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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [REJECT: address@hidden (default naming convent
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Tom Lord |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [REJECT: address@hidden (default naming convention changes) |
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Thu, 6 May 2004 12:09:51 -0700 (PDT) |
> From: Andrew Suffield <address@hidden>
> > A significant reason why it took me a while to begin understanding the
> > actual meaning of those things is that I couldn't se any reason why Tla
> > would ever copy trees or remove files it didn't create.
> > Now, admittedly, I still don't see any reason for it either so I treat
> > precious/junk/backup as completely equivalent. But at least I now know
that
> > copying only happens if I use the --dest flag (which I never use) and
that
> > deleting never happens either and is only meant for "in case some day
> > someone decides to use `tla inventory | xargs rm' instead of just 'rm'
for
> > the `clean' target".
> Historically, larch used to copy trees a lot more. It doesn't matter
> so much nowadays.
I still have this slightly vague idea of an arch-specific IDE that
does a lot of project-tree management stuff for you. In that
context, the distinctions among inventory categories become more
important again.
-t
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [REJECT: address@hidden (default naming convention changes), Colin Walters, 2004/05/05