The following message was posted a while back. Was it ever done? (I've searched the ant-user ant-dev archives but couldnt't find anything - may have been an incorrect search though). John -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: How to specify the location of the compiler ? From: Diane Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2001-02-13 17:39:44 --- Stefan Lecho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I understand, Ant uses the PATH environment settings > to execute the compiler. Is there a possibility to define the location > of the compiler in the build or property file ? > > Something similar to > <property name="compiler.location" value="compilers/jikes/bin"/> Actually, that's not a bad idea, having an attribute for <javac> that can take a full-path to the compiler-- much like the <java> task has a "jvm" attribute that can take a full-path to the 'java' to execute. Want to look into adding it? (Keeping in mind that just because I think it could be a good idea doesn't necessarily mean everyone will :) Pass it by ant-dev once you have a patch. Diane ===== ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
