Hi, >> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=693071&view=rev >> Log: >> delete broken symbolic links. PR 41285 > > Note there is a certain kind of not-being-BWC in this change. Prior > to the patch if you said > > <delete file="foo"/> > > and foo happened to be a symbolic link pointing nowhere, Ant would > not delete anything (and just note that there was no such file in > verbose mode). > > <delete dir="foo"/> would even silently ignore it.
This is wrong it should at least report something. > > Now, not only will <delete> try to delete the link it may also fail > the delete task if File.delete() returns false on the link. I think the change should be documented as it is different from past behaviour - even if in the past it was buggy behaviour Kev --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
