> > "pack" "pack" is a task to build the smallest possible JAR to link > > and run one or more classes. > > How does this relate to > <http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/external.html#GenJar> > or simply using <jar> and <classfileset>? Just curious.
Of course :). For <jar>/<classfileset> I must suppose you may achieve the same results, perhaps with more verbosity. I was aware of that (even if I chose not to indagate the details), but - considering that <pack> is actually little more than the ant-repackaging of code and techniques I wrote long time ago for a cmdline tool (and that my team isn't very ant-knowledegable ;) - it turned out quicker to just write the task. That done, I found that a number of people was willing to use it - the combination of tasks wasn't immediate for them as it wasn't for my programmers, or maybe they just didn't know of the possibility. For GenJAR, I'm afraid I simply didnt know it existed - last time I checked for similar tools was years ago (in makefile-era :), and found nothing, and I wrote mine, and live happily ever after. <pack> was basically no effort for me to write and - frankly - quite the fun: Ant is engineered nicely enough to be pleasant to work with. ;) > I've modified it a bit, please take a look and see whether you are > happy with it. > <http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/faq.html#adding-external-tasks> Absolutely happy. Thanks again for your precious work, -cs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
