Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:21:44 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: build from RO source tree? |
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On 2 Jul 2003, david nicol wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 09:15, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH] touchless dependencies for 2.4.x > > The 2.4.x dependency system depends on being able to `touch' include files in > > case of recursive dependencies. This fails when using a revision control > > system (e.g. ClearCase) where non-checked out files are read-only and cannot be > > touch'ed. > > > > The patch below solves this by making object files depend on (recursive) lists, > > containing the list of dependencies for each header file. > > So with this patch applied you can safely build in a lndir against > a RO media. but without it you can't?
The current 2.4 build system always touches includes files. If your source tree is RO, the touches will fail.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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