I've been trying to find a shortcut to java dependency tracking by hooking together the Symantec compiler's -cdb option with jam rules.

However, -t class where "class" is the name that depends on all the .class files does not cause jam to attempt the compiles of the .java files into .class files.

- -a does cause *all* the actions to execute, but that's too many -- I also have rules to copy .properties files from my source to my build tree, and to generate .java files from parser generator source files, and I'd like to avoid re-executing them.

Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks, Ames.