Unfortunately that has the same problem as I'm currently suffering
from. To quote from the depend.html:
"Classes are considered out of date ... using the same mechanism
as the javac task"
I need to be able to say:
IF a.class NEWER THAN b.class THEN compile b.java
Both the javac and depend tasks rely on analyzing the class files
to find out whether to compile. I need a rule which gives regard
only to the file timestamp, as is the case with Make.
Ian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conor MacNeill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 06 April 2001 14:25
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Make Dependencies
>
>
> Check out the <depend> task
> http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/OptionalTasks/depend.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Macey, Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:39 PM
> Subject: Make Dependencies
>
>
> > How can I tell Ant that there is a dependency between two
> > .java files? ie Given a.java and b.java, how do I say in Ant,
> > if a.java is compiled then you must also compile b.java.
> >
> > Have had various attempts, the problems are getting javac
> > to compile b.java even though b.class is later than b.java,
> > and using something like touch, as in Ant every rule fires
> > and I can't restrict the touch to occur only if a.java is
> compiled.
> >
> > Doing this with Make would be easy, but I just don't see
> > how to do it with Ant... Is this a fundamental problem due
> > to Ant relying on javac to know whether a file needs to be
> > compiled?
> >
> > Ian
> >
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