Pier Fumagalli wrote: > "GOMEZ Henri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>>I'm like you and use exotic OS, OS/400, where >>>>autoconf/automake/libtool didn't works (yet ?). >>> >>>If autoconf/libtool doesn't work, then you can't even build >>>APR, you can't >>>build Apache, therefore you don't f***ing need mod_webapp, k? >> >>On AS/400, APR and Apache 2.0 are build by IBM, from snapshots >>with in-house cross-compiling tools, so they don't have to build >>them on AS/400. >> >>Apache 2.0 is present on AS/400 as a standard component. >>Currently you have on recent AS/400 something derived from 2.0.18 beta. >> >>The sad thing is that IBM didn't report the AS/400 specific patches >>they apply to a snapshot back to ASF. >> >>Now that 2.0.35 is GA, they will certainly make a new release. > > > Good if _they_ build it over there, _they_ can build the modules as well. > When IBM will contribute back their build stuff to Apache 2.0 and APR, maybe > we can think about that... > > >>>>Each tool in java which could replace them is a >>>>big plus for me ;) >>> >>>Each tool which can replace them and is a PITA to maintain, or requires >>>hyperknowledges of XML and tagets, build properties and such, whose >>>configuration file is 40 lines to do what I do in 3 lines of >>>shell script >>>will always be a HUGE -1 from me... >> >>So why are we using ant in jakarta instead of smaller makefiles ?) > > > F**K: because those are TWO different things! I never said ANYTHING about > building the webapp classes with ANT when those were build with Tomcat. > Building 10000 java class files and no C is different from building > APR+mod_webapp and maaaayyyybeeeee 10 java classes in ONE package... > > Different requirement, different tools... > > >>ant is a great tool and it will be a PITA to avoid using it >>when it's a valid alternative to old like autoconf/automake/libtool/m4. >> >>ant is ASF after all and run on all OS, so it's a good reason to use >>it when possible. jkant (in jtc) is a good example of native-interaction >>module which boost ant... > > > > Go and build APR on 20something different OSes with ANT, and we'll see > what's a PITA.
Probably you even do not need 20 Oses to get a PITA... Because there are always more than one compiler per OS. Libtool also has history: it "supports" old versions of OSes and compilers... > > Pier > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
