conor 2003/12/07 18:23:39
Modified: . Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH WHATSNEW
docs/manual/CoreTasks Tag: ANT_16_BRANCH exec.html java.html
Log:
Document that attempts to read from System.in will receive an EOF rather
than blocking as was the case in Ant 1.5
PR: 25258
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* <csc>'s executable attribute defaults to mcs on non-Windows platforms.
+* Attempts to read input in <java> and <exec> tasks will now receive an EOF
+ rather than blocking. If you run such a process and rely on it blocking, as
+ it would do in Ant 1.5, you may have problem.
+
Fixed bugs:
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* the <java> task checks that the Main method of the class to be executed is
static,
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systems.</p>
<p>Note that you cannot interact with the forked program, the only way
-to send input to it is via the input and inputstring attributes.</p>
+to send input to it is via the input and inputstring attributes. Also note
that
+in Ant 1.6, any attempt to read input in the forked program will receive an
+EOF (-1). This is a change from Ant 1.5, where such an attempt would
block.</p>
<h4>Cygwin Users</h4>
<p>In general the <exec> task will not understand paths such as
/bin/sh for
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JVM.
<p>Note that you cannot interact with a forked VM, the only way to
-send input to it is via the input and inputstring attributes.</p>
+send input to it is via the input and inputstring attributes. Also note that
+in Ant 1.6, any attempt to read input in the forked VM will receive an
+EOF (-1). This is a change from Ant 1.5, where such an attempt would
block.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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