Index: test/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/ChainResolverTest.java
===================================================================
--- test/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/ChainResolverTest.java	(revision 499713)
+++ test/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/ChainResolverTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@
         chain.setName("chain");
         chain.setIvy(_ivy);
         chain.setReturnFirst(true);
+        chain.setCheckmodified(true);
         
         // no pattern for first resolver: will not find the module
         resolver = new FileSystemResolver();
Index: .classpath
===================================================================
--- .classpath	(revision 499713)
+++ .classpath	(working copy)
@@ -3,12 +3,21 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/java"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="test/java"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.jayasoft.ivyde.eclipse.cpcontainer.IVYDE_CONTAINER/ivy.xml/default,"/>
-	<classpathentry sourcepath="ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.source_3.0.0/src/org.junit_3.8.1/junitsrc.zip" kind="var" path="JUNIT_HOME/junit.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry sourcepath="/ANT_HOME/src/main" kind="var" path="ANT_HOME/lib/ant.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="var" path="JUNIT_HOME/junit.jar" sourcepath="ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.source_3.0.0/src/org.junit_3.8.1/junitsrc.zip"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="var" path="ANT_HOME/lib/ant.jar" sourcepath="/ANT_HOME/src/main"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="ANT_HOME/lib/ant-launcher.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="ANT_HOME/lib/xercesImpl.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="ANT_HOME/lib/ant-trax.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="ANT_HOME/lib/xml-apis.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/commons-cli-1.0.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/commons-codec-1.2.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/commons-httpclient-3.0.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/commons-lang-1.0.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/commons-vfs-20060920.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/jdom-1.0.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/jsch-0.1.25.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/oro-2.0.8.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/slide-webdavlib-20050629.161100.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/conf/ivyconf-default-chain.xml
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/conf/ivyconf-default-chain.xml	(revision 499713)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/conf/ivyconf-default-chain.xml	(working copy)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <ivyconf>
 	<resolvers>
-		<chain name="default" returnFirst="true">
+		<chain name="default" returnFirst="true" checkmodified="true">
 			<resolver ref="local"/>
 			<resolver ref="main"/>
 		</chain>
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/ChainResolver.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/ChainResolver.java	(revision 499713)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/ChainResolver.java	(working copy)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.ivy.DependencyResolver;
 import org.apache.ivy.Ivy;
 import org.apache.ivy.LatestStrategy;
+import org.apache.ivy.ModuleRevisionId;
 import org.apache.ivy.ResolveData;
 import org.apache.ivy.ResolvedModuleRevision;
 import org.apache.ivy.report.ArtifactDownloadReport;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
     private boolean _returnFirst = false;
     private List _chain = new ArrayList();
     private boolean _dual;
+    private Boolean _checkmodified = null;
 
     public void add(DependencyResolver resolver) {
         _chain.add(resolver);
@@ -76,10 +78,27 @@
         
         List errors = new ArrayList();
         
+        ResolvedModuleRevision mr = null;
+
+        ModuleRevisionId mrid = dd.getDependencyRevisionId();
+        
+        boolean isDynamic = getIvy().getVersionMatcher().isDynamic(mrid);
+        
+        boolean isChangingRevision = getChangingMatcher().matches(mrid.getRevision());        
+        boolean isChangingDependency = isChangingRevision || dd.isChanging();
+
+        if (!isDynamic && !isCheckmodified() && !isChangingDependency) {
+          Message.verbose("chain " + getName() + ": not dynamic, not check modified and not changing. Checking cache for: "+mrid);
+          mr = findModuleInCache(data, mrid, true);
+          if (mr != null) {
+            Message.verbose("chain " + getName() + ": module revision found in cache: "+mrid);
+            return resolvedRevision(mr);
+          }
+        }
+
         for (Iterator iter = _chain.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
             DependencyResolver resolver = (DependencyResolver) iter.next();
             LatestStrategy oldLatest = setLatestIfRequired(resolver, getLatestStrategy());
-            ResolvedModuleRevision mr = null;
             try {
                 mr = resolver.getDependency(dd, data);
             } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -282,4 +301,26 @@
         return _dual;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * True if this resolver should check lastmodified date to know if ivy files are up to date.
+     * @return
+     */
+    public boolean isCheckmodified() {
+        if (_checkmodified == null) {
+            if (getIvy() != null) {
+                String check = getIvy().getVariable("ivy.resolver.default.check.modified");
+                return check != null ? Boolean.valueOf(check).booleanValue() : false;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            return _checkmodified.booleanValue();
+        }
+    }
+    
+
+    public void setCheckmodified(boolean check) {
+        _checkmodified = Boolean.valueOf(check);
+    }
+
 }
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/AbstractResolver.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/AbstractResolver.java	(revision 499713)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/resolver/AbstractResolver.java	(working copy)
@@ -261,11 +261,15 @@
     }
 
     protected ResolvedModuleRevision findModuleInCache(ResolveData data, ModuleRevisionId mrid) {
+      return findModuleInCache(data, mrid, false);
+    }
+    
+    protected ResolvedModuleRevision findModuleInCache(ResolveData data, ModuleRevisionId mrid, boolean anyResolver) {
         ResolvedModuleRevision moduleFromCache = data.getIvy().findModuleInCache(toSystem(mrid), data.getCache(), doValidate(data));
         if (moduleFromCache == null) {
             return null;
         }
-        if ((getName() == null ? 
+        if (anyResolver || (getName() == null ? 
                 moduleFromCache.getResolver().getName() == null : 
                     moduleFromCache.getResolver() == null ? false : 
                         getName().equals(moduleFromCache.getResolver().getName()))) {