@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
* Improved recursion detection for lines with multiple matches of same token
on a single line. Bugzilla report 38456.
* Task will now log correctly even if no project is set.
* Task will now log correctly even if no project is set.
Bugzilla report 38458.
* Use alternative names for the command line arguments in javac. Bugzilla
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
volumes can still be specified without an intervening separator.
UNC pathnames on Windows must include a server and share name, i.e.
"\\a\b" to be considered valid absolute paths.
* The <java fork="false"> now as per default installs a security manager
using the default permissions. This is now independent of the
using the default permissions. This is now independent of the
failonerror attribute. Bugzilla report 33361.
* <signjar> now notices when the jar and signedjar are equal, and switches
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
* <signjar> used to ignore a nested fileset when a jar was also provided as an
attribute, printing a warning message; now it signs files in the fileset.
* An improved method of handling timestamp granularity differences between
* An improved method of handling timestamp granularity differences between
client and server was added to the <ftp> task. FTP servers typically
have HH:mm timestamps whereas local filesystems have HH:mm:ss timestamps.
Previously, this required tweaking with the timediffmillis attribute
which also was used to handle timezone differences. Now, there is a new
Previously, this required tweaking with the timediffmillis attribute
which also was used to handle timezone differences. Now, there is a new
timestampgranularity attribute. The default value for get operations is 0
since the user has the more powerful preservelastmodified attribute to work
with. Since this is not available on put operations the default value
since the user has the more powerful preservelastmodified attribute to work
with. Since this is not available on put operations the default value
adds a minute to the server timestamp in order to account for this,
Scripts which previously used timediffmillis to do this compensation may
Scripts which previously used timediffmillis to do this compensation may
need to be rewritten. timediffmillis has now been deprecated.
* On Java1.5+, Ant automatically sets the system property
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
* <fixcrlf> used \r (Mac) line endings on OS X, whose proper line separator
is \n (Unix). Bugzilla report 39585.
* <scp> now optionally supports the sftp protocol, you may need a newer jsch.jar.
Bugzilla Report 39373.
* Ant launcher program prints errors to stderr, and exits with a -1 exit code
value if, for any reason, it cannot actually start Ant proper. This will only
affect programs/scripts that called the launcher and which did not want to
affect programs/scripts that called the launcher and which did not want to
receive an error if ant itself would not start
Fixed bugs:
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
* <rpm> now also correctly searches the first element of the path. Bug report 39345.
* ant.bat now handles classpath set to "". Bug report 38914.
* ant.bat now handles classpath set to "". Bug report 38914.
* <junit> now supports JUnit 4. Bugzilla Report 38811.
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ Fixed bugs:
* Incorrect task name with invalid "javac" task after a "presetdef".
Bugzilla reports 31389 and 29499.
* <manifest> was not printing warnings about invalid manifest elements.
Bugzilla report 32190.
* <replace> got out of memory on large files (part of report 32566).
* <replace> got out of memory on large files (part of report 32566).
<replace> can now handle files as long as there is enough disk space
available.
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ Fixed bugs:
* FileUtils.resolveFile() promised to return absolute files but
did not always do so.
* <ftp> failed to retrieve a file when the path towards the file contained
an element starting with . Bugzilla report 33770.
* "<rmic> always compiles on Java1.5" bugzilla report=33862. Fixed default
stub version to always be "compat", even on Java1.5+.
stub version to always be "compat", even on Java1.5+.
* The .NET compilation tasks failed if filenames given as references
contained spaces. Bugzilla Report 27170.
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
* <xmlvalidate> and <schemavalidate> create a new parser for every file in a
fileset, and so validate multiple files properly. Bugzilla Report 32791.
* <tar> / <untar> now accepts files upto 8GB, <tar> gives an error if larger
* <tar> / <untar> now accepts files upto 8GB, <tar> gives an error if larger
files are to be included. This is the POSIX size limit.
* <junitreport> removed line-breaks from stack-traces. Bugzilla
@@ -248,8 +248,11 @@ Fixed bugs:
* <echoproperties> setPrefix javadoc claimed null or empty prefix would be
ignored; instead an error was thrown. Bugzilla report 39954.
* <get> would fetch files that were up to date, because it used > in a
* <get> would fetch files that were up to date, because it used > in a
remote/local timestamp comparison, not >=. Bugzilla 35607.
* <xslt> passes the current file (name + directory) to the stylesheet/transformation.
xsl-parameter name is configurable. Bugzilla report 21042.
Other changes:
--------------
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ Other changes:
* <echoproperties> now (alphanumerically) sorts the property list
before echoing. Bugzilla report 18976.
* A new base class DispatchTask has been added to facilitate elegant
* A new base class DispatchTask has been added to facilitate elegant
creation of tasks with multiple actions.
* Major revision of <wsdltodotnet>. Supports mono wsdl and the microsoft
@@ -311,7 +314,7 @@ Other changes:
* Added <scriptselector> selector for scripted file selection
* ant -diagnostics lists contents of ${user.home}/.ant/lib , and
checks that the java.io.tmpdir directory exists and is writeable.
checks that the java.io.tmpdir directory exists and is writeable.
