jerry gay wrote:
[snip]
additionally, when i try to debug it, it tells me that the --step
option isn't valid for Configure.pl. that seems like a bug of a
different color. oh, right, and there's something screwy with the
manifest.
Then update your MANIFEST. I find this happens when I've done an svn
update, gotten a conflict in the MANIFEST and failed to resolve the
conflict. The configuration step gags on the <<<.
[snip]
Durin
g configuration the following steps failed:
01: init::manifest
You should diagnose and fix these errors before calling 'nmake'
[Proves that the patches I put in the other day work as intended! Cf. RT
45523]
c:\usr\local\parrot\trunk>ctags
ctags: No files specified. Try "ctags --help".
c:\usr\local\parrot\trunk>perl Configure.pl --step=auto::ctags
Invalid option "step". See "perl Configure.pl --help" for valid options
That's correct. 'step' is a valid option for tools/dev/reconfigure.pl,
not for Configure.pl. This is because reconfigure.pl is what is used to
rerun a single step once configuration as a whole has been run. This
has been true since r20832 on August 24.