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Date: 29 Aug 2001 12:59:28 -0000
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From: conor@apache.org
To: jakarta-ant-cvs@apache.org
Subject: cvs commit: jakarta-ant WHATSNEW build.bat

conor       01/08/29 05:59:28

  Modified:    .        Tag: ANT_14_BRANCH WHATSNEW build.bat
  Log:
  Note the change to $ reslution in property files.
  
  PR:	3248
  
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  1.144.2.9 +9 -1      jakarta-ant/WHATSNEW
  
  Index: WHATSNEW
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-ant/WHATSNEW,v
  retrieving revision 1.144.2.8
  retrieving revision 1.144.2.9
  diff -u -w -u -r1.144.2.8 -r1.144.2.9
  --- WHATSNEW	2001/08/27 14:14:39	1.144.2.8
  +++ WHATSNEW	2001/08/29 12:59:27	1.144.2.9
  @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     encoding attribute of the task and set it to UTF8 to get the old
     behavior.
   
  -* The <pvcs> task has been move to a package of its own.
  +* The <pvcs> task has been moved to a package of its own.
   
   * JUnitResultFormater has two additional methods that must be
     implemented by custom formatters.
  @@ -82,6 +82,14 @@
     in it (matched by the default excludes).
     
   * The copy task will now fail if the file to be copied is not found. 
  +
  +* Ant properties defined in properties files now behave the same way as 
  +  properties defined in the build file. In particular the $ character needs
  +  to be escaped in property values by doubling it to $$. So, to define a 
  +  property with the value $hello, you need to define it in a properties file
  +  as
  +    test.prop=$$hello
  +  This was not the case in Ant 1.3
   
   Other changes:
   --------------
  
  
  
  1.29.2.2  +1 -1      jakarta-ant/build.bat
  
  Index: build.bat
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-ant/build.bat,v
  retrieving revision 1.29.2.1
  retrieving revision 1.29.2.2
  diff -u -w -u -r1.29.2.1 -r1.29.2.2
  --- build.bat	2001/08/19 15:17:25	1.29.2.1
  +++ build.bat	2001/08/29 12:59:27	1.29.2.2
  @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   :runAnt
   set LOCALCLASSPATH=lib\crimson.jar;lib\jaxp.jar;bootstrap\lib\ant.jar
   for %%i in (lib\optional\*.jar) do call bootstrap\bin\lcp.bat %%i
  -set CLASSPATH=%LOCALCLASSPATH%;%CLASSPATH%
  +set CLASSPATH=lib\optional\xalanj1compat.jar;%LOCALCLASSPATH%;%CLASSPATH%
   set LOCALCLASSPATH=
   
   if not "%REAL_ANT_HOME%" == "" goto install_ant