[clbuild-devel] *.asd file

[Daniel White]

Yes, this fixes the symptom, not the problem.

cells-gtk is not an included project anymore and used to need special
rules for linking some hidden .asd files.

Attached is a patch to remove this rule.

By the way, you should be able to remove broken links already with
clbuild clean-links.

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:34:52 -0500
Ben Hyde <bhyde at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Nov 26, 2008, at 10:23 AM, Ebzzry wrote:
> > Hi! I'm wondering why is there a "*.asd" file that's always  
> > persistently
> > present in the "systems" directory that points to
> > ${InstallDir}/clbuild/source/cells-gtk/*/*.asd?
> > A `clbuild clean-links' in turn deletes it.
> >
> > What is that file for? Is it there for a specific purpose? Is it  
> > vestigial?
> > Is it negligible?
> 
> It is a confusing but harmless bug.
> 
> I believe this patch will fix the source.  No doubt there are more  
> elegant
> ways to do this.  Reviews the other globbing is left as an exercise.
> 
> bash-3.2$ darcs diff -u clbuild
> --- old-clbuild/clbuild	2008-11-28 10:28:44.000000000 -0500
> +++ new-clbuild/clbuild	2008-11-28 10:28:44.000000000 -0500
> @@ -672,7 +672,12 @@
>   		echo "resume: skipping update of $project"
>   	    else
>   		${UPDATE_SCRIPT} ${UPDATE_ARGS} $project
> -		ln -f -s $(pwd)/${project}*/*.asd "${system_dir}"/
> +                for i in $(pwd)/${project}*/*.asd ; do
> +                    # see nullglob etc in bash manual
> +                    if [ -f "$i" ] ; then
> +                        ln -f -s "$i" "${system_dir}"/
> +                    fi
> +                done
>   		touch "$skipfile"
>   	    fi
>   	done
> 

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Daniel White
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