Index: src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/War.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/War.java,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -r1.31 War.java
--- src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/War.java	7 Mar 2003 11:23:02 -0000	1.31
+++ src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/War.java	12 Mar 2003 22:35:32 -0000
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         // by the "webxml" attribute and in a <fileset> element.
         if (vPath.equalsIgnoreCase("WEB-INF/web.xml"))  {
             if (deploymentDescriptor == null
-                || !deploymentDescriptor.equals(file)
+                || !deploymentDescriptor.getCanonicalPath().equals(file.getCanonicalPath())
                 || descriptorAdded) {
                 log("Warning: selected " + archiveType
                     + " files include a WEB-INF/web.xml which will be ignored "