You can set the property in the top level project' maven.xml so it's inherited by the subprojects
<j:set var="maven.repo.remote">http://www.ibiblio.org/maven,http://oness.sourceforg e.net/maven</j:set> Carlos Sanchez A Coru�a, Spain Oness Project http://oness.sourceforge.net > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Amato Massimiliano (TLAB) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: jueves, 29 de abril de 2004 16:58 > Para: Maven Users List > Asunto: RE: Properties inheritance > > I did what you suggested and to solve the remote repository > problem I had to update the default remote.repo from ibibilio > to mine, inside the maven.jar file > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roland Huss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Properties inheritance > > > Hi, > > as it seems, properties inheritance for multiprojects is not > yet available in RC2. I.e. if you define a property in your > toplevel's project.properties (or build.properties), you > won't get it if you call maven from within a subproject's directory. > > I browsed the mailing list archives and found some comments in > mid-2003 that property inheritance will be implemented. Is it > already implemented, maybe in the main CVS trunk ? > > Otherwise I'm looking for a workaround. I tried to include > the parent's properties with <util:properties > file="../project.properties"> in maven.xml. > > However, this won't evaluate the properties' values as > expression (they are copied literally). Furthermore, you > can't set your 'maven.home.local' or 'maven.repo.remote' > quick enough since dependency resolving and plugin > registration is performed before maven.xml is executed. > > Any ideas ? > > thanx ..... > -- > ...roland huss > consol.de > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
