--- Markus Holmberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why are properties not allowed to be overridden?

To allow for command-line overrides. The way properties work will most
likely change with Ant2.
 
> (This breaks the functionality of including a local properties file
> which contains local customizations to default values)
> 
>  [property] Override ignored for build.compiler

If you use the <ant> task, you can redefine properties using the nested
<property> tag (use the "file" attribute to read in your local properties
file). See the Ant task description in the Ant User's Manual for more
info.

Diane

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