On 2010-02-18, Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> wrote: > This problem happens in src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/property/ > ResolvePropertyMap.java . Peter, you extracted this class some two > years ago, but at the point in the code at which the offense takes > place, there is the comment:
> // Note: the master overrides (even if the name is subsequently > // prefixed) If you trace it back to the older code you'll see it corresponds to a check whether the property is defined outside of the map as well - and if it is use the outside value - to enforce property immutability. To account for the bug report it may be a good idea to ignore existing properties only if we are importing with a prefix. This does require adding a new overload with a prefix argument, but it's the only way we can re-gain the old behavior for property files AFAICS. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
