gnupic: Re: [gnupic] gplink and .lst files
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] gplink and .lst files
From:
"Gabor Kiss [Bitman]" ####@####.####
Date:
28 Mar 2006 08:47:13 +0100
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0603280942510.5447@nelson.cdata.hu>
>> Here is the problem with your scheme: I compile my project with the
>> list file enabled. Then later suppress the list file output and keep
>> building the project. The list file won't match any of the current
>> outputs. This is confusing at a minimum.
>
> IMHO, it's much more surprising a tool silently deleting a file without
> asking, especially if you've asked it to suppress touching that file.
> Couldn't it just print a message instead, eg "Warning: foo.lst exists
> and is out of date"?
Dear folks,
What about looking around how similar tools solve this problem?
E.g. what big brothers, 'gcc' or 'gasm' do in similar situation?
IMHO deleting (or keeping) some output files is can be done
by 'make' much better than the compiler/assembler itself.
Cheers
Gabor
