Only if you are using a "bootstrap" build.xml which then executes the real build via the <exec> task.
JEC -- Jeffrey E. Care ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) WebSphere Build SWAT Team Lead WebSphere Build Tooling Lead (Project Mantis) https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/mantis Mark Lybarger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/19/2005 02:39:44 PM: > is it possible to set the ANT_OPTS inside the build.xml? or a property file > perhaps?.. > > On 7/19/05, Mark Lybarger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > that works nicely, thanks a bundle. > > > > On 7/19/05, Jeffrey E Care <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > -D options given to the ant script are treated as Ant property > > > declarations, not JVM properties. You should be able to use the ANT_OPTS > > > environment variable to pass options to the VM. > > > > > > -- > > > Jeffrey E. Care ( [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > WebSphere Build SWAT Team Lead > > > WebSphere Build Tooling Lead (Project Mantis) > > > https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/mantis > > > > > > > > > Mark Lybarger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/19/2005 12:43:04 PM: > > > > > > > i've got an ant build script. our "default" jdk is IBM jdk 1.4.2. our > > > web > > > > app requires a specific version of xalan.jar to build. we can build > > > just > > > > > > > fine on intel box by specifying sun's jvm. when deploying to jboss we > > > use > > > > the endorsed.dirs to use our xalan.jar, and can run ok under IBM's > > > jvm. > > > i > > > > need (someone on the team wants) to be able to build on the power5 > > > machine > > > > which only includes IBM's jvm. i've tried to run ant like: > > > > > > > > ant -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/home/me/tmp/ > > > > > > > > where the tmp folder includes the needed xalan.jar. this doesn't seem > > > to > > > > > > > work to get me to compile the application. if anyone has suggestions > > > on > > > how > > > > i can specify the java.endorsed.dirs to run this build, i'd be most > > > > appreciated. > > > > > > > > ~mark > > > > > > > >