From b9421dc80af485591a9c50cc8921f912e0def11e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ashlee Young Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:05:40 -0700 Subject: Removing sources to replace with download links instead. Change-Id: Ie28789a725051aec0d1b04dd291b7690a7898668 Signed-off-by: Ashlee Young --- .../src/ant/apache-ant-1.9.6/manual/intro.html | 69 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 69 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 framework/src/ant/apache-ant-1.9.6/manual/intro.html (limited to 'framework/src/ant/apache-ant-1.9.6/manual/intro.html') diff --git a/framework/src/ant/apache-ant-1.9.6/manual/intro.html b/framework/src/ant/apache-ant-1.9.6/manual/intro.html deleted file mode 100644 index e5673ed7..00000000 --- a/framework/src/ant/apache-ant-1.9.6/manual/intro.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ - - - - - - -Apache Ant User Manual - Introduction - - - -

Introduction

Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like -make, without make's wrinkles.

Why?

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 -couldn't 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 on 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 get 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 in 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. And -hey, if you really need to execute a shell command, Ant has an -<exec> task that -allows different commands to be executed based on the OS it is executing -on.

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