--- Anupama Ramesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm a new user.If you're using build.xml and defining subprojects this
> may be important.I was wondering if any of you have seen the problem.Ant
> won't let a subproject redefine path id aliases. So, if someone defines
> a path id for your classpath like:
>
> <path id="class.path">
> <pathelement path="${classpath}"/>
> <pathelement location="${jboss.dist}/lib/ext/jboss-j2ee.jar"/>
> <pathelement location="${tomcat.dist}/lib/servlet.jar"/>
> </path>
>
> And you try to redefine class.path in a subproject's build.xml the
> redefinition won't take.
I'm not sure what you mean by "won't take". I don't have a problem
redefining a <path> id in a sub-buildfile.
Could you try assigning the path to a property so you can <echo> it out,
then sending that along so we can see what it's doing for you?
For example:
$ cat build.xml
<project default="main">
<path id="a_path">
<pathelement path="${java.library.path}"/>
</path>
<property name="path" refid="a_path"/>
<target name="main">
<echo message="path = ${path}"/>
<ant dir="sub"/>
</target>
</project>
$ cat sub/build.xml
<project default="subtarget">
<path id="a_path">
<pathelement path="${java.class.path}"/>
</path>
<property name="newpath" refid="a_path"/>
<target name="subtarget">
<echo message="newpath = ${newpath}"/>
</target>
</project>
$ ant
Buildfile: build.xml
main:
[echo] path = /usr/local/java/jdk13/bin:/home/work/ant...(etc.)
subtarget:
[echo] newpath =
/usr/ant/lib/optional.jar:/usr/ant/lib/jaxp.jar...(etc.)
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 0 seconds
Diane
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