>>>But I still don't understand why, because A declares both B and C ...
try to run it in debug mode: ant -d your_target_name it may give you some clue. Aleksey > Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:37:22 +0100 > Subject: Re: Multi-module dependency configuration > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hmmm, so it appears that when module A (the webapp) declares module B > (jar) as a dependency then then j2ee.jar (B's dependency) is not > included. However when I also declare module C (another jar, which is > also dependent on both module B and the j2ee.jar) as a dependency of A > then the j2ee.jar starts to get included in A (presumably as a > transitive depdency, somehow?). But I still don't understand why, > because A declares both B and C dependencies with > conf="war->jar;compile->compile" and the j2ee.jar is always listed in > every ivy.xml with conf="compile->default", which I thought would mean > it shouldn't be included when using the "war" configuration? > > Sorry if i'm not making much sense. I've been looking at this for too long! > > Cheers, > > Gareth > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Gareth Western<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > So now the webapp compiles, however the "compile-time-only" jar is > > still being brought into the webapp's WEB-INF/lib folder somehow. If I > > use Ivy to generate a dependency report, it says that the jar is > > required by 3 of the other modules, however in the ivy file for each > > of those modules the j2ee.jar is specified with > > conf="compile->default": > > <dependency org="j2ee" name="j2ee" rev="1.3.1" conf="compile->default"/> > > so I don't see how it could be being involved in the "war" > > configuration from the webapp module. > > > > I'm not sure how to explain the whole scenario without attaching all > > the files involved (there are 5 modules in total, each with a > > build.xml and ivy.xml). Does anyone have any tips for how to track > > down exactly what's happening? > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Photos: it's easy to store and manage your photos online. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/Photos?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_PH_store_manage_072009
