I think you can use Override to force the transitive dependency to the higher version.
http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/2.0.0/ivyfile/override.html ~Sent from my mobile device. Please pardon any oddities :-) On Jul 27, 2011, at 4:18 AM, David Sills <dsi...@datasourceinc.com> wrote: > All: > > I have a project that has a dependency on slf4j. I'm generally using > 1.6.1 (with my own patch to fix a bug), but one of my dependencies has a > transitive dependency on 1.5.6. I cannot figure out how to get rid of > this JAR file in the ivyIDE container. I am trying this: > > <exclude org="org.slf4j" module="com.springsource.slf4j.api" > artifact="com.springsource.slf4j.api-1.5.6.jar" matcher="exact"/> > > The org and module correspond exactly to how the offending JAR file is > stored in my repository. I know I have to be missing something, but I > simply can't see it. Does anyone? > > I have tried: > > <exclude org="org.slf4j" module="com.springsource.slf4j.api"/> > > But of course that removes all versions of the JAR file, even the one I > want to keep. Can someone explain why there is not a "rev" attribute in > the exclude element? It would seem logical - don't take this revision of > the library. > > Thanks! > > David Sills >
