if you need frequently referenced jars loaded into a "known place" take a look at repository management: Ivy:
http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/tutorial/build-repository.html Building a repository | Apache Ivy<http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/tutorial/build-repository.html> ant.apache.org Building a repository The install Ant task lets you copy a module or a set of modules from one repository to another. This is very useful to build and maintain an ... Maven Repository Management: https://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html Maven – Best Practice - Using a Repository Manager<https://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html> maven.apache.org A repository manager is a dedicated server application designed to manage repositories of binary components. The usage of a repository manager is considered an ... Sonatype's Nexus repository is probably the most widely used repository manager of all: https://www.sonatype.com/download-oss-sonatype Download Repository OSS - Sonatype Nexus<https://www.sonatype.com/download-oss-sonatype> www.sonatype.com The latest version of Nexus Repository OSS, providing cutting-edge support for the formats below. /hth/ martin ______________________________________________ ________________________________ From: Matt Benson <mben...@apache.org> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 7:34 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Ant Dependency Management If you're referring to Java compilation, tools like Ant and Maven generally perform incremental compilation unless explicitly forced to do otherwise, such as by "cleaning" (deleting) existing classfiles from a previous compilation. HTH, Matt On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 5:17 PM, R0b0t1 <r03...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > When referring to Makefiles, dependencies are rules that represent a > subset of the overall build. With Ant, I they seem to represent > external libraries, so I am having trouble researching my question. > > Is it possible to cache compilation results? I would like to avoid > lengthy compile times after changing one file. > > Respectfully, > R0b0t1. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
