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FileSet throws BuildException where directory doesn't exist

           Summary: FileSet throws BuildException where directory doesn't
                    exist
           Product: Ant
           Version: 1.5.3
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Core tasks
        AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org
        ReportedBy: tomasz@rtsoftware.com


FileSets do throw BuildException (for instance as a zipfileset used within a 
Jar Task) if a directory doesn't exist.

I wanted to make a general ant build script, that could be used for all my 
projects. The problem was that several directories are optional, some projects 
do have them, some don't.

This caused quite of a headache, since I couldn't just make a general jar 
structure, where optional directories could be left out.

I had to either make a different jar directory structure depending on the 
project, or create empty directories, so that FileSet wouldn't nag.

The questions is - could it be controlled by a new attribute of the FileSet 
type? Should I do it myself?

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