Thanks for the info Peter. Keith
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2008 13:17 To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: <ant> task, inheritAll=false and ant.version property This is a bug in ant 1.7.0, it has been fixed and will be in the soon to be released 1.7.1. https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42263 Peter On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Keith Hatton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems that something has changed between Ant 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 in the > way the ant.version property is handled when another build file is > invoked using the <ant> task. > > Given the following files: > main-build.xml: > <project name="test-case-main-build" default="main-build"> > <target name="main-build"> > <echo>Ant version is ${ant.version}</echo> > <ant antfile="sub-build.xml" inheritAll="false"/> > </target> > </project> > > sub-build.xml: > <project name="test-case-sub-build" default="sub-build"> > <target name="sub-build"> > <echo>Ant version is ${ant.version}</echo> > </target> > </project> > > I get the following results: > Ant 1.6.2: > C:\...>ant -f main-build.xml > Buildfile: main-build.xml > > main-build: > [echo] Ant version is Apache Ant version 1.6.2 compiled on July > 16 2004 > > sub-build: > [echo] Ant version is Apache Ant version 1.6.2 compiled on July > 16 2004 > > But with Ant 1.7.0: > C:\...>ant -f main-build.xml > Buildfile: main-build.xml > > main-build: > [echo] Ant version is Apache Ant version 1.7.0 compiled on > December 13 2006 > > > sub-build: > [echo] Ant version is ${ant.version} > > > Is this an Ant bug? It seems reasonable that ant.version should not > be inherited, but I would have expected the new Ant "environment" to > detect its own version and set the property (and maybe other ant.* > properties too), and clearly it did that before. > > Thanks, > Keith > > > Axiom Systems Limited is a limited company registered in England and > Wales. Registered number: 2358771. Registered office: One Forbury > Square, The Forbury, Reading, Berks RG1 3EB > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
