The "if" attribute definitely seems to be malfunctioning. Here is my test build:
<project name="Test" default="test"> <target name="dependency"> <echo message="This is a dependency. You shouldn't see me on Linux." /> </target> <target name="test" depends="dependency" if="${platform::is-win32()}"> <echo message="Is Win32: ${platform::is-win32()}" /> </target> </project>
The results of running this on Gentoo:
$nant test.build
<...snipped irrelevant messages...>
Target(s) specified: test
dependency:
[echo] This is a dependency. You shouldn't see me on Linux.
BUILD SUCCEEDED
Total time: 0.1 seconds.
This isn't a malfunction, at least if the behaviour is expected to be the same as Ant... Basically, the dependencies of a target are always run before testing the target's condition, because the dependencies may set up the condition.
This is a legacy of Ant not having expressions or an if statement, so the only way to conditionally perform tasks was via this depends/if mechanism:
<target name="foo" depends="foo-test" if="${foo-exists}">
<do-foo />
</target>
<target name="foo-test">
<available file="foo.txt" property="foo-exists" />
</target>
-T
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