[Scons-users] Scons understanding existing project

[William Blevins]

Pietro,

SCons reading of SConstruct file(s) is single threaded, so SConscript will
be handled in order that they are called just like typical python commands.

V/R,
William

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Pietro Paolini <pietro.paolini at ocado.com>
wrote:

> Hi Jonathon,
>
>
> Thanks !
>
> On 4 August 2016 at 15:46, Jonathon Reinhart <jonathon.reinhart at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Pietro,
>>
>> Normally, SCons only looks at the top-level SConstruct file by itself.
>>
>> The SConscript files (typically in sub-directories) are examined when the
>> SConscript() function is called.
>> See https://bitbucket.org/scons/scons/wiki/SConscript() for more
>> information.
>>
>> I don't believe there are any debug options specifically for tracing
>> which SConscript files are being read.
>> However, since they are just Python scripts, you can put a print
>> statement at the top-level of any SConscript
>> and it will be printed as soon as it is read (during the earliest stage
>> of SCons).
>>
>> Jonathon
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Pietro Paolini <pietro.paolini at ocado.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have been given the task of understanding the build process of a
>>> middle size project built with Scons, as I am new to the tool I may be
>>> asking the wrong/silly question.
>>>
>>> I'd like to track down the Sconstruct/SConscript being visited/executed
>>> by the tool, is there any option which prints the work-flow ? I have tried
>>> the several debugging options coming with it by none so far gives me what I
>>> want, many print far too many information about the files being rebuild,
>>> commands executed and stuff like that.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am just interested in the SCons* files the tool visits so I can track
>>> down the work flow.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Pietro
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