No. init used to be a 'magic' target I heard, but it was changed, and the mindset is pretty much against magic targets... but don't worry, you'll soon be able to put any task in the top-level (directly under <project> instead of inside a <target>), so you'll have the same effect in a more natural way. In the mean time, you can do:
<target name="init"/> <target name="t1" depends="init"/> <target name="t2" depends="t1"/> <target name="t3" depends="t1"/> <target name="t4" depends="init"/> <target name="t5" depends="t1,t3"/> and depend on the fact t1 depends on init, so any target depending on init doesn't need to reference init directly. --DD -----Original Message----- From: Jochen Wiedmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 2:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: init target Hi, when working with custom tasks, but also in general, I frequently find myself doing things like this: <target name="init"/> <target name="t1" depends="init"/> <target name="t2" depends="init,t1"/> <target name="t3" depends="init,t1"/> <target name="t4" depends="init"/> <target name="t5" depends="init,t1,t3"/> ... Is it possible to simplify this? A "magic" target? More important, can I force other users to depend on the "init" target? Regards, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>