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List:       alexandria-dev
Subject:    Re: Precedence of <work> over <depend>
From:       Stefan Bodewig <bodewig () apache ! org>
Date:       2002-06-27 15:24:53
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Sam Ruby <rubys@apache.org> wrote:

> The general assumption is that work directories are initially empty
> and populated during the course of this build.

So there is no need to put them at the front of the CLASSPATH.

> The way to reference pre-existing jars is to define them as a
> project and depend on it

I know.

>  > What would I break if I reversed the order?  I could and will
>  > try, but maybe I'm missing something.
> 
> I'm not sure.

I've run a complete jakarta Gump build (my personal Ant 1.5_BRANCH
testbed) with a patched build.xsl that puts the jars from <depend> in
front of the <work> entries.  Everything worked as well/bad as before.

I'll follow this for some more days and eventually commit the patch.

Stefan

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