[Scons-users] Questions about tool selection

[Andrew C. Morrow]

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> you could also try to load the default tools first with

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>   env = Environment() # finds all default stuff

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> and then, on top of that, load the specific Tool you actually want, like

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>   env.Tool('mylink')

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> . Most of the C/C++ Tools are directly replacing values in the Environment,

> so you could try to overwrite one with the other.

> Just as a an idea (untested and not really recommended).

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That is an interesting idea. I'll give it a try. It would be fairly
'surgical' since I could basically say:

env = Environment(tools=["default"])
if solaris:
  env.Tool('gnulink')

so it wouldn't affect other platforms.