From: Holden Glova <dsafari@...>
Date: 2001-12-20T14:13:05+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29069] Re: Ruby 'make' replacement (Re: stderr from external process?)

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:08, MikkelFJ wrote:
> But there are also problems with Ant.
> 1) It does not handle dependency generation.
> I want good customized dependecy generation - Jam has customized
> headerscanning. Ant only has a crude - this task depends on that
> task - it is ok for many purposes but could be better.
> I would like a tool that can generate dependencies both using
> header scanning, but also using other means. It should be
> pluggable. 2) Ant rebuilds everything - or at least leaves the job
> to each individual task.

Ant 1.4 does handle dependencies and does not do a full rebuild 
everytime you ask it to build as long as you use the <depend> tag 
AFAIK.

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Signed,
Holden Glova
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