If you use a branch, then the build file would only need one src directory defined and the configuration of your workspace would determine what version of the source file gets built.
-Rob A > -----Original Message----- > From: Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:54 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: RE: Compiling against a shared code area > > > It sounds like you should be using a branch in version > control, rather than locating different versions of source > files in different directories. > > -Rob Anderson > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: McIntosh, Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:31 PM > > To: 'user@ant.apache.org' > > Subject: Compiling against a shared code area > > > > > > Hello. I'm not quite a newbie user of Ant, but I'm not an > > expert either. > > I'm hoping there's a solution to my problem: > > > > I would like to have Ant compile a set of java files against > > two separate > > source directories, one "local" and one "shared". > > This can easily be done like this: > > > > <javac srcdir = "${local}:${shared}" > > destdir="${dest}"> > > </javac> > > > > except that this solution assumes that the local and shared > > directories do > > not have any overlapping files. > > > > In my situation, there necessarily will be a lot of > overlapping files. > > > > The above method leads to a "duplicate class" error. > > > > Is there a way for me to make Ant take source files from the > > shared area > > unless they exist in the local area, and then take them from > > the local area > > instead? > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
