[Bf-committers] Re: [Bf-blender-cvs] CVS commit: blender/source/blender/python/api2_2x Mesh.c

[Martin Poirier]

Hey,

--- Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:

> On 11 Sep, 2006, at 18:45, Martin Poirier wrote:
> > This is a good opportunity to remind everyone to
> > please do a clean followed by a full build before
> > committing.
> >
> > It'll only take you a couple more minutes but save
> the
> > chances of having insidious compile bugs.
> 
> Well, I think that's a bit too much!
> 
> A common error for people who use 'make quick' (only
> compile one  
> subdirectory) is that you forget to do a 'make' on
> parent directories  
> (like blender/source, which includes the game
> engine). The Makefile  
> dependencies (and I'm pretty sure Scons too) will
> find the changed  
> dependencies OK then.
> 
> Note that a 'make clean' also works on
> subdirectories only too, so it's  
> not a reliable solution even.

That is only a problem with the makefiles, AFAIK, all
the other build engines work globally so you don't run
into that problem. 

Rebuilding everything might be overdoing it most of
the time, but better be safe than sorry.

That's just good practice I think.

Martin

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