SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for Intel Itanium Processor Family
Package Descriptions
ant
A Java-Based Build Tool
Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like
Make, but without Make's wrinkles.
Why another build tool when there is already make, gnumake, nmake, jam,
and others? Because all those tools have limitations that Ant's
original author could not live with when developing software across
multiple platforms. Make-like tools are inherently shell-based--they
evaluate a set of dependencies then execute commands, not unlike what
you would issue in a shell. This means that you can easily extend these
tools by using or writing any program for the OS that you are working
on. However, this also means that you limit yourself to the OS, or at
least the OS type, such as Unix, that you are working on.
Makefiles are inherently evil as well. Anybody who has worked on them
for any time has run into the dreaded tab problem. "Is my command not
executing because I have a space in front of my tab???" said the
original author of Ant way too many times. Tools like Jam took care of
this to a great degree, but still have yet another format to use and
remember.
Ant is different. Instead of a model where it is extended with
shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes. Instead of
writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling
out a target tree where various tasks are executed. Each task is run by
an object that implements a particular task interface.
Granted, this removes some of the expressive power that is inherent by
being able to construct a shell command such as `find . -name foo -exec
rm {}`, but it gives you the ability to be cross-platform--to work
anywhere and everywhere. If you really need to execute a shell command,
Ant has an task that allows different commands to be executed
based on the OS used.
Except for packages subject to a commercial license, the license identified below is the license designated by the open source project.
| Version: | 1.7.0 |
|---|---|
| Release: | 200.15 |
| Medium: | |
| Path: | suse/noarch/ant-1.7.0-200.15.noarch.rpm |
| Group: | Development/Tools/Building |
| License: | The Apache Software License |
| Size: | 1.50 MB |
| Homepage: | http://jakarta.apache.org/ |
File list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1264 Jul 23 2008 /etc/ant.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 15:54 /etc/ant.d -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9725 Dec 13 2006 /usr/bin/ant drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 861 Dec 13 2006 /usr/share/ant/bin/antRun -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2199 Dec 13 2006 /usr/share/ant/bin/antRun.pl drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/etc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3878 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/etc/ant-update.xsl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4797 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/etc/changelog.xsl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27862 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/etc/junit-frames-xalan1.xsl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6070 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/etc/log.xsl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6095 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/etc/tagdiff.xsl drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/lib lrw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/lib/ant-1.7.0.jar -> ../../java/ant-1.7.0.jar lrw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/lib/ant-launcher-1.7.0.jar -> ../../java/ant-launcher-1.7.0.jar lrw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/lib/ant-launcher.jar -> ../../java/ant-launcher.jar lrw-r--r-- 1 root root 18 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/ant/lib/ant.jar -> ../../java/ant.jar drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/doc/packages/ant -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48565 Dec 13 2006 /usr/share/doc/packages/ant/KEYS -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11766 Dec 13 2006 /usr/share/doc/packages/ant/LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2657 Dec 13 2006 /usr/share/doc/packages/ant/README -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139517 Dec 13 2006 /usr/share/doc/packages/ant/WHATSNEW drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/java/ant -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1295031 Feb 25 15:51 /usr/share/java/ant-1.7.0.jar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11761 Feb 25 15:50 /usr/share/java/ant-launcher-1.7.0.jar lrw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/java/ant-launcher.jar -> ant-launcher-1.7.0.jar lrw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Feb 25 15:54 /usr/share/java/ant.jar -> ant-1.7.0.jar