Rod, What version of NAnt are you using ?
This is working just fine here. Let me know if its working for you using a recent nightly build (http://nant.sourceforge.net/nightly/latest). Gert > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Ayers > Sent: woensdag 16 november 2005 7:59 > To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nant-users] Problem with readonly attribute on property > > I have a "top-level" build file in which I initialize several > properties. It then calls a task in another build file <nant > .../> that reads a properties file, updating properties > previously initialized. I want to make sure that properties > updated from the property file don't get overwritten anywhere > in the script, so I tried teh following: > > > <foreach in="${build.file.properties}" > item="Line" > delim="=" > property="property.name,property.value" > > > > <!-- property.name must not be empty --> > <if test="${property.name > ''}"> > > <!-- property.name must not be a comment --> > <if test="${not string::starts-with(property.name, '#')}"> > > <!-- property.value must not be empty --> > <if test="${property::exists('property.value')}"> > > <property name="property.name" > value="${string::trim(property.name)}"/> > <property name="property.value" > value="${string::trim(property.value)}"/> > > <echo message="Adding property = value: > ${property.name} = ${property.value}"/> > <property name="${property.name}" > value="${property.value}" readonly="true" /> > </if> > > </if> > > </if> > > </foreach> > > Everything weorks fine, except the readonly attribute is bein > ignored. I had one property in the property file, > build.number. But, right after the foreach, I was able to > set build.number to a different value with another property > statement, withouth an error or waraning. > > If I set readonly on the original property statement, any > attempt to update the value results in the warning message: > Read-only property "build.number" cannot be overwritten. > > Why doesn't readonly="true" work when I change the value of > an existing property? > > Thanks, > Rod > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list Nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
