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Doug Cutting commented on HADOOP-5240: -------------------------------------- A few questions: - rather than excluding specific files, why not include just *.java and *.html, since these are all that normally wind up in javadoc. - rather than writing a timestamp file, why not use the index.html that javadoc generates? > 'ant javadoc' does not check whether outputs are up to date and always > rebuilds > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-5240 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-5240 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: build > Reporter: Aaron Kimball > Assignee: Aaron Kimball > Attachments: patch > > > Running 'ant javadoc' twice in a row calls the javadoc program both times; it > doesn't check to see whether this is redundant work. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.