> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Ruby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 30 March 2002 17:14
> To: Alexandria Developers List
> Subject: Re: [Gump] build.bat copy
>
> Vincent Massol wrote:
> >
> > Looking at the generated build.bat (generated by gen.bat) I can see
it
> > will do a CVS update/checkout and then copy all the files to
basedir.
> >
> > I guess there are 2 reasons :
> > a) to make sure you start with clean directories
> > b) to still be able to build even if the network connection is down
?
> > (i.e. if the cvs update fails)
>
> One of the main reasons is to capture the update log.
>
> But mostly, it is because I don't trust "build clean".
>
> > I'm asking because the projects I am building are about 320 Mo in
size
> > and it takes forever to do a xcopy. It is faster to do a clean
update
> > (update -A -C -d -P).
>
> Will -C delete files?
Ok, this is my error. I thought it would but it doesn't ... just tried
it ...
>
> Note: there are tools like rsync which will do the job faster...
deleting
> files and only copying over the changed files.
>
> http://jakarta.apache.org/gump/workspace.html
>
> Look at the sync attribute.
Ok thanks.
>
> > For b), if the cvs update fails, what's the point in doing the build
?
>
> If an update of castor fails (which occurs from time to time), it need
not
> be fatal
>
> > Conclusion: why couldn't we do a clean update instead of copying the
> > whole CVS workspace copy ?
> >
> > I'm sure I'm missing something ...
>
> Not necessarily...
>
> - Sam Ruby
>
>
> "Vincent Massol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/30/2002 11:24:15 AM
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> Sam,
>
> Looking at the generated build.bat (generated by gen.bat) I can see it
> will do a CVS update/checkout and then copy all the files to basedir.
>
> I guess there are 2 reasons :
> a) to make sure you start with clean directories
> b) to still be able to build even if the network connection is down ?
> (i.e. if the cvs update fails)
>
> I'm asking because the projects I am building are about 320 Mo in size
> and it takes forever to do a xcopy. It is faster to do a clean update
> (update -A -C -d -P).
>
> For b), if the cvs update fails, what's the point in doing the build ?
>
> Conclusion: why couldn't we do a clean update instead of copying the
> whole CVS workspace copy ?
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something ...
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
>
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