[ros-dev] feature request for (xml) build

[Casper Hornstrup]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Hartmut Birr
> Sent: 28. marts 2005 11:09
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Subject: [ros-dev] feature request for (xml) build
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like it if I can build ros outside from the source tree. This
> makes it possible to build ros with different configurations from the
> same (highly modified) source tree.
> 
> - Hartmut

This is already implemented, but make is giving us a lot of trouble. The
semantics of the last modified time on non-FAT volumes (eg. NTFS and EXT2)
is to be updated once an entry within the directory is created or changed.
We have generated files depend on their parent directories so we can make
sure the parent directories exist before putting files in them. This,
unfortunately, causes spurious rebuilding of targets and even looping during
build. I have patched make to always use the creation time instead of the
last modified time for directories. This works, but it will unfortunately
require a custom make unless we can find another solution.

Casper