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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31487 execution of top level tasks in imported files get delayed by targets Summary: execution of top level tasks in imported files get delayed by targets Product: Ant Version: 1.7Alpha (nightly) Platform: Other OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: Other Component: Core AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've stripped down the problem mentioned in <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-user&m=109655281326491&w=2>. Suppose we have outer.xml ========= <project name="outer"> <import file="inner.xml"/> <property name="foo" value="${bar}"/> <echo>foo is ${foo}</echo> </project> inner.xml ========= <project name="inner"> <target name="baz"/> <property name="bar" value="bar is set"/> <echo>bar is ${bar}</echo> </project> This results in [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ ant -f outer.xml Buildfile: outer.xml [echo] foo is ${bar} [echo] bar is bar is set BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 1 second Now remove the target from inner.xml [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ ant -f outer.xml Buildfile: outer.xml [echo] bar is set [echo] foo is bar is set BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 1 second So if the imported file contains targets, its top level task get delayed until the ones of the importing file are done. If it doesn't, they get executed immediately. This is clearly wrong, both should behave the same way. One can argue which way is the correct one, my vote would be for "execute immediately" since it seems more intuitive. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
