Re: [Axiom-developer] Build machinery -- support for out of source build

[Stephen Wilson]

Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, Stephen Wilson wrote:
> 
> | Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:
> | 
> | > On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, Stephen Wilson wrote:
> | > 
> | > | Am I correct in assuming the generated .lisp files are still easily
> | > | inspected and modified, and share their own component of the
> | > | dependency graph for make?
> | > 
> | > If I understand your question correctly, the answer is yes.
> | 
> | Ok.  Just for the sake of clarity, I meant that one can modify the
> | intermediate lisp, and have those changes picked up by the build
> | process without them being overwritten by a fesh tangling of a
> | pamphlet.
> 
> In build-improvements, the .lisp files have depenencies on 
> .lisp.pamphlet so that when .lisp are newer -- e.g. contained
> hand-made changes -- they are not overwritten by the untangling
> machinery.  Similarly the result of Boot -> Lisp translation
> has careful dependency so that hand-made tweaks are not overwritten.

Precisely what I was hoping to hear!

Thanks again,
Steve