Re: init-antlet: Non overrideable dirs

[email protected] wrote:

>>The init antlet has this
>>   <!-- Non overrideable dirs -->
>>    <property name="dist.dir"       value="./dist"/>
>>    <dirname property="build.dir"   file="./build/build.xml"/>
>>    <property name="work.dir"       value="${build.dir}/work"/>
>>    <property name="temp.dir"       value="${work.dir}/temp"/>
>>
>>I think even these properties should be overridable. 
>>Take for example the build.dir
>>On some unix machines the user's home dir is mounted over the network,  
>>this can make for very slow compiles.  Some people will set
>><dirname property="build.dir"   
>>file="/tmp/${user.name}/${project.name}/build/build.xml"/>  
>>because /tmp is usually mounted locally. 
>>
>>    
>>
>Ok. I moved the properties, because my property.xml file contains a property
>that points to "${build.dir}/whatever" and cannot be resolved if property is
>defined after the xmlproperty task.
>
>Any ideas on handling this dependency?
>
>  
>
You will have to define ${build.dir} in the property file.

Chicken and the egg



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