>I am looking into making my build process a liitle bit smarter
>and avoid module build if not necessary. I use the uptodate
>task. My issue is how to handle dependency changes as I am not
>retrieving them, I am referencing dependency using cachepath.
>Is someone has a solution to build only if a dependency changed.
Not an Ivy solution just an Ant one - and I am only thinking loudly ;)
Use <pathconvert property="deps" refid="ivy.path"> for converting the
dependencies into a property.
Maybe you have to use a <sort> (Ant1.7) so that you always get a sorted
list (means no changes just for the order).
Store that into a file
<echo file="dep.list" message="${deps}"/>
In the next run you compare this 'old' setting from the file with the
new calculated
<loadfile prop="deps.old" file="dep.list"/>
<condition property="newDeps"><not><equals arg1="${deps}"
arg2="${deps.old}">
You build target then can use this property
<target if="newDeps">
Jan
