Quoting Peter Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> This has been fixed in cvs.
>
> Bugzilla report 31487
> http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31487
>
> Peter
I thought this sounded familiar shortly after I sent my email, but I couldn't
find the bug. Thanks!
BTW, Peter, your last comment in said bug is:
"Fixed in HEAD. (Need to sync to 1.6 branch?)"
Does that mean it isn't fixed in the 1.6 branch? I'm hoping this will be fixed
for the next release.
Jake
>
> Jacob Kjome wrote:
>
> >I noticed an issue with <import>, <property>, and <target> where a property
> >specified in an imported file will not exist in an overridden target of the
> >importing file depending on the position of said target in the imported file
> >relative to the position of said property in the imported file. Maybe an
> >example would be more clear....
> >
> ><project name="imported" basedir=".">
> >
> > <target name="overrideme"/>
> > <property name="targetdir" location="${basedir}/target"/>
> >
> ></project>
> >
> ><project name="importer" basedir=".">
> >
> > <import file="./imported.xml"/>
> >
> > <property name="mydir" location="${targetdir}/mydir"/>
> > <target name="overrideme">
> > <echo>mydir is : ${mydir}</echo>
> > </target>
> >
> ></project>
> >
> >
> >Output:
> >overrideme:
> > [echo] mydir is : C:\dev\${targetdir}\mydir
> >
> >
> >However, if the "overrideme" target, in imported.xml, is moved below the
> >"targetdir" property, the output will be correct....
> >
> >Output:
> >overrideme:
> > [echo] mydir is : C:\dev\target\mydir
> >
> >
> >Is this a known issue? In any case, is it a bug or, somehow, expected
> behavior.
> > If this is expected behavior, it sure makes build files fragile. Why
> should
> >the position of a <target> matter in a build file, imported or not?
> >
> >
> >Jake
> >
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