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[Egbert Eich]

Jim Gettys writes:
 > On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 14:56, Egbert Eich wrote:
 > 
 > Hmmm... my test for a failed build is buggy.  I'll go fix...
 > 
 > Sorry for having the tinderbox cry wolf.
 > 
;-) That's fine.
 > 
 > > 
 > >  > 
 > >  > But if people think it is better not to do a make -k,
 > >  > I can go to a plain make, but I suspect that will slow things down.
 > >  > 
 > >  > > 2. The Makefiles don't get rebuild. If something was
 > >  > >    changed within an Imakefile or config file it will
 > >  > >    not show up in the logs.
 > >  > > 
 > >  > 
 > >  > This seems like a mistake: the Makefiles should be depending
 > >  > on the Imakefiles, it would seem to me, and have them rebuild
 > >  > if they have changed.  But I don't know what the current system
 > >  > actually does in this area.
 > > 
 > > They should depend on the Imakefiles and all files in config/cf, 
 > > right. Since this is not feasable one needs to redo them by hand.
 > > 
 > >  > 
 > >  > The tinderbox admin can request a "clobber" build any time,
 > >  > which removes everything, does a full check out, and a "make World".
 > >  > If you want to be an admin, just let me know.
 > > 
 > > We may not need a full checkout, but we may need to do a 
 > > 'make World' (or at least a 'make Everything').
 > 
 > Which do you recommend?  World or Everything?

'make Everything' redoes everything. It should be enough.

Egbert.