[Scons-users] Is there a hidden file somewhere that can prevent files from being built?

[William Blevins]

Dan,

Glad you figured out the issue. Yes, install=1 would be treated as a
variable rather than a target.

V/R,
William

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 7:24 PM, Dan McNaul <danmcnaul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, everybody.
>
> I found it.  I found the mistake.  We some how got our “target” parameter
> specified incorrectly on the command line of our build.
>
> The correct way to run our build is to specify the target “install”
>
> nmk.sh -- -k debug=1 install > bld.out 2>&1
>
> Some how this got changed to –>
>
> nmk.sh -- -k debug=1 install=1 > bld.out 2>&1
>
> So, Scons was setting a parameter of “install” equal to 1 for us instead
> of building all targets under install.
>
>
>
> Dan
>
>
> *From:* Dan McNaul <danmcnaul at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:26 PM
> *To:* SCons users mailing list <scons-users at scons.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Scons-users] Is there a hidden file somewhere that can
> prevent files from being built?
>
> Not before the build begins.  But after the “short” build finishes there
> is a .sconsign.dblite in the repository directory
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Deegan <bill at baddogconsulting.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:06 PM
> *To:* SCons users mailing list <scons-users at scons.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Scons-users] Is there a hidden file somewhere that can
> prevent files from being built?
>
> Is there a .sconsign file in your repository directory?
>
> -Bill
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Dan McNaul <danmcnaul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a strange problem.  I have a repository where I pull all the code
>> out of source-control into and then build.  The repository directory is
>> removed and recreated before pulling the code into it.
>>
>> This repository is then referenced from individual $HOME directories as
>> we make changes.  We “freshen” the official repository as needed.
>>
>> This was working fine for months.  It has stopped working in a weird way.
>>
>> I can pull out the code and then build in a $HOME directory.  Scons
>> builds all units.  No problems.  When I try to build in the “official” or
>> “repository” area, Scons only builds a handful of units and then stops.
>> There are no errors and the build of these handful of units is complete.
>> The other units are not touched.
>>
>> There must be some sort of hidden file somewhere that is causing Scons to
>> only build the handful of units and not the entire project.  I tried the
>> “debug=prepare” option, but it only showed the handful of units, none of
>> the other units in the product were mentioned.
>>
>> Do any of you know what file this may be and where it may be hiding?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dan McNaul
>>
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