Greetings, I have come to the conclusion that the problem I was having with antcall is either a bug in ant or a problem with the docs. The documentation for both antcall and ant states:
You can also set properties in the new project from the old project by using nested param tags. These properties are always passed regardless of the setting of inheritAll. This allows you to parameterize your subprojects. I have written a few short build files to demonstrate that this is not always the case. Run the following test: $ ant -buildfile zoo.xml feed.one feed.two feed.three This will display the properties listed in the property file as expected. Now try: $ ant -buildfile zoo.xml feed.one feed.two feed.three feed.two Instead of repeating the line for animal two: [echo] John-Mason is going to feed the tiger his favorite: people you will see a fourth animal mentioned: [echo] John-Mason is going to feed the monkey (default) his favorite: bananas (default) This, I contend, is the bug. Instead of taking the value from the params passed in as previously, on the second antcall from a single target the properties are drawn from the caller's environment. By using inheritAll=false this behavior is illiminated. You will see this by trying: $ ant -buildfile zoo.xml feed.one feed.two feed.three feed.three The third animal line is repeated as expected. While this is a viable workaround, according to the docs when nested param tags are used, the properties are always passed in regardless of the setting of inheritAll. I have also enclosed zoo2.xml and zoo-callable.xml. These domonstrate that the same bug exists when using ant instead of antcall. Use the same args: $ ant -buildfile zoo2.xml feed.one feed.two feed.three feed.two $ ant -buildfile zoo2.xml feed.one feed.two feed.three feed.three If I have missed something here, please send your gentle rebuke. John-Mason Shackelford Software Developer NCS Pearson - Measurement Services 2510 North Dodge St. Iowa City, IA 52245 319-354-9200x6214 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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