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How to read an external properties file in Maven

Does anyone know how to read a x.properties file in Maven. I know there are ways to use resource filtering to read a properties file and set values from that, but I want a way in my pom.xml like: <properties file="x.properties"> </properties> There was some discussion about this: Maven External Properties ...

BlackBerry external jar

Hi, I am using JDom jar and i want to add to my blackberry project . I am using eclipse plugins for blacberry. while building blackberry app from eclipse the error is displayed on the console as "JDOMAbout$info:error!missing stack map @label.... " rapc falied for the project along with this several warnings are also displayed ... so...

Visual studio, how to output time taken to build?

Hi, I'm using visual studio 2005. I rememeber in the back of my mind there's a way to output the time taken to build a given project. Can anyone remember what that switch is? Thanks Rich ...

JavaScript Build Tools?

I'd like a tool that will: a) roll a bunch of separate js files into one b) minify my js Any ideas? ...

Is it possible to set up a Linux box with distcc to build my XCode projects?

I have a mac mini on which I do some iphone and other experimental development. It is hideously slow to build some of the larger projects I have tried out (like 3d engines and such). There are some support for distributed builds with distcc and I have a quad core linux box just standing idle beside it. The question is: is it possible to...

Building Linux packages for multiple distributions and versions

My company has a software product that's written in C for a Linux platform, built with autotools and distributed via binary packages. To make the binaries, we first produce a source RPM and then compile the source from the SRPM. Currently we only provide RPM packages for 64-bit Fedora 10, but we want to start providing packages for mul...

Can I use the maven ant tasks with a custom maven repository?

I need to specify a certain directory which the maven ant tasks should use as repository. maven.repo.local doesn't seem to work with that. Any other ideas? ...

[MSBuild] How to programatically list all properties defined?

Hi, I'm looking for a way to access all the Build properties defined while executing MSBuild. I have a configuration file. I want to modify the Properties in the configuration file and copy it to a new location. Is there a way to do it? ...

error handling in nant build scripts

Hi I am writing a NAnt build script which is responsible for deploying some files to an iss server. As part of this I would like to add error handling to my scripts - something which I haven't used before. Introducing error handling inevitably leads to thoughts about the structure of the build file(s). I think of structure as the grou...

JavaScript build options/tools

These days I find myself shifting out more and more work to the client side and hence my JS files tend to get bigger and bigger. I have come to the point where most HTML pages have half a dozen or more JS imports in the header and I realised that this is hurting loading times. I have recently discovered this script which lets you downlo...

Running small C++ programs in Visual Studio without creating projects

Hi stackoverflowers is there any way to build/run small C++ programs, in Visual Studio without creating projects, like in old days in IDEs like turbo c++ you could just compile and run without creating projects. Thanks in advance! ...

What do you do while re(build|deploy|start)ing?

What are good ways for spending the time waiting for my project to rebuild/redeploy/restart? I am not interested in suggestions how to make these waiting times shorter. I know there are many tools, principles and practices for avoiding endless waiting times. But still several times a day I have to wait for some of these things to happen...

How to delete Hudson workspace before build?

I want to have a way to teach hudson to delete the complete workspace before doing a checkout & build. Is there a plugin which enables that? ...

Best practises for organising structure/running "builds" on a large solution

I am making a very large web app (currently at 70 projects and 150k loc but with a lot more to do). I use FinalBuilder to run build scripts. However, what are the best practises for structuring such a large project? What about build dependencies? What effect does the structure of my projects have on the performance on the code (if any)?...

What do you use for Staging / Deployment Artifact Servers?

I am thinking about writing my own release storage server and before I do this, I'd like to know what people use to see integration instead of create. So what do you use to store your builds for internal access? I'm looking for a web app that allows me to upload artifacts and then reference them by various tags so I can group them toge...

How do I build one autotools project against another autotoolset project that is not installed?

Say I have two autotools projects: libmyutils libmypackage The libmypackage library has a dependency on libmyutils. Is there a way to have libmypackage link to and reference the libmyutils package without it actually being installed? Or do I have to actually install libmyutils in order for libmypackage to access it? Example: # Cont...

Asp.net release build vs debug build

Hi, How do I determine if my app was compiled as "release" instead of "debug"? I went to VS 2008 Project Properties > Build and set the configuration from Debug to Release but I noticed no change? This is an ASP.NET project. ...

Build Boost on Mac with Xcode...

Hi everyone! I've recently got acquainted with Boost library and I'd like to use it in my Xcode project. But sadly there is no HowTo or FAQ on how to do it :( What's the sequence of actions to build and use Boost libraries in Xcode? Thanks in advance :) ...

Is there a successor to Ant and Maven?

I ask out of ignorance. It's been over two years since I heard James Duncan Davidson say that Ant needed a successor, something more like a scripting language. It seemed that Maven 1/Jelly tried to do that, and Maven 2 has tried again in its way ("or the highway"), but without overwhelming success. Ant seems still to be the default an...

Apache Ivy: resolving dependencies embedded in an installer

I have a problem with a build where I have to resolve non-standard artifacts through Apache Ivy. Problem: I have dependencies on two artifacts (a.jar and a-lib.jar). The two dependencies come only as part of a single installer (a_installer.jar). The installer can be downloaded, the embedded artifacts themselves not. It's possible to ...