[Bug 2366] - Add fork attribute to javac

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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2366

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  Thanks,
  
  Dave
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+ ------- Additional Comments From jesse.glick@netbeans.com  2001-06-28 04:36 -------
+ I think includeAntRuntime="false" would do what you are asking for without forking.
+ 
+ Anyway I would like an option like this as well; I would not suggest a 'fork'
+ attribute but rather a ${build.compiler} that could state that an external Javac
+ was desired (and the path to it). You may wish to use a different version of
+ Javac than your regular JDK has. Or you may just wish to run it externally.
+ Ant's wrapper for Javac does not clean up static storage in the Javac code and
+ it is possible for weird file lock problems to happen if you delete a JAR that
+ was used in its classpath (not surely precisely how to reproduce this, but it is
+ reported to happen sometimes inside NetBeans--after repeated runs of the build
+ script in the same VM). Anyway, it is safer to run it externally so it would be
+ nice to have this option at least. Or you can use Jikes of course if you have
+ it, which does not exhibit the problem.
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