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diff --git a/development/apache-ant/README b/development/apache-ant/README index c033ccc4a3..b48176fc2c 100644 --- a/development/apache-ant/README +++ b/development/apache-ant/README @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ -Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool - like make, but without make's -wrinkles. :-) +Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool that help +building software. -Ant is extended using Java classes. The configuration files are XML-based, -calling out a target tree where tasks get executed. Each task is run by an -object that implements a Task interface. +Ant is extended using Java classes. The configuration files are +XML-based, calling out a target tree where tasks get executed. Each +task is run by an object that implements a Task interface. -This package is using upstream's recommendation of ANT_HOME=/usr/share/ant +This package is using upstream's recommendation of +ANT_HOME=/usr/share/ant -apache-ant uses `javac` and friends to compile java projects. -If you use the stock 'gcc-java' package, then you will need to export the +apache-ant uses `javac` and friends to compile java projects. If you +use the stock 'gcc-java' package, then you will need to export the JAVA_HOME environment variable, and make it point to the Java5 run-time provided by the GNU Compiler Collection, e.g.: |