[asdf-devel] recursiveness of :FORCE

[Tobias C. Rittweiler]

"Tobias C. Rittweiler" writes:

> When I use :FORCE, in most cases I do want to recompile solely the
> specified system, not all its dependencies.
>
> In my ideal world, :FORCE T would recompile the specified system only,
> and :FORCE :ALL would recompile it along its dependencies. 
>
> Of course that would be backwards-incompatible, so perhaps better stick
> with the current behaviour for :FORCE T, but add :FORCE :SYSTEM, or
> :FORCE :SHALLOW, or similiar.
>
>   -T.

What is the status of this? Grepping through `git log' reveals a
revision from 2003-03-13 by Daniel Barlow which may indicate that the
scheme above was already in use?

  -T.