Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:48:30 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Herve Quiroz <herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ant script annoyances Message-ID: <20030910204830.GA60171@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20030910143418.H34811@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> References: <20030909215210.GA5404@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <200309100913.34213.ernst.dehaan@nl.wanadoo.com> <20030910143418.H34811@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr>
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On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 03:15:51PM +0200, Herve Quiroz wrote:
[..]
> IMHO the solution would be to revert to the former 'ant' behaviour and
> use a new variable to specify any addition to the standard classpath.
> Then build some shell tool to include all jars from ${JAVASHAREDIR} in
> the classpath (or any other).
>
> The 'ant' executable (I mean the shell script) would look for some
> different variable (e.g. ANT_CLASSPATH) to be included in the CLASSPATH.
> The ANT_CLASSPATH would replace LOCALCLASSPATH, whose name is not
> implicit enough IMHO if it has to be used from outside of the ant shell
> script.
[.. rest-of-explanation snipped ..]
I like this solution the best because:
1. ant will behave the same as it should on *all* platforms.
2. if anyone wants a FreeBSD tweak, it can be done easily.
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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