Re: [PATCH] Prevents makeinfo-of-death

["Yann E. MORIN" <yann dot morin dot 1998 at anciens dot enib dot fr>]

Michael, All,

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On Saturday 06 March 2010 18:06:07 M P wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Yann E. MORIN
> >> Anyway, this small patch against 1.6.0 delete previous incarnation of
> >> the wrapper and ensure "which" can't find it.
> > Could you provide a reproducible procedure that exhibits the issue?
[--SNIP--]
> Ah, it is probably related to the fact that I'm trying NOT to nuke the
> install directory, because I want to keep all my toolchains into one
> ./bin directory instead of in separate ones!

Oh, I see. Even in this case, it should not happen: the buildtools
directory is (should be!) removed after a successfull build.

> Of course I do realize that it might be bad for reasons I ignore :-)

Well, I can think of an obvious one: you installed 10 toolchains in there
(successfully) and you add an elventh one, for which the build breaks. You
are left with a somewhat dirty install tree, in which your new toolchain
is partly installed, and which could interfere with a sub-sequent build.
But it's not easy to get rid of that single partially built toolchain
without inadvertently nuking part of the others...

Using a dedicated install dir ensures that you can easily get rid of a
partial, failed build and start from scratch.

What I would suggest you do is build all your toolchain in their own
directory, and when it's done, move them to the final location. The
toolchains are fully relocatable, partly for this prupose.

So I guess the makeinfo wrapper is in fact an non-issue, right? :-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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