DO NOT REPLY [Bug 33956] New: - Ant target using both 'depends' and 'if'

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           Summary: Ant target using both 'depends' and 'if'
           Product: Ant
           Version: 1.6.2
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows 2000
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Build Process
        AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org
        ReportedBy: aps_jobs_aps@yahoo.com


Not sure if this is a bug or intended behaviour but its causing me some 
trouble. I have a target defined as below:
<target name="something" if="some.prop" depends="someothertarget" />

Now, it appears that the depends target gets executed irrespective of 
whether 'some.prop' is present or not. I was expecting that if 'some.prop' is 
not available, then target 'something' would not get executed and since it 
depends on 'someothertarget', even 'someothertarget' should not get executed. 
But this isnt the case.

Why should a dependancy get executed if the main target is not going to be 
executed anyways due to the absence of the property?
Or am I missing something?

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