Source files not being copied into {jakarta.home}build/tomcat/src/

["Stefán F. Stefánsson" <st...@decode.is>]

Hi... this is more of a pointer than a bug...

Isn't it true that in earlier releases of Tomcat 3.2 the source files
got copied to the src directory when you performed build?

This doesn't happen now when you run build...  it does however happen
when you run build dist...

Is this intentional or a slip?

Regards, Stefan.

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Re: Source files not being copied into {jakarta.home}build/tomcat/src/

["Craig R. McClanahan" <Cr...@eng.sun.com>]

Stefán F. Stefánsson wrote:

> Hi... this is more of a pointer than a bug...
>
> Isn't it true that in earlier releases of Tomcat 3.2 the source files
> got copied to the src directory when you performed build?
>
> This doesn't happen now when you run build...  it does however happen
> when you run build dist...
>
> Is this intentional or a slip?
>

I would view this as intentional.

The idea of the default build target is simply to create a Tomcat that can be
executed.  As such, minimum turnaround time is important, and (since you're
doing a build) you already have access to the source code :-).

The "dist" target, on the other hand, is used to create a "distribution"
format, which (by convention) includes the source code.

>
> Regards, Stefan.
>

Craig McClanahan