Re: [Javaweb-people] compilation again

[Brian Jones]

address@hidden writes:

> That's what I wanted to add to automake. A new category of target
> called a _JAR, so you do stuff like this:
> 
> 
>   javamail_JAR = mail.jar
>   javamail_SOURCES = javax/mail/Folder.java \
>                      javax/mail/Transport.java \
>                      etc...
> 
> By default the jar file would be built using automake's JAVAC and
> JAVACFLAGS.
> 
> The same source list (or a supplemented one) could then be used to
> build a shared library using gcj.
> 
> This needs jarcompiler because otherwise the Makefile translation gets
> way too complicated - specifically the creation of temp
> directorys. jarcompiler makes the temp directorys (for compiling the
> class files to) very simple.

Okay the temp directories idea is an improvement over what I was
thinking and still lets you keep track of what classes came from what
sources.  This could vastly simplify Classpath's lib/Makefile.am I
think.

Brian
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Brian Jones <address@hidden>