On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:37, Conor MacNeill wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to build tomcat 4 today and it has some problems finding the > servlet API. > > It defines in the top level build.xml file > > <property name="servletapi.home" value="../jakarta-servletapi-4/dist"/> > > It then calls a build file in catalina > > <ant dir="./catalina" target="all"/> > > Now, in catalina, the property is also defined > > <property name="servletapi.home" > value="../../jakarta-servletapi-4/dist"/> > > Now, obviously, that will not be overridden, and the build fails - at least > for me. I'm not sure if I have missed something, or whether I'm not > building it the right way but it suggested some ideas to me > > 1. inheritAll flag is a good thing
you mean the ability to set it to false ? yes definetly ;) > 2. Perhaps, we should have a mode for the property task to resolve a path > > <property name="servletapi.home" path="../jakarta-servletapi-4/dist"/> sounds like location to me ;) Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*
