[Scons-users] Fwd: Cleaning only certain built objects

[Dirk Bächle]

On 14.11.2014 16:16, Jean Duthon wrote:
> Sorry for not being clear at first.
>
> I was afraid of that answer but thought it was that way...
>
> The bad thing is that I could not run a full scons --Test which build 
> the lib if it does not exist.
>
Well, at some point you have to decide whether you want a dependency to 
the lib...or not. ;)
In these cases, where you want to run a series of steps independent of 
any changes, a simple script is still a valid approach. You can wrap the 
two separate calls to "scons" (creates the libs) and "scons -f 
SConstruct.tests" into a single script, named "scons-test" for example.

There are parts and tasks that should be done in SCons, because they 
deal with handling and detecting implicit dependencies, which is what 
SCons is extremely good at. And there are things, like doing a full 
build first and only then execute all test executables, which aren't 
that easy to model. Then, a script is just the right tool for the 
job...at least in my opinion.

Regards,

Dirk