> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Williams [mailto:william...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, 6 June 2010 9:00 AM
> To: dev@forrest.apache.org
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r951719 - /forrest/trunk/plugins/build.xml
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Gav... <ga...@16degrees.com.au> wrote:
<snip>
> >
> > So, going back to the original form and altering it slightly:
> >
> > <available file="${plugin.java.dir}/**/*.java"
> property="java_exists"/>
> >
> > seems to work fine, though I haven't seen wildcards in any examples,
> I'm
> > assuming this will work and set the property accordingly.
>
> Thanks Gav, you gonna commit this one or you want me to do it?
>
> --tim
Well, I've done it now.
However it won't have the desired effect David was after.
It will set the property "java_exists" to either true or false, that parts
works, however just by setting the property at all is enough for later
targets to use if="java_exists" to always be true (i.e. the property does
exist, doesn't matter if it's true or not.
Ant 1.8 cures this by checking whether true or false.
There is a workaround I've done before elsewhere, which means setting a
variable
in an extra target and having the other targets depend on the variable.
I won't apply that though, but try and find where I've done that before and
post
it here for review first. David may have been on the right path also as that
at
least will not set the property at all. Will look closer.
Gav...
