@@ -44,15 +44,18 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
'description' attribute, unless the -verbose or -debug flag is included
on the Ant command line.
* Ant's testcases now require JUnit 3.7 or above, as they now use the new
assertTrue method instead of assert.
Fixed bugs:
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* Fixed bug where <move> ignored <filterset>s.
* Ant works properly with the combination of Java1.4/WindowsXP
* Ant works properly with the combination of Java1.4/WindowsXP.
* Fixed bug where <java> used to sometimes invoke class constructors twice.
* Fixed bug with 4NT shell support
* Fixed bug with 4NT shell support.
* Fixed bug where ant would not perform ftp without remotedir being
specified even though this was not mandatory.
@@ -95,8 +98,26 @@ Other changes:
* <copy>, <loadfile>, <loadproperties>, <move> support FilterChains
of FilterReaders.
* New task <loadproperties> to load contents of file as Ant properties.
* New task <loadproperties> to load contents of file as Ant properties,
with nested <filterchain> elements.
* New task <loadfile> to load a whole file into a property.
* New task <echoproperties> to list your current properties to the screen
or a file.
* New tasks <bzip2> and <bunzip2> to pack and unpack files using the
BZip2 alogrithm.
* New tasks <replaceregexp>, <checksum>, <translate>, <waitfor>, <input>,
<manifest>, <vsscp>, <vssadd>, <vsscreate>, <splash>, <basename>, <dirname>.
* A new combined <mail> task, which replaces the old <mail> and
<mimemail> tasks, has been added. The <mimemail> task, and
old SendEmail and MimeMail classes have been deprecated.
* Mail task allows specification of port number.
* Users can control what <zip> and <jar> must do when duplicate files
are found. A new element <zipgroupfileset> allows for multiple zip
files to be merged into the archive. In addition, <jar> also has
@@ -107,15 +128,6 @@ Other changes:
* gzip now checks that the zipfile is older than the source file
before rebuilding the zipfile.
* New task <loadfile> to load a whole file into a property
* New task <echoproperties> to list your current properties to the screen
or a file.
* A new combined email task, which replaces the old <mail> and
<mimemail> tasks, has been added. The <mimemail> task, and
old SendEmail and MimeMail classes have been deprecated.
* TarFileset takes in three new attributes - fullpath, prefix
and preserveLeadingSlashes.
@@ -128,9 +140,9 @@ Other changes:
* Exec task has extra attribute "resultproperty" to get the return code
into a property.
* Exec task prints a message when a timed out process is killed.
* Exec task prints a message when a timed- out process is killed.
* Added optional attributes - name, arch and version to <os>
* Added optional attributes - name, arch and version to the <os> task.
* Unjar, Untar, Unwar and Unzip now support patternsets to
select files from an archive for extraction. Filesets may be
@@ -141,25 +153,14 @@ Other changes:
classic compiler (version 1.2 and higher) is used and debugging
is enabled.
* Mail task allows specification of port number.
* Added support for specifying CVS_RSH in the <cvs/> task
* New tasks bzip2 and bunzip2 to pack and unpack files using the
BZip2 alogrithm, replaceregexp, checksum, translate, waitfor, input,
manifest, vsscp, vssadd, vsscreate, splash
* The attributes zipfile, jarfile, warfile and earfile (from the Zip,
Jar, War and Ear tasks) have been deprecated and superseded by a
new attribute "destfile".
* Added a new condition <isset> that test for the existence of a
property to the condition task.
* Added new conditions <checksum>, <http>, <socket>, <contains>, <filesmatch>.
* Ant's testcases require JUnit 3.7 or above as they now use the new
assertTrue method instead of assert.
* Added new conditions <isset>, <checksum>, <http>, <socket>, <contains>,
<filesmatch>.
* <taskdef> and <typedef> will now emit a warning if a task/type of
the given name already exists.
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ Other changes:
* Improved support for Novell NetWare.
* Added an optional encoding attribute to <fixcrlf>
* Added an optional encoding attribute to <fixcrlf>.
* <apply> has a new attribute relative that allows users to pass the
filenames as relative instead of absolute paths on the command line.
@@ -183,14 +184,14 @@ Other changes:
unless attributes.
* Ant now comes with two new BuildLogger implementations - one that
can send emails containing a log of the build process (MailLogger);
the other that colorizes the output based on message levels using
can send emails containing a log of the build process (MailLogger),
and one that colorizes the output based on message levels, using
ANSI color code escape sequences (AnsiColorLogger).
* A "package" mapper type has been added to allow package directory
names replaced with the dotted form.
* y ou can now specify environment variables in the <java> and <junit> tasks
* Y ou can now specify environment variables in the <java> and <junit> tasks
if the fork attribute has been set to true.
* -propertyfile command-line option has been added to load an entire
@@ -203,14 +204,14 @@ Other changes:
* <tstamp> now supports a new "prefix" attribute to prefix properties set.
* y ou can now specify the -sourcepath for <javac> explicitly.
* Y ou can now specify the -sourcepath for <javac> explicitly.
* <javac> now supports a new "listfiles" attribute to list the source
files it's handing off to the compiler.
* The compiler implementation for javac can now be chosen on a task by
task basis. Use the new compiler attribute of <javac> to override
the build.compiler property.
task basis. The new compiler attribute of <javac> can be used to override
the value of the build.compiler property, if set .
* <propertyfile>'s <entry> now has a 'unit' attribute to specify the
increment/decrement unit on date operations.
@@ -218,15 +219,15 @@ Other changes:
* <property> now supports a 'prefix' attribute when loading from a file
or resource.
* In Ant 1.4 a feature has been added to the <junit> task that would
* In Ant 1.4, a feature has been added to the <junit> task that would
add ant.jar, optional.jar and junit.jar implicitly to the classpath -
this feature can now be disabled by setting the new includeantruntime
attribute to false.
* <style> behaves different than any other directory based task as it
* <style> behaves differently from any other directory-based task, as it
processes all files that it finds in included directories in
addition to the files matched by your patterns. There now is a new
attribute to suppress this behavior.
addition to the files matched by your patterns. There is now a new
attribute, 'scanincludeddirectories', to suppress this behavior.
* <javadoc> now supports a <tag> nested element to provide the -tag option
to the standard Java 1.4 doclet. The element is ignored when not running
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ Other changes:
* <javac>'s source attribute is now enabled for jikes as well.
* <ftp> can now chmod files on a remote server that supports
"site chmod" as well as set the umask before transfering files if
"site chmod", as well as set the umask before transferr ing files, if
the server supports "site umask".
Changes from Ant 1.4 to Ant 1.4.1
Diane Holt