On Thu, 05 Jul 2001, dave young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <task name="grind">
You mean <target>, no?
> <available file="archive-format-alpha.tar.gz"
> property="alpha.present"/>
> <available file="archive-format-beta..tar.gz"
> property="beta.present"/>
> <antcall target="setup_alpha_if_present"/>
> <antcall target="setup_beta_if_present"/>
> <echo message="version is ${version}"/>
> </task>
>
> <task name="setup_alpha_if_present" if="alpha.present">
> <property name="version" value="alpha"/>
> <echo "in setup_alpha version=${version}"/>
> </task>
>
> ant i enter the command; ant grind
> i would expect to see;
> in setup_alpha version=alpha
> version=alpha
>
> but instead i see;
> in setup_alpha_version=alpha
> version=${version}
If you use <antcall> or <ant>, you run a completely separate build
process that is a child of your "normal" build process. This child
inherits properties but has no (easy and clean) ways to pass
properties back up.
In your case, you probably don't want to use antcall at all, but the
depends attribute of target.
Stefan
