### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.apache.ivyde.eclipse
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivyde/eclipse/resolve/IvyResolver.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/ivyde/eclipse/resolve/IvyResolver.java	(revision 1404610)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivyde/eclipse/resolve/IvyResolver.java	(working copy)
@@ -48,10 +48,13 @@
 import org.apache.ivyde.eclipse.workspaceresolver.WorkspaceResolver;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFolder;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.MultiStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
+import org.eclipse.core.variables.IStringVariableManager;
+import org.eclipse.core.variables.VariablesPlugin;
 
 /**
  * Eclipse classpath container that will contain the ivy resolved entries.
@@ -293,7 +296,21 @@
             return Status.OK_STATUS;
         }
 
-        String pattern = project.getLocation().toPortableString() + "/" + retrievePattern;
+        // Perform variable substition on the pattern. 
+        IStringVariableManager varManager = VariablesPlugin.getDefault().getStringVariableManager();
+        String pattern;
+        try {
+            pattern = varManager.performStringSubstitution(retrievePattern, false);
+        } catch (CoreException e) {
+            return new Status(IStatus.ERROR, IvyPlugin.ID, IStatus.ERROR,
+                "Incorrect use of variables in retrievePattern '" + retrievePattern + "'."
+                + e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+        // For backwards compatibility we prepend the project location to the pattern, 
+        // but we do it only in case the pattern does not start with a variable (i.e. ${xxx )
+        if (!retrievePattern.startsWith("${")) {
+            pattern = project.getLocation().toPortableString() + "/" + pattern;
+        }
         monitor.setTaskName("retrieving dependencies in " + pattern);
         RetrieveOptions options = new RetrieveOptions();
         options.setSync(retrieveSync);