On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 17:17, David Weintraub<qazw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ant is not a programming language! Ant is not a programming language! Repeat > that. > > Ant build system. And yes, there is a major difference. In a programming > language, you set the exact order you want everything executed in. In a > build system, the build system builds a dependency matrix and then decides > on the order tp execute the various tasks in. > > When you execute Ant, the very first thing it does is look for all the > targets in your build.xml file, and then builds a dependency matrix based > upon each target's "depends" statement. It doesn't even look at the contents > of the target or the "if" and "unless" statements. > > Your issue is that you're treating the "if" and "unless" statements as if it > was part of a programming language. Normally, the "if" and "unless" > statements are used to prevent a target from executing because the > conditions for that target aren't met, and this condition is normally set in > a previous target. I do this type of stuff all the time: > > <target name="mytarget.test"> > <condition property="mytarget.is.setup"> > <blah, blah, blah> > </condition> > </target> > > <target name="mytarget" depends="mytarget.test" > if="mytarget.is.setup"> > <blah, blah, blah/> > </target> > > In the above, I want to execute "mytarget" but I want to make sure > everything is actually setup to execute this target. So, I have a > "mytarget.test" target I depend upon. This sets a property letting me know > if everything is all setup or not. > > I hope this explains why Ant is doing what it is doing and why your > build.xml isn't quite doing what you expect.. It looks like (and what you > did) was add the "nocoverage" if check to the other target. That's one way > to handle this issue. >
OK, this is a clear enough explanation. I'm not really sure about the "programming language vs build system" analogy, though ;) I think I still don't have "the ant way" of doing things even though I've been using it for several years now... Sorry for the waste of time, -- Francis Galiegue ONE2TEAM Ingénieur système Mob : +33 (0) 683 877 875 Tel : +33 (0) 178 945 552 f...@one2team.com 40 avenue Raymond Poincaré 75116 Paris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
