--- C:\download\ivy\ivy-1.4.1-src\ivy-1.4.1\test\java\fr\jayasoft\ivy\xml\XmlIvyConfigurationParserTest.java	2006-11-09 16:52:16.000000000 +-1000
+++ C:\development\uncontrolled\ivy-1.4.1\test\java\fr\jayasoft\ivy\xml\XmlIvyConfigurationParserTest.java	2007-07-17 15:04:00.000000000 +-1000
@@ -329,12 +329,21 @@
         
         ReportOutputter testOutputter = ivy.getReportOutputter("test");
         assertNotNull(testOutputter);
         assertTrue(testOutputter instanceof MyOutputter);
     }
     
+    public void testRelativePropertiesFile() throws Exception {
+       
+        Ivy ivy = new Ivy();
+        XmlIvyConfigurationParser parser = new XmlIvyConfigurationParser(ivy);
+        parser.parse(XmlIvyConfigurationParserTest.class.getResource("ivyconf-properties-relative-to-ivyconf.xml"));
+
+        assertEquals("lib", ivy.getVariable("libraries.dir"));
+    }
+    
     private void configureURLHandler() {
         URLHandlerDispatcher dispatcher = new URLHandlerDispatcher();
         URLHandler httpHandler = URLHandlerRegistry.getHttp();
         dispatcher.setDownloader("http", httpHandler);
         dispatcher.setDownloader("https", httpHandler);
         URLHandlerRegistry.setDefault(dispatcher);