Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin Holz wrote: > > Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > >>The new build system has landed on CVS. > > [...] > > >> read BUILD.txt > >> cp blocks.properties local.blocks.properties > >> cp build.properties local.build.properties > >> [modify the local copies as you like, leaving the original intact] > >> build webapp [this will generate the webapp] > > Does overriding boolean properties work? If I set > > > "exclude.webapp.samples=false" > > in local.build.properties a target like <target > > name="prepare-webapp-samples" depends="package-samples" > > unless="exclude.webapp.samples"> won't be executed. "unless" does > > not test, if the variable has the value of "true" or "false". > > > It tests, if the value is defined. At least, that's what the > > documentation for ant 1.5 says. > > > The only way to execute the target is removing the definition from > > local.build.properties > > > and build.properties. The result will be failed build, but that's a other story. > > You don't have to set things to false, you have to uncomment them!
In local.build.properties? This would not help, since they are defined in build.properties, which is read by build.xml immediately after local.build.properties. You would have to uncomment them in build.properties. Martin
