John D. Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does the Ant task use the same environment as its parent, or does it
> make a copy?
It passes a copy of the parent environment to the child build -
nothing gets transfered back.
> Is it possible to set a flag to save these changes?
Nope.
> If not, would it be feasible to change the Ant taskdef to do this?
Maybe. Propose it and it will be considered when we discuss the
direction for Ant2 on ant-dev (starting anytime now).
> I think I know how to do so, and don't mind volunteering my time to
> get this functionality.
volunteer your time to lobby for it on ant-dev 8-)
Stefan