--- Juno Suk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Ant task, called from a parent build.xml, will have all its
> properties overridden by the parent.
The <ant> task does allow you to set values for properties -- you just
need to do it explicitly (which admittedly, could get fairly cumbersome if
you have lots of properties you need to set).
> Isn't this counterintuitive? Shouldn't properties
> set within the subproject override its parent's properties?
It's been a topic of discussion for awhile. I think the main stumbling
block has been what to do about command-line defines.
> Is there a quick way to workaround this problem? I'm trying to automate
> build recursion through a hierarchy, but the fact that the parent
> property overrides its children's frustrates me.
The quickest way for now would be to pass the values explicitly in the
<ant> task, since that's already available.
Diane
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