groan: installation

Mon Nov 4 11:51:00 GMT 2002

>>>>> "Cedric" == Cedric Berger <cedric@wireless-networks.com> writes:

 Cedric> Tom Tromey wrote:
 >>>>>>> "Per" == Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:
 >>>>>>> 
 >>
 Per> Ant may make sense for RHUG, which is a set of Java
 Per> applications tweaked/tested/ported to GCJ, and RHUG should
 Per> probably include Ant.
 >> Last time I looked, ant used com.sun.* and couldn't be
 >> compiled with gcj :-(
 >> 
 Cedric> That was probably for invoking the "javac" compiler,
 Cedric> right? In that case, it should probably be changed to
 Cedric> either invoke the external gcj binary (since gcj has a
 Cedric> faster startup time than javac) or the appropriate gnu
 Cedric> class that invoke the compiler. Cedric
Excuse me, but I apparently missed it ...
What problem ant is supposed to solve that make cannot ?
~velco