From: Charlie C. <ch...@el...> - 2003-10-31 07:15:04
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Sean, Thanks. I see now. My internal compiler was broken (again) and I substituted the wrong referent for the word it: "Not to this programmer it ain't" Oh well. I too have been struggling a bit with Want, so I should have known. - Charlie Sean Dockery wrote: >Hello, Charlie. > >Mark was talking about want--not ant. When I pulled down want from CVS, I >had to make changes to the source code before it can compile. Some things >also work differently in want than in ant. If you are wondering why I >didn't just get the latest release--instead of checking out the source code, >it is because the latest release is (I have read) far behind the CVS >changes. It is ironic that a continuous integration tool doesn't converge >on releases more often. > >-----Original Message----- >From: dun...@li... >[mailto:dun...@li...]On Behalf Of Charlie >Calvert >Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 15:11 >To: dun...@li... >Subject: Re: [DUnit-interest] DUnit at BorCon > > >Mark, > >Ant will come with a lib directory that contains a precompiled instance >of ant.jar. There really is no need to compile it. The big thing with >ant is setting up your environment properly. In particular, you need to >be sure to specify where ANT_HOME is. I have script that does this when >my computer boots or whenever I open a shell prompt. But there is a >fairly clear doc on setting up ant at the ant site under the install >section: > >http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html > > From the doc: > >Before you can run ant there is some additional set up you will need to do: > > * Add the |bin| directory to your path. > * Set the |ANT_HOME| environment variable to the directory where you > installed Ant. On some operating systems the ant wrapper scripts > can guess |ANT_HOME| (Unix dialects and Windows NT/2000) - but it > is better to not rely on this behavior. > * Optionally, set the |JAVA_HOME| environment variable (see the > Advanced <http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#advanced> > section below). This should be set to the directory where your JDK > is installed. > >Ant really is a pretty nice tool, in part because of the huge number of >add ons that are available for it. There are ant "tasks" for handling >all kinds of interesting chores. If you program in Java, it is worth >looking at again. JBuilder also has the ability to create Ant scripts >from your projects automatically. > >- Charlie > >Marcel Popescu wrote: > > > >>From: "Charlie Calvert" <ch...@el...> >> >> >> >> >> >>>For >>>Java, Ant is a big win. It's just whether or not it is for Delphi. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Not to this programmer it ain't... I was unable to compile the thing, >>whether the one in the release or the one in CVS. I tried to fix the most >>obvious problems, but this just kept uncovering new ones, so I gave up. Too >>bad, I looked over the Ant specs and the idea seems really useful. >> >>Mark >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------- >>This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. >>Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it >>help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help >>YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ >>_______________________________________________ >>Dunit-interest mailing list >>Dun...@li... >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dunit-interest >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. >Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it >help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help >YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ >_______________________________________________ >Dunit-interest mailing list >Dun...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dunit-interest > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. >Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it >help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help >YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ >_______________________________________________ >Dunit-interest mailing list >Dun...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dunit-interest > > > |