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Bug 69530

Summary:	Use relative paths in private.properties
Product:	projects	Reporter:	jvic <jvic>
Component:	Ant Project	Assignee:	Jan Lahoda <jlahoda>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	blocker	CC:	tzezula
Priority:	P4
Version:	5.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description jvic 2005-11-29 13:54:47 UTC

When creating a project, 'project.properties' always references libraries using
relative path - however, 'private.properties' doesn't. So in the end, the
project as a whole is not working in every different machine.

Example:

In 'project.properties':
file.reference.jhall.jar=../../PPGD_05_INFRAESTRUTURA/lib/jhall.jar

In 'private.properties':
file.reference.jhall.jar=/home/jvictor/dev/workspace/PPGD_05_INFRAESTRUTURA/lib/jhall.jar

Comment 1 Jan Lahoda 2005-11-29 14:12:34 UTC

Sorry, but I do not understand why the project does not work on different machines:
1. You should never share the private.properties among different computers. So
the absolute path should be used only on the single computer.
2. If you check-out a project on a different machine, you should have only
project.properties (not private.properties), and if the relative path is
correct, everything should work OK. If the relative path is not correct, it
needs to be fixed, but this is probably not your case.

Or am I missing something? Please note that you should never share the
nbproject/private directory and its content in the version control system or
copy it into a different machine.

Comment 2 Jan Lahoda 2005-11-29 14:13:02 UTC

Comment 3 jvic 2005-11-29 14:15:44 UTC

Ok, i didn't know nbproject/private shouldn't be shared. I thought i could share
the entire nbproject folder? Maybe private shouldn't go inside the project
folder then.