2018-06-04 8:26 GMT+02:00 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org>: > What happens when I do something like this > > <fileset dir="..." followsymlinks="false"> > <ownedby owner="me" followsymlinks="true"/> > </fileset> > > I believe - but haven't tested it - that for symlinks <ownedby> is never > going to be invoked at all as DirectoryScanner will skip the symlink so > the attribute's value on ownedby is irrelevant. If I'm correct we should > probably document it somewhere. > > Of course the same is true for the existing <symlink> selector, so this > is a more general task.
I'll try to create a test case and cover as many combinations as possible, including selector containers. My expectation is that followsymlinks="false" only makes sense for a selector when followsymlinks="false" for the fileset. I also expect that <symlink> only works in that case. If my expectation turns out to be correct, I will document that as a general footnote for all selectors that may or may not deal with symlinks depending on what DirectoryScanner finds in the first place. It would be of interest to glean the value of followsymlinks of the fileset and issue a warning when a selector is rendered less useful. Gintas
