On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 12:42:00PM -0600, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Maybe I should save up all my notes for one large email. > > Has any thought been put into being able to restart a package's build > where it left off rather than from the beginning? > > The problem with "restart from the beginning" is evident when using > 028-binutils-pass1 as an example. It won't work because binutils-build > already exists and "make" aborts. > > Restarting 'make' like this should ideally remove the current partial > build (binutils-build and binutils-version) directories and start over > with unpacking, etc.
All that's required here is adding a little functionality to the 'unpack' code. It can be made so that before any package is started, a 'rm -f pkg-vrs' and, if necessary, a 'rm -f pkg-build' can be run. I'll look at adding this as well. -- JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/alfs-discuss FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
