A few weeks ago, I posted a message dealing with a proposal to add support for
building under OS/2. I didn't get a response, but I noticed that there was a
flurry of activity about build issues, and during a subsequent CVS update I
noticed that Exec had been deprecated and the newer Execute had comments
indicating that it would handle OS/2, so I figured I would lay low until the
dust settled and see what the status was then.
As long as you're soliciting comments for build requirements, I'd like to see
platform-specific stuff like the command template for executing external
commands and the file extension for executable script files passed into Ant as
parameters, rather than guessed-at from the values of the system properties.
I've successfully created OS/2 .CMD files with the same names as the existing
.BAT files. These files are not modified duplicates of the .BATs - instead,
they dynamically copy the .BAT file to a .CMD file with a different name ("OS2"
+ original-bat-name), and call it. That way, the .BAT file logic doesn't get
replicated, and the .CMD files should require no maintenance at all (unless a
new .BAT is created). If we get to a point where the Java code can correctly
call OS/2 CMD files (which it sounds like we are at with the current Execute),
I'll be happy to contribute the .CMD files.
