A related subject, for posterity reading this thread: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BUILDR/How+to+use+local+.jar+files+for+compilation
On Aug 28, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Antoine Toulme wrote: > I just committed a test (in SVN) to show how to do it. > > The secret words are "project.parent". > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 08:23, Mark Petrovic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a project consisting of a parent and a child. The child needs a jar >> artifact outside its directory space, but within the parent's space. E.g. >> >> parent >> lib/thejar.jar >> child >> src/main/java >> etc. >> >> I have a working child build, referring to the thejar.jar thusly >> >> compile.with >> artifact('thegroup:thearti:jar:beta').from(file("../lib/thejar.jar")) >> ... >> >> but I don't like the ../lib in the path. >> >> I tried things like project("parent")._("lib/thejar.jar") ... but kept >> getting circular dependency errors. >> >> What is the Buildr Way to refer to the thejar.jar that is in a well-known >> location relative to the parent, but not necessarily the child? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Mark Petrovic >> >> >> -- Mark Petrovic
