Mark Galeck schrieb am 11.02.2013 um 12:44 (-0800): > So you want the users to be able to delete intermediate files, and I > tell them " that is not supported". […] > > By "not supported", what I tell my users is, "I know you will take > shortcuts and do things you are not supposed to do, that's OK, as long > as you understand what you are doing and understand that I won't > unscrew you if you mess up - in that case, use clean and redo the full > build". That is what clean is for.
delete intermediary files = overcome local roadblock make clean = nuke the whole place So if the whole place takes a long time to build up, why nuke it? > In fact I tell them, to _not_ use clean for any other purpose - if > they _think_ the build "is not working", inform me so I can see what > is happpening. Of course they also don't do that, they clean first > and ask questions later. :) > Yes I tell them to use clean - ONLY, when they have messed up as I > told them not to. So, a user deletes some intermediary files, thereby potentially messes up and consequently will have to nuke the whole place. I would probably do just that to overcome any uncertainty; on the other hand, I would prefer a system that does not require me to nuke the whole place if rebuilding it takes more than a minute. But then, I'm not really a build system expert so I might just be plain wrong. Best, Michael _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
