Re: [gpsd-dev] The carnivorous config bug

[Eric S. Raymond]

Greg Troxel <address@hidden>:
> 
> "Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Hal Murray <address@hidden>:
> >> A) scons -c goes through the configuration stuff.  Is there a reason for 
> >> that?
> >
> > Yes, scons is designed to work in one pass rather than two and always
> > does any configure stuff up front before building targets; clean is
> > just another target. This is good for build consistency, because what
> > you need to clean may depend on configure options.
> 
> So if you
> 
>   scons # build
>   install/change your system
>   scons clean
> 
> then you may have leftover objects, but not any that the new config will
> use?
> 

I think that's the way it;s supposed to work.  scons keeps a database of
sha1 hashes and dependencies and rebuilds by content changes.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>

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