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From: "Benjamin Reed" <ranger@befunk.com>
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References: <3.0.6.32.20001030074900.007fb3c0@latcs2.cs.latrobe.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Introductory Article on Ant
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:31:19 -0500
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> One thing you use
> <target name="build" depends="init,prepare">
>   <javac  srcdir="${Src}/org/varnam" destdir="${Dest}">
>     <classpath>
>       <pathelement location="d:\Compilers\jre1.2\lib\rt.jar"/>
>       <pathelement location="${Src}"/>
>     </classpath>
>   </javac>
> </target>
>
> when it should probably be
> <target name="build" depends="init,prepare">
>   <javac  srcdir="${Src}" destdir="${Dest}" includes="org/varnam/**" >
>     <classpath>
>       <pathelement location="d:\Compilers\jre1.2\lib\rt.jar"/>
>       <pathelement location="${Src}"/>
>     </classpath>
>   </javac>
> </target>
>
> The first version will recompile the classes all the time while the second
> will only recompiule if .java file is newer than .class file ;)

OK, I'm confused.  It's not immediately obvious why it would recompile on
one and not the other.  Is this just a javac-ism?

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