William Deegan
William Deegan
> No, that trivial is just for demonstration to create the file. The only necessary command is the second (writename). The actual code is a function that tars a set...
If that's how they're designed, then that's a flaw when using variant dirs.. Nothing should get written into the source of a variant dir.
> The problem is we're writing those files for something external to consume, and they have to go where it makes sense for that tool. To visual studio, it would...
Files for example [4747.tgz](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/21267257/4747.tgz)
SCons as with most build systems has an expectation that if a build command fails, no files are generated. Make has an optional way to delete target files for build...
Please reread my previous comment. Also don't post screenshots, just post the text.
Yes, updated above text.
> The "Fix Issue 4747" record above is not related to this issue. I updated the commit message, so in theory the tag above should go away?
@mwichmann - should we message that we're deleting because of error?
> Hmmm, one more nitpick to consider: the version in Make says it _will delete the target ... if it has changed and its recipe exits with a nonzero exit...