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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30619 References created within a macro have local scope Summary: References created within a macro have local scope Product: Ant Version: 1.6.2 Platform: PC OS/Version: Windows XP Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: Other Component: Core tasks AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a <macrodef/> to easily create fileset- and path-references so that they can be used all over my project in various buildfiles. However, a reference created by/in such a macro, is lost as soon as the buildprocess leaves the context of the calling target: <macrodef name="create-refs"> <attribute name="filelist"/> <attribute name="reference"/> <sequential> <path id="@{reference}.path"> <fileset dir="${lib.dir}" includes="@{filelist}" id="@{reference}.fs"/> </path> <echo level="info" message="Created references '@{reference}.path' and '@{reference}.fs'."/> </sequential> </macrodef> Calling this macro and displaying its contents within the same target is ok: <target name="create-references"> <create-refs filelist="${test.filelist}" reference="test"/> <echorefs refid="test.path"/> </target> yields: create-references: [echo] Created references: 'test.fs' and 'test.path'. [echo] Reference test.fs consists of sample.jar from C:\projects\sample\lib However, trying to display its content from the parent target gives an error (note that 'init' is dependent on 'create-references'): init: create-references: [echo] Created references: 'test.fs' and 'test.path'. [echo] Reference test.fs consists of sample.jar from C:\projects\sample\lib BUILD FAILED C:\projects\sample\dependencies.xml:198: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\projects\sample\dependencies.xml:23: Reference test.fs not found. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]