Re: java Makefile

[Evan Prodromou <evan@debian.org>]

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>>>>> "MF" == Matt Fair <matt@netasol.com> writes:

    MF> Is there a good way to create a good Makefile for JAVA
    MF> projects?  Right now all I am doing is in my Makefile I have:
    MF> javac $(find . -name \*.java)

    MF> This does the trick, but all it does is when I call Makefile
    MF> is go through all my java files and compiles them.  Is there a
    MF> way to check dependencies and compile only the files that need
    MF> compiling?

I use ant:

        http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html

It's not as general-purpose as make, but it takes care of a lot of the
hassles of dealing with Java, obscures the differences between JVMs,
compilers, and whatnot, and generally makes for a damn quick build.

ESP says: check it out.

~ESP

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Evan Prodromou
evan@debian.org
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