I haven't looked at this issue in a while, so perhaps things have changed,
but another possibility is: If this target is being called via an <ant>
task from another build file, then the value of ${buildstamp} doesn't
'propagate up'. Same goes when calling the target from <antcall> within
the current build file. Specifically:
- When you <ant> or <antcall> a target, then the 'child' target
receives all the values of properties set in the 'parent' target
(unless you explicitly set 'inheritAll' to 'false'), but
- When the 'child' target has completed and control returns to the
'parent' target, the 'parent' DOES NOT receive the values
of any properties which were newly set in the 'child'.
--dave
"Maurer, Justin"
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Subject: Difficulty with "unless"
attribute
06/12/2003 10:40
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Greetings,
Much FAQ-reading and Google searching has led me here. I'm
having some difficulty with the "unless" attribute of the <target> task. I
have a target, currently named init, with the sole purpose of setting a
property to be used as a buildstamp. Presently, it looks like this:
<target name="init" unless="buildstamp>
<tstamp>
<format property="buildstamp"
pattern="yyyyMMdd-HHmm"/>
</tstamp>
<property name="buildstamp" value="blah"/>
</target>
(the <property name...> doesn't affect the results - i put it in just to be
sure the property was being set...). I can refer to ${buildstamp} later in
the file, once this target has been executed, but this target _keeps_
getting run, and buildstamp keeps getting changed (the lowest-level module
we have depends on init, other resources depend on this module..).
Thanks for any assistance, my sincerest apologies if I've asked a silly
question (I checked the FAQs!)!
Justin Maurer
Software Configuration Engineer
Defywire, Inc.
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