Hi Dan,
>>>>> "DJD" == Daniel John Debrunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DJD> I wonder if it is due to inconsistent use of these ant property files in
DJD> the build.xml files.
DJD>
DJD> <property file="${properties.dir}/sane${sanity}.properties"/>
I had trouble getting the tests to build with debug option set, due to
the above usage, since "sanity" wasn't set anywhere (my ant.properties
set "sane" as per build instructions).
DJD> <property file="${properties.dir}/defaultcompiler.properties"/>
DJD> <property file="${properties.dir}/${build.compiler}.properties"/>
DJD>
DJD>
DJD> Only a few build.xml have the sane${sanity}.properties, some build.xml
DJD> files only have the ${build.compiler}.properties. Should every build.xml
DJD> have all three lines as above?
DJD>
DJD> Does ant allow some include type functionality, so that the same
DJD> information doesn't need to be copied to all build.xml files and instead
DJD> can be in one place that's referenced by all the others?
Yes, as of version 1.6, it does, cf
http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/import.html The semantics are
not obvious, though; the talk at ApacheCon made a point of this: The
contents are imported *at the end of the current .build file*, not
where it is textually located.
Dag
