Re: [Monotone-devel] package_full_revision.txt and derived files

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

In message <address@hidden> on Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:52:23 -0600, "Matthew A. 
Nicholson" <address@hidden> said:

matt> Peter Simons wrote:
matt> > currently, the build system rebuilds the monotone binary
matt> > every time you say "make" because it regenerates the
matt> > package_full_revision.txt file even though nothing has
matt> > changed.
[...]
matt> 
matt> I am willing to assist with a conversion to scons[1] which would
matt> elimnate problems like this and also enable builds like 'scons -j 45'.

The problem lies in the dependencies, not in the tool.

package_full_revision.txt is currently regarded as a .PHONY, which is
the reason it gets constantly rebuilt.  Is there a reason it can't
depend on MT/revision?

Cheers,
Richard

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