[Scons-users] skip_tools in Environment?

[William Blevins]

I'm with Dirk on this one.  I'm of the opinion that quick fixes generally
cause more harm than good, so I would rather put effort into finishing
higher-priority items.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Bill Deegan <bill at baddogconsulting.com>
wrote:

> Dirk,
>
> I agree, but I'm guessing I could knock out a tool black list in an
> afternoon including tests and documentations, and the new toolchain logic
> is still a work in progress.
>
> We have slots, and the cross-language scanner logic queued up to get to
> default and then released as well. I'm guessing new toolchain logic would
> be a major release and should wait until (at least) after slots, if not
> also after the scanner logic.
>
>
The cross-language changes aren't finished yet.  Although we have discussed
a few issues, I am still having to pull teeth to get reviews and feedback.
To my knowledge, only two people have ever actually tried to compile a code
base with the changes: myself and Brian Cody who I discussed this issue
with earlier this year.  Although I think the risk is low, it might be nice
to finish these big items first.


> I was just trading emails on the list with the guy about aix and gcc, and
> the thought of black list and it's simplicity to implement and roll out
> came to mind..
>
> -Bill
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> On 05.08.2015 21:26, Bill Deegan wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Currently SCons has a default list of tools for each platform.
>>> To alter that you need to specify the full list of tools you want.
>>>
>>> How about adding an additional flag to Environment() which would specify
>>> a list of tools to skip?
>>>
>>> That way if you had (for example) aix's native compiler installled and
>>> gcc, then you could just list aixcc, aixc++, aixlink, aixf77
>>> as the list of tools to never use?
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>> my immediate thought is: "Let's not start with shotgun surgery, but
>> rather drive the design and implementation of the new toolchain approach
>> forward."
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>>
>>
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