Re: how to build a JAR

Thufir wrote:
> I don't understand how or why GNU is building JAR's the way it does.  =
Perhaps there's an historical or political reason?
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> Generally, ant is used to build Java projects and package them as =
JAR's, but GNU seems to be using make(?).  Why is this so?

Because GNU make and automake/autoconf is the standard for GNU packages. =
Every GNU package no matter what language it's written in can be =
installed with

./configure
make install

> The INSTALL file states:
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> Ant build
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> A simple Ant buildfile is included for platforms where GNU Make is not
> installed. This buildfile is not officially supported and may not =
provide
> options available during the standard autotools-based installation.
>=20
>=20
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> I'm just curious because this seems at odds with other Java projects =
I'm familiar with.  Specifically I'm interested in checking out a =
module, the mail module, forking the code a bit, and building the =
corresponding JAR.  However, I'm really clear on what code *to* =
check-out and which JAR it should build to.

The dependencies are documented. You should check out the mail module, =
and this will build 2 jars, one containing the API classes and the other =
containing the GNU implementation. If you want, you can change the build =
scripts to build only one jar if that suits your purposes better.=