Tell us more about what you're doing, why you're doing it, what Ant task(s) you're using, etc and perhaps someone can come up with a suggestion.
You may want to take this over to the Maven Users list as it is really a Maven issue, not Continuum, and I believe more people are subscribed to M-U than C-U. Wayne On 8/7/07, brad hadfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christian, thanks for your help. > > This is a situation where an artifact is not workable... this might be too > much to ask but can you give me an idea how I might use metadata to solve my > problem? > > Ultimately I must pass a file location to an Ant task... > > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Gruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: August 7, 2007 12:17 PM > To: continuum-users@maven.apache.org > Subject: Re: getting relative paths maven + continuum > > Yes - I thought it might be this. You can't do that and expect continuum to > understand it. In fact, continuum checked out your child projects into their > own folders that have no relation to the parent. There's literally no way to > know what to set that property to. > > If you have things in the parent that are necessary to the children, then you > need to make sure they are available to the children either through metadata, > or by being included in an artifact (jar) that the children have access to. > > You haven't "configured things incorrectly" - your project design is > problematic, because it makes the assumption that your folder structure is > constant. With maven, you should not make that assumption. With continuum, > you cannot make that assumption. > > Christian. > > > On Aug 7, 2007, at 11:45 AM, brad hadfield wrote: > > > Thanks Emmanuel, > > > > I have a property with a path that looks like ${basedir}/../../../ > > core-parent/trunk/ > > > > If I use the variable ${basedir} by running maven from the command > > line the location looks like: C:\CIProjects\ProjectsMain\ > > > > But when I run the build in Continuum the Maven variable ${basedir} is > > indicated as C:\Continuum\apps\continuum\webapp\WEB-INF\working- > > directory\21 > > > > Obviously I've configured something incorrectly... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Emmanuel Venisse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: August 7, 2007 11:27 AM > > To: continuum-users@maven.apache.org > > Subject: Re: getting relative paths maven + continuum > > > > Continuum doesn't build projects directly. It start maven in the right > > directory then maven do the build and Continuum look at the output and > > the result. > > > > Can you add more details about your problem? > > > > Emmanuel > > > > brad hadfield a écrit : > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am a new maven and continuum user. I'm having problems setting a > >> relative path because when continuum runs maven it interprets > >> variables such as ${base.dir} differently than when I run maven from > >> the project directory. I assume this is because continuum starts > >> maven in a web app working directory. Is there a way to get > >> continuum to start maven in the project directory? > >> > >> Thanks for any help you can offer. > >> > >> Brad > >> > >> > > > > > > > > christian gruber + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + mob 410.900.0796 + mob2 > 416.998.6023 > process coach and architect + ISRÁFÍL CONSULTING SERVICES > > > > >
