On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Peter Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The available task/type searchs for files in the parent and > grandparent directories (but no higher) as well as the directories > specfied. (when type = "file"). I cannot think of any reason why > this is usefull behavior and think that we should change the > behaviour, so as to NOT search parent and grandparent directories.
I vaguely recall doscussing this with Diane back then, let me see, hmm can't find it in the archives. > I think that this behavior was added by this change: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=270028 Yes. This also means the task has been doing it since Ant 1.5. > In the meantime, I have added an attribute to allow the behavior to > be controlled. +1 But I'm against removing the behavior completely. The usual backwards compatibility argument. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]