Is Ant still the best choice for a Java build tool?
From my small amount of experience, I've only used Ant as a build tool. Are there any other projects which are better, and why? ...
build-management
Managing multiple versions in cruise-control, team city, etc.
In my shop (as I expect it is in most), you have multiple releases of different software components (let's call them foo-client and bar-service). In my cc.net configuration, I currently have one "project" for foo-client at trunk, one project for foo-client version 1.0 and another for foo-client version 1.1. What I'd really like to see ...
Automating builds from subversion tags
I'm trying to automate the build process for engineering group. As part of that automation, I'm trying to get to a point where the act of applying a specific tag that adheres to a pattern will kick off an automated process that will do the following: Check out source code Create a build script from a template Build the project I'm p...
Differences between Ant and Maven
Could someone tell me the differences between Ant and Maven? I have never used either. I understand that they are used to automate the building of Java projects, but I do not know where to start from. ...
How do I enable undo in eclipse ant editor?
Undo is not working for me in ant editor in eclipse. When I press Ctrl-Z nothing happens. Is it possible to enable undo somehow or is this a bug? I am using Eclipse 3.4.2 (Ganymede) on Windows XP Professional. ...
Need primer for a Msbuild newbie
We maintain a medium sized windows application developed in vb/c# .net in work. Still now the build and deploy process for this app is manual. I am determined to make this process automated using MSBuild on which i have no knowledge still now. Our app has a simple build structure, set of projects already grouped into four solutions(.sln...
GNU make with many target directories
I have to integrate the generation of many HTML files in an existing Makefile. The problem is that the HTML files need to reside in many different directories. My idea is to write an implicit rule that converts the source file (*.st) to the corresponding html file %.html: %.st $(HPC) -o $@ $< and a rule that depends on all html fi...
How can I ignore command line variable assignment in a recursive build?
I'm trying to glue two build systems together. Both are recursive (rules in the makefile use make to call other makefiles to build components of the project). I'll call them 'A' and 'B' where 'A' builds the application and 'B' builds libraries used by 'A'. The top level makefile in A calls 'make TARGET=whatever' which means that all ...
Legacy C++ project using Makefile ..moving to Eclipse IDE?
I have a legacy C++ project on Linux which uses the typical: ./configure make make install to build and install. I would really like to build it instead with an IDE like Eclipse. Is this doable? Is there something in Eclipse that can parse the original Makefile(s) and turn it into an Eclipse project? ...