On 24.10.2012 18:54, jan iversen wrote:
If I do a "svn update trunk" (I have all sources stored in directory
trunk", do I then need to run configure again ???
In most cases you don't need to run configure again.
my system seems to be spinning, after "svn update" I cannot run "build" in
the single directories that all worked before "svn update".
Simple question, hopefully simple answer :-)
The most simple answer is: do a clean build :-/
A less simple answer is in the rules of thumb below:
1. if the configure.in file was modified you need to run "autoconf",
then "configure", and so on. Best in a new shell because they
communicate with environment variables
2. if dependencies to external libraries were updated you need to run
"bootstrap" again
3. if the interfaces of some modules changed then going into
instsetoo_native and running "build --all" is recommended. There are
issues with that though [1] that the buildbots suffer from in their
"incremental builds" (as opposed to their "clean builds").
If there were not too many revisions since the last update then the
chance that none of the points above apply is reasonable and not even
the "build --all" is needed. It doesn't take too long though and is
usually worth the time.
This all shows that building AOO is still quite challenging. Making it
easier and less error-prone is a very worthwhile goal, even if in
practice this goal often loses against "let's add a new feature",
"freshen up the UI" or even "fix a bug".
[1] http://markmail.org/thread/wmlhc5f5zaiiyu2o
Herbert
