[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1775?page=comments#action_72547 ] James Olsen commented on MNG-1775: ----------------------------------
Forgot to mention that in every case the result of 'mvn help:effective-pom' always returns a result with all the properties successfully expanded. > No property expansion in profile activation > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-1775 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1775 > Project: Maven 2 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Inheritence and Interpolation > Affects Versions: 2.0, 2.0.1 > Environment: Linux > Reporter: Eric Andresen > Fix For: 2.0.5 > > > I have a profile specified in the pom.xml of a project. It is inteded to be > activated based on the presence or absence of a file, using the <file> > profile activator. > The profiles are simple: > <profile> > <id>metis</id> > <activation> > <file><missing>${basedir}/../build.properties</missing></file> > </activation> > <build> > > <filters><filter>${basedir}/../build.properties.metis</filter></filters> > </build> > </profile> > <profile> > <id>dev</id> > <activation> > <file><exists>${basedir}/../build.properties</exists></file> > </activation> > <build> > > <filters><filter>${basedir}/../build.properties</filter></filters> > </build> > </profile> > The problem comes in with ${basedir} -- it isn't being expanded for purposes > of evaluating the file. It's trying to look for a file named > "${basedir}/../build.properties", rather than > "/home/joe/projectX/projY/../build.properties"; as a result, the "missing" > directive is always true, and the dev profile is never activated. When the > filter path is evaluated, the ${basedir} property *is* evaluated, however. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
