GNU bug report logs - #9088
Better java support with new JARS primary

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:59:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #45 received at 9088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: NightStrike <nightstrike <at> gmail.com>
To: tsuna <tsunanet <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues <at> gmx.de>, 9088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9088: Java support
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:00:27 -0400

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:04 AM, tsuna <tsunanet <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> What would be nice would be to have the ability to recompile only the
> .java that changed.  So when you edit 2/3 files, then we'd build just
> that, but in one command.

make can handle this pretty well.  If all the source files are listed
as prerequisites, $? will list all the ones newer than the target.
So, automake could easily write a rule to run the compiler against
only the .java files that have changed.
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