Thanks Matt. Ant 1.6.2 shows the <fail> output. This is good enough for me.
-Rob A > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 12:11 PM > To: Ant Developers List > Subject: Re: ant -projecthelp not working under certain conditions... > > > Rob: Are you using Ant 1.6.2? In that version the > <fail> output should show up. > > -Matt > > --- "Anderson, Rob (Global Trade)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have an issue with the use of ant -projecthelp. I > > have a build file that will load properties from a > > file based on the value of a property passed in on > > the command line. Here is a little build file to > > illustrate my point... > > > > <project name="LPO Automation" basedir="." > > default="build"> > > <property file="${env}.properties"/> > > > > <fail unless="env"> > > Please specify the environment on the command > > line... > > ant -Denv=environment target</fail> > > > > <target name="build"/> > > <target name="target_a"/> > > <target name="target_b"/> > > <target name="target_c"/> > > </project> > > > > Now with the build file above running 'ant -p' shows > > no output. In order to see the available targets I > > must run 'ant -Denv=something -p'. I would prefer > > that 'ant -p' work as without having to add the > > -Denv=something option. If that is not possible, it > > would be great if the fail task reported the failure > > so the user is not wondering why there is no output > > from 'ant -p'. I would like to open a change request > > for this issue, but I would like to get some > > consensus from the developers on the best way to > > address this issue. The two options I have come up > > with are: > > > > a) Make 'ant -p' work under these conditions > > (preferred) > > b) Make it so the fail task reports the failure > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Robert Anderson Sr. System Engineer Nike - Global > > Trade IT (503) 532-6803 d > > > > "Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best > > friend; inside of dog, it's too dark to read." > > -Groucho Marx > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
