Re: 002-gary-error-msg-quoting-test

[gary]

address@hidden wrote:
> >>>>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Gary> This implies that bison needs a 2-stage build so that the
> Gary> installed binary will always use grammars generated by itself.
> Gary> Hmmm, thats a gold-plated solution. README-cvs could carry a
> Gary> warning to build the whole thing again after a successful
> Gary> install; and the dist rule should use a stamp file to be sure
> Gary> that the dist tarball always contains self generated grammars.
> 
> Akim> They do.  Anyway, the problem is solved.
> 
> Arg, nope, it is not solved: even with "nice strings" we still have
> the version '-full, and the '-less :(
> 
> Let me state it another way: that's only a cvs time stamp issue :(

Agreed.

I have toyed with the idea of having bootstrap touch sensitive files in
the correct order to prevent this kind of thing before.  I think it would
not be difficult to have clcommit track the relative timestamps of (sensitive?)
files at commit time...

Food for thought.

        Gary.