Hi,
I'm using NAnt verison 0.8.0 for an environment where we have multiple
solutions each using a mix of separate and common projects.
I'm using the nant task at the solution level to call nant tasks at the
project level, but I have a problem overwriting the value of properties
which are also set in the project level build files. They need to have
defaults set there so I can call the project level files from the
command line, but they ignore the setting in the calling file despite
inheritall="true". You can get the picture from this sample:
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C:\test>type ?.build
a.build
<project name="a" default="build">
<property name="p" value="a"/>
<target name="build">
<echo message="p: ${p}"/>
<nant buildfile="b.build" target="build" inheritall="true"/>
</target>
</project>
b.build
<project name="b" default="build">
<property name="p" value="b"/>
<target name="build">
<echo message="p: ${p}"/>
</target>
</project>
C:\test>nant -buildfile:a.build
Buildfile: file:///C:/DotNet Products/Admin Console/a.build
build:
[echo] p: a
[nant] b.build build
Buildfile: file:///C:/DotNet Products/Admin Console/b.build
build:
[echo] p: b
BUILD SUCCEEDED
Total time: 0 seconds
BUILD SUCCEEDED
Total time: 0 seconds
C:\test>
---
I've tried using unless="p" in the inner property task (which the Ant
documentation suggests should evaluate whether the property is defined
or not) but that just generates
---
INTERNAL ERROR
System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid
Boolean.
at System.Boolean.Parse(String value)
at System.String.System.IConvertible.ToBoolean(IFormatProvider provider)
at System.Convert.ChangeType(Object value, Type conversionType,
IFormatProvider provider)
at SourceForge.NAnt.Element.InitializeAttributes(XmlNode elementNode)
at SourceForge.NAnt.Element.Initialize(XmlNode elementNode)
at SourceForge.NAnt.Project.InitializeProjectDocument(XmlDocument doc)
at SourceForge.NAnt.Project.Execute()
at SourceForge.NAnt.Project.Run()
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Any suggestions about how to achieve this, or better ways of reusing the
project files?
Thanks -
Francis.
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