[Nant-users] Property Override Doesn't seem to work

[Larry Chase]

I have individual build files that are connected together via a master.build file and when I pass properties in to override the local properties from the master.build, the values are not overriding.  Using the attached sample, I expect a "nant -buildfile:test.build" to echo "c:\projects", however when I use "nant -buildfile:master.build" I expect a "d:\projects" from the echo, but I still recieve a "c:\projects"... am I missing something???

 

test.build:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="nant" default="build" xmlns="http://tempuri.org/nant-0.84.xsd">
 <property name="projects.base" value="c:\projects" />           <!-- project folder root -->
 
 <!-- builds the application -->
 <target name="build">
  <echo message="projects.base=${projects.base}" />
 </target>
</project>

 

master.build:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="nant" default="build" xmlns="http://tempuri.org/nant-0.84.xsd">
 <!-- Global properties of the build, passed to each file overriding their values. -->
 <property name="projects.base" value="d:\projects" /> <!-- project folder root -->
 
 <target name="build">
  <nant buildfile="test.build" target="build">
   <properties>
    <property name="projects.base" value="${projects.base}" />
   </properties>
  </nant>
 </target>
</project>

 

Lawrence Chase                                             

Senior Product Engineer, MCP

Exametric, Inc.

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