--- EJ Ciramella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right - in an ideal world, sure. > > We're using ant for deployments and the first file > is the MOST specific > file, the secondary one is the more generic file. > > So, in a nutshell, we can't alter the order of the > property files. > > What is interesting though is if all the properties > are in the SAME > file, there's no problem (as all the expansion can > happen at once). Can > I do something with concat? <propertyfileset> or > something? > > If concat could do something like, "first found > takes precedence but in > general add all the properties" that would be > perfect... >
In Ant 1.7.x, if you can "bundle" all your files, you should be able to <loadproperties><concat><!--insert bundle here--></concat></loadproperties> them. HTH, Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 9:48 AM > To: Ant Developers List > Subject: Re: Trying (and failing) to build the > nightly snapshot > > EJ Ciramella wrote: > > I think I misunderstood this particular bug. It > appears to be a > problem > > with $${someprop} versus loading two property > files and the first one > > containing a ${property} that is set in the second > one loaded. > > > > To be explicit, if you have two property files, > a.properties and > > b.properties, in the first one loaded you have a > ${property} that is > set > > in b.properties, ant leaves it as ${}. > > > > a.properties: > > > > foo=bar > > > > coolprop=${foo}:${from.b.properties} > > > > > > > > > > > > b.properties: > > > > from.b.properties=awesome > > > > > > > > > > build.xml: > > > > <project default="go"> > > <target name="go" > > > <property file="a.properties" /> > > <property file="b.properties" /> > > <echo>This is a problem: > ${coolprop}</echo> > > </target> > > </project> > > > > You'll see this: > > > > This is a problem: bar:${from.b.properties} > > That's because property expansion takes place when > the properties files > are loaded. If you want properties from > b.properties, load it before > a.properties > > > > > -- > Steve Loughran > http://www.1060.org/blogxter/publish/5 > Author: Ant in Action http://antbook.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
