Re: [Gnu-arch-users] the state of the union

[Charles Duffy]

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 16:42, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 05:37:59PM -0400, Miles Bader wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 02:21:08PM -0700, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > Quite possibly exemplified by arch's (tla's?) New World Order-ism; I
> > > appreciate all the benefits that arch/tla bring me, but occasionally, I
> > > want to be able to commit from within my build tree. Not being able to
> > > do this really, really bites.
> > 
> > Why can't you do this?
> 
> Because of the fact that I can't do so without either distcleaning or
> changing the tagging-method? Changing the default tagging-method is,
> BTW, hardly trivial.

You shouldn't need to change the tagging method at all -- just a few of
the inventory rules. A .arch-inventory file specifying that your
generated files are backup (or similar) would also seem a quite
straightforward solution.