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Owen O'Malley commented on HADOOP-2147: --------------------------------------- Besides, isn't it easier to just point your build.dir to where you want it to point? I believe you can set up a properties file that will override the default of ${basedir}/build. I think we should close this bug. > 'ant clean' should not remove build directory. > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-2147 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2147 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Raghu Angadi > Priority: Minor > > It would be better if 'ant clean' does not remove build directory. Many > projects do not remove this dir. One advantage of not removing is that, I can > symlink the build to another place (e.g. /mnt/scratch/) and keep the source > code in more reliable place. I will submit a patch if this sounds ok. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.