Re: [gpsd-dev] current nits

[Greg Troxel]

"Gary E. Miller" <address@hidden> writes:

> Yeah.  I've not been sure what to do about this.

I can see that this is difficult.

> For a proper clean, the file .sconsign.dblite must be deleted, otherwise
> it can persist bad data.  We have been battling that "scons sconsclean"
> did not do a total clean for a while.

It would seem that this is a general issue that scons should have
support for; gpsd isn't special.  Barring scons having the support it
ought to, I wonder if it's as simple as putting the rm of that last with
an explicit exit.  Or writing a shell script to do the sconsclean part
instead.

> That is why we recommend building gpsd from a clean git pull.

I can see why you would like that, but not being able to clean and build
is really not reasonable, as it makes the workflow of making a change
and testing it not possible.

> Removing the file is a better clean, but then this error pops up.

It does, but I think things end up pretty clean, so it's not a
functional problem.

> Worth a quick look.
>
> Some of our testers only work weekends, so there is a day or two to 
> look at it.

No rush on my end.