Recursive ant builds

[Geoffrey Mitchell <ga...@imail.kwcorp.com>]

I have developed a build system architecture which uses one common, 
generic build.xml file to build each module in the project.  This build 
file can then recursively call itself with a different basedir to build 
modules upon which the current module depends (dependencies are 
configured in a per-module properties file).

I would love to be able to use the ant or subant task to accomplish this 
recursion, but I get the error "subant task calling a target that 
depends on its parent target 'deploy-deps'."  I understand why I get 
this, but, frankly, it makes no sense, since the sub task is called with 
a different base directory, and, consequently, is a completely 
independent build.  Am I doing something wrong, or is this simply a 
usage that was not planned for?

Incidentally, I have accomplished had I wanted by simply running ant in 
a java task to perform the recursive builds.  It just seems like it 
would be more efficient not to launch a new jvm for every sub-build.  :-)
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