* mail task accepts nested header element. Bugzilla report 24713.
@@ -336,7 +339,7 @@ Other changes:
* <sync> has a new nested element <preserveInTarget> that can be used
to protect extra-content in the target directory. Bugzilla Report
21832.
* <signjar> now supports:
-nested filesets at the same time as the jar attribute
-a destDir attribute with the appropriate dependency logic, which
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ Other changes:
Bugzilla Report 34374.
* <os> condition adds "winnt" as a family which can be tested. This is
all windows platforms other than the Win9x line or Windows CE.
all windows platforms other than the Win9x line or Windows CE.
* <exec> (and hence, <apply> and any other derived classes) have an OsFamily
attribute, which can restrict execution to a single OS family.
@@ -367,10 +370,10 @@ Other changes:
* project name is now used for *all* targets so one can write consistent import
build files. Bugzilla report 28444.
* New condition <typefound> that can be used to probe for the declaration
and implementation of a task, type, preset, macro, scriptdef, whatever.
* New condition <typefound> that can be used to probe for the declaration
and implementation of a task, type, preset, macro, scriptdef, whatever.
As it tests for the implementation, it can be used to check for optional
tasks being available.
tasks being available.
* check for 1.5.* Ant main class. (weblogic.jar in classpath reports)
@@ -402,7 +405,7 @@ Other changes:
* New logger, TimestampedLogger, that prints the wall time that a build
finished/failed. Use with
-logger org.apache.tools.ant.listener.TimestampedLogger
* <junitreport> now generates pages alltests-errors.html and
alltests-fails.html, that list only the errors and failures, respectively.
Bugzilla Report: 36226
@@ -469,11 +472,11 @@ Other changes:
* <javacc> has a jdkversion attribute to pass the desired JDK version down to javacc.
Bugzilla report 38715.
* <cvs> prints passfile info at -verbose level instead of -info. Bugzilla
* <cvs> prints passfile info at -verbose level instead of -info. Bugzilla
report 35268
* When <javac> can't find the compiler class, it prints out java.home for
* When <javac> can't find the compiler class, it prints out java.home for
immediate diagnostics
* Ant launcher now supports a -main attribute so that you can specify an extension
@@ -503,12 +506,12 @@ Changes from Ant 1.6.3 to Ant 1.6.4
Changes that could break older environments:
--------------------------------------------
* <ftp> task has had a number of changes. Uptodate calculation previously
did not call a file uptodate if the source timestamp and the destination
* <ftp> task has had a number of changes. Uptodate calculation previously
did not call a file uptodate if the source timestamp and the destination
timestamp were equal. Bugzilla report 34941. Any script that attempted
to compensate for this by using the timediffmillis attribute might need
to be tweaked.
to be tweaked.
Fixed bugs:
-----------
@@ -535,7 +538,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
Other changes:
--------------
* AntXMLContext.setCurrentTargets() is now public. Bugzilla report 34680.
* AntXMLContext.setCurrentTargets() is now public. Bugzilla report 34680.
Changes from Ant 1.6.2 to Ant 1.6.3
===================================
@@ -680,7 +683,7 @@ Other changes:
* Ant generated jar files should now be detected as jar files by
Solaris. Bugzilla Report 32649.
* <rexec> with a single command should now work with unusal login
dialogs without special read/write pairs. Bugzilla Report 26632.
@@ -702,8 +705,8 @@ Other changes:
- beginner: introduction into Ant
- task developers: using path, fileset etc
* a number of new attributes that allow the user to handle non-standard
server listing formats and time zone differences have been added in
* a number of new attributes that allow the user to handle non-standard
server listing formats and time zone differences have been added in
the <ftp> task.
@@ -727,7 +730,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
when Ant core loader != Java application loader and
Path.systemClassPath taken from ${java.class.path} Bugzilla 30161.
* MacroInstance did not clean up nested elements correctly in the execute
* MacroInstance did not clean up nested elements correctly in the execute
method, causing multiple use of the same macro instance with nested
elements to fail.
@@ -906,7 +909,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
Bugzilla Report 25982.
* Throw build exception if target repeated in build file, but allow targets
to be repeated in imported files.
to be repeated in imported files.
* <apply> didn't compare timestamps of source and targetfiles when
using a nested <filelist>. Bugzilla Report 26985.
@@ -1116,7 +1119,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
* Remove a recursive template call in the junit xsls that could trigger a stack
overflow. It now uses Xalan extensions to call a Java class directly.
Bugzilla Report 19301
* Fix spurious infinite loop detection for filters (introduced in ant 1.6.0).
Bugzilla Report 23154.
@@ -1172,7 +1175,7 @@ Other changes:
Bugzilla Report 26253.
* added nested text support to <macrodef>
* added initial support for Java 1.5. Java 1.5 is now correctly
detected by Ant and treated just like Java 1.4. You can now specify
source="1.5" in the <javac> task.
@@ -3424,4 +3427,4 @@ Fixed bugs:
* The packagelistloc attribute of <javadoc>'s <link> child will be
resolved as a file (i.e. it is either absolute or relative to
basedir).
basedir).
Jan Materne