[Scons-users] Installed files not removed by "scons -c"

[William Deegan]

David,

Sounds like a bug to me, but let me suggest that you make a standalone SConstruct to do just what you are doing with your SConscript, and no other logic and make sure you can reproduce the problem.

-Bill

On March 18, 2014 at 10:42:05 AM, Davide Coppola (vivaladav at gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,

> 

> I'm not 100% sure if this is the right way of doing it, but I'm using the

> Install command to copy some files from a data directory to the directory

> containing the final executable.

> 

> The SConscript I'm using is something like:

> 

> ====================================================

> Import('env')

> 

> localEnv = env.Clone();

> 

> # sources

> fonts = localEnv.Glob('fonts/*')

> imgs = localEnv.Glob('imgs/*')

> 

> # install

> localEnv.Install('#/bin/%s/game/assets/fonts/' % localEnv['mode'], fonts)

> localEnv.Install('#/bin/%s/game/assets/imgs/' % localEnv['mode'], imgs)

> ====================================================

> 

> and it works fine installing all the files and directories contained in

> fonts/ and imgs/.

> 

> The problem appears when I try to clean the project calling "scons -c".

> All the installed files are removed, but not the directories and the files

> in them.

> 

> Just to be clear, this is what I have in my data/ directory:

> data/fonts/

> data/fonts/basic.ttf

> data/imgs/

> data/imgs/backgrounds/

> data/imgs/backgrounds/bg01.jpg

> 

> This is what's inside the assets/ directory after running "scons":

> assets/fonts/

> assets/fonts/basic.ttf

> assets/imgs/

> assets/imgs/backgrounds/

> assets/imgs/backgrounds/bg01.jpg

> 

> And this is what's left in assets/ after running "scons -c":

> assets/fonts/

> assets/imgs/

> assets/imgs/backgrounds/

> assets/imgs/backgrounds/bg01.jpg

> 

> As you can see the file in assets/fonts/ is removed, but the file in

> assets/imgs/backgrounds/ is not.

> 

> Is this a bug or an expected behaviour (I'm using SCons 2.3.1)?

> 

> 

> Thanks

> 

> 

> --

> Davide Coppola

> 

> *email:* vivaladav at gmail.com

> *website:* http://www.davidecoppola.com

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