On 04/08/17 14:39 , Juha Sointusalo wrote:
> I think there is one benefit from having a new, empty directory for
> building release versions. You can be certain that the build will not
> include files left over from previous development work.

True, but that's why I recommended to actively manage your working tree
which includes taking care of untracked files (see previous mail).

> BOINC's Unix
> build system has a bug that allows one to, for example, compile a new
> version of client and link it with an older version of libboinc. Been
> there, done that and it took a while to figure out while the client is
> crashing in a place where it possibly couldn't crash.

Good point, but it would be better to fix the root cause and not
navigate around the symptoms :-)

Cheers,
Oliver

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