On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Rod Whitby wrote:
I have modified MokoMakefile to disable the "svnnow" functionality (which rebuilds all openmoko-specific packages every time you build), and have added a 'force-rebuild' target to the Makefile which lets you do the same thing, but at a time of your choosing. Whether or not you agree with the OpenMoko core dev's decision to use the "svnnow" functionality, this now gives you the opportunity to have stable builds (which only rebuild daily from SVN rather than every time you start a build), but also force a rebuild of everything that would have otherwise been marked as 'svnnow' (the force-rebuild target reads the preferred-versions file to work out the specific set of packages to clean). There is a whole other debate about the "svnnow" functionality itself, and whether or not it is appropriate for external devs, or whether or not it is the "correct" way to use OpenEmbedded. I'm not going to get into that debate, as I can see both sides of the debate as having valid viewpoints for different situational requirements.
That's a great feature. Thanks. Last night I had compile errors while compiling one of the PIM applications, I think the calendar. I didn't have time to look into the cause, but I wonder if this is that what motivated your new feature? Michael
