Have you tried setting the ANT_ARGS to "-lib /yourcompany/ant/ext" ?
Jan > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Erskine, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 5. Januar 2005 05:50 > An: Ant Users List > Betreff: RE: Ant should have an ext directory > > I do not think that we are saying to use Maven. I am asking > for a way to > support different versions of third party jars from the same > instance of > ant. Maven is being used as an example of one way to do it. > I do not need > the auto-download functionality of Maven or the automatic > repository. I > would like to see a way to define in the build file, the list > of dependent > jars with versions or a relative path to the a needed jar > file so I do not > have to update the functionality of 30 projects at one time > to support the > update of a single support jar. > > Chris Erskine > > EDS Consulting Services > F5-EDS-001 > 2424 Garden of the Gods Rd > Colorado Springs, CO 80919 > > Phone: 719-265-5962 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:16 AM > > To: 'Ant Users List' > > Subject: RE: Ant should have an ext directory > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 04 January 2005 23:26 > > > To: Ant Users List > > > Subject: Re: Ant should have an ext directory > > > > > > "Robert r. Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Yeah, but I don't think this is what the question was about. > > > > > > I understood that. > > > > > > > It would be nice to have a place to put the (global) ant > > extensions > > > > you are using to keep them separate from the main/default ant > > > > libraries to help with file management, etc... The best I can > > think > > > > of: Create an ext directory in a central location, then use a > > build > > > > process to merge it with a base ANT install; then > copy the results > > > > out to everyone in your department. Not as nice as if ANT > > supported > > > > this directly, but it might help. > > > > > > This is seemingly what Maven offers, was my point. I > guess one could > > > say ant should offer it, but the impetus of the Maven > project is ant. > > > Maven (from what I've read and talked to others about) > offers a way to > > > have a server host all of a project's libraries, with different > > > versions, and then an xml file describes what libraries > they want. No > > > sticking the libs in source control for checkout, no > shared folders of > > > libraries without control over their sources. No worrys of which > > > versions you might have. Instead, describe your needs in > an xml file > > > ant let Maven take care of putting them where they should be. > > > > However - the maven support for ant is not so up-to-date. > From what I > > understand Maven does not support the 1.6 series. > > > > Stephen. > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] >
