org *
* *
* Server started: 2011/07/02 5:00 AM *
* JDK: 1.6.0_18 (mixed mode) *
* OS: Linux (2.6.39-2-686-pae, i386) *
* Host: debian (127.0.1.1) *
**********************************************************************
INFO 2011-07-02 05:00:33,247 [WrapperListener_start_runner] org.mule.module.launcher.application.DefaultMuleApplication:
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+ New app 'default' +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ERROR 2011-07-02 05:00:33,250 [WrapperListener_start_runner] org.mule.module.launcher.DeploymentService:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Failed to deploy app 'default', see below +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ERROR 2011-07-02 05:00:33,250 [WrapperListener_start_runner] org.mule.module.launcher.DeploymentService: org.mule.module.launcher.DeploymentException: Failed to deploy application [default]
INFO 2011-07-02 05:00:33,254 [WrapperListener_start_runner] org.mule.module.launcher.StartupSummaryDeploymentListener:
**********************************************************************
* - - + APPLICATION + - - * - - + STATUS + - - *
**********************************************************************
* default * FAILED *
**********************************************************************
INFO 2011-07-02 05:00:33,279 [WrapperListener_start_runner] org.mule.module.launcher.DeploymentService:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Mule is up and kicking (every 5000ms) +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
然而，我能够从Eclipse运行Mule。
请注意，导致3.2发布的最新开发快照没有任何此类问题。
Mule失败可能是因为缺少一个空目录(lib/shared/default(。
Hg不会将空目录版本化。
Mercurial(Debian的1.8.3-1+b1在不稳定中(做了一些奇怪的事情：每当我运行hg clean时，即使没有什么要清理的(hg status输出为空(，尝试运行./mule也会失败，并出现所述错误。
解决方案：暂时远离clean命令。