Re: log files not deleted by doc-clean

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Julien Rioux" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: log files not deleted by doc-clean


> On 26/02/2012 8:30 AM, Phil Holmes wrote:
> > Not sure if that's a good thing or not - it could be argued that you can
> > go back and check them if they've not been deleted.
>
> You just need to back them up before issuing the make clean.
>
> > FWIW the CG says: "In some cases, it is possible to clean the compiled
> > documentation with 'make doc-clean', but this method is not guaranteed
> > to fix everything. Instead, we recommend that you delete your 'build/'
> > directory, and begin compiling from scratch. "
> > (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/contributor/generating-documentation#documentation-editor_0027s-edit_002fcompile-cycle)
>
> What the CG gives is a workaround for potential bugs in the build system. 
> I do think the build is in pretty good shape now, so that also make clean 
> should work. Any case where the sequence make doc; make doc-clean; make 
> doc fails should be reported as a bug. If they are not reported there's 
> little chance that they will be fixed.
>
> Regards,
> Julien


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Phil Holmes