> -----Original Message----- > From: David Rosenstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 23 February 2006 2:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: question about dependencies > > Hi All- > Sorry about the double post. The rest of my question is here now. > > I've seen a couple of rumblings in the archives on this, but > I am really confused about the ant documentation versus > actual behavior on target dependencies. The documentation ( > <http://ant.apache.org/manual/using.html#targets> > http://ant.apache.org/manual/using.html#targets) seems to > imply that once a target dependency is executed it will never > be executed again as a dependency. But if i run this script here: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <project name="Test" default="get"> > <target name="init"> > <echo message="init called" /> > </target> > <target name="getAgain" depends="init"> > <echo message="getAgain called" /> > <antcall target="getThird" /> > </target> > <target name="getThird" depends="init"> > <echo message="getThird" /> > </target> > <target name="get" depends="init"> > <antcall target="getAgain" /> > </target> > </project> > > > The output I get is: > > C:\Build>ant\bin\ant > Buildfile: build.xml > > init: > [echo] init called > > get: > > init: > [echo] init called > > getAgain: > [echo] getAgain called > > init: > [echo] init called > > getThird: > [echo] getThird > > BUILD SUCCESSFUL > Total time: 1 second > > > > After reading the documentation it seems that init should > only be called once though. Why is it being called so many times?
The culprit is your <antcall> statements. If you restructured your build such that you don't use antcall the duplication will disappear. /Steve. -------------------------- Stephen McConnell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpml.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
