RE: [Nant-users] Build target from command line without dependencies

2005-09-15 Thread Bevan Arps
Kelly Anderson wrote: > All of the "marketing" for NAnt seems to indicate that it is a > replacement for make. > ... > Sure, you CAN write a make system with a shell script, but the beauty of > make was that the dependency checking was implicit and built in. It > seems with NAnt that you have to

Re: [Nant-users] Build target from command line without dependencies

2005-09-15 Thread Troy Laurin
On 9/15/05, Bill Arnette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With my suggestion, 'nant -only:projectC' would only do the body of the > projectC target and not execute the dependencies without cluttering the > build file with dependency-only targets, or with if statements and unless > attributes that short

RE: [Nant-users] Build target from command line without dependencies

2005-09-15 Thread Anderson, Kelly
So the implicit dependencies are in the tasks... This would be one reason you would want to have a task instead of using exec, right? -Kelly -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Feldman Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:18 PM To: nant-

Re: [Nant-users] Build target from command line without dependencies

2005-09-15 Thread Gary Feldman
Bill Arnette wrote: I asked a similar question a while ago and never got a response. Basically my question was what is the Nant equivalent of a C++ makefile? There is no answer to that, because there's no such thing as a canonical C++ makefile. Perhaps you have in mind the NMake files th

RE: [Nant-users] Build target from command line without dependencies

2005-09-15 Thread Anderson, Kelly
This is NOT a NAnt bash. I am NOT complaining. I am trying to gain insight into NAnt. All of the "marketing" for NAnt seems to indicate that it is a replacement for make. My experience thus far with it (and I am admittedly something of a newbie) is that it is more accurately a replacement for she

[Nant-users] Nant - Solution Task

2005-09-15 Thread Vamsi Atluri
Hi There,   I am trying to compile a .csproj file – using the solution task in a nant buildfile – keeping it very simple   Here are the contents of my buildfile – I am completely new to this – any assistance would be great   xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/nant.xsd">      

RE: [Nant-users] Build target from command line without dependencies

2005-09-15 Thread Bill Arnette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anderson, Kelly Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:04 PM To: Bill Arnette; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nant-users] Build target from command line without dependencies Bill, W

RE: [Nant-users] Build target from command line without dependencies

2005-09-15 Thread Anderson, Kelly
Bill, Wouldn't your approach invoke: even if libZ were up to date? Is this a bad thing? It seems so from an efficiency standpoint. In comparison to make, it seems to me that most NAnt scripts I've seen seem to do more work than the makefile even though it is expressed much mo