Re: Suggestion about derived files and commands

[Dominique Dumont]

Frank Thomas <address@hidden> writes:

> Am Freitag, 27. April 2001 um 18:12 schrieb Brad Garcia:
> 
> > On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Steven Knight wrote:
> >
> >> Files could be stored in the cache in file names that match their
> >> content signature, not their build signature, and we'd have an index
> >> file that would map the build signatures to the right underlying cached
> >> file.  I'm sure that would save a lot of people a lot of space.
> >
> > Or, instead of some index file, you could have files in the cache
> > whose names are the build signature, but whose contents are the
> > content signature.
> >
> > This way, all the files are in the cache, and no new directory
> > structure needs to be developed in the cache.
> 
> Good idea, on unix one could even use symlinks from source-signature
> to the object-signature. By using individual files or symlinks we also
> circumvent problems with locking the index file.

Yes ! This feature would be useful for us.

With a feature like this, it should be easier to convince my
colleagues that cons is a proper way to build our product.

Any idea when this feature could be available ?


Thanks

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