> Jason Brazile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I want to construct a portable Makefile to build a java application.
>
> Don't bother.
>
> a) use jikes instead of javac, it's much faster and gives better
> diagnostics.
Agreed.
> b) to rebuild, just list all the source (.java) files on the jikes
> command line. Jikes will figure out what needs rebuilding and what
> doesn't. If there are too many files, list them all (each on one
> line) in a text file (e.g. 'sources') and specify '@sources' on
> the command line.
Disagree. If you want it to be portable, don't use a non-standard
extension to a tool, such as jikes dependency features.
We used jikes for our day-day development, but move back to using
'javac' for our Q/A and final builds. That way we can complain to Sun
when things don't work. ;)
Nate
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