My team sometimes discovers bugs in our build system where modifying one particular file doesn't trigger a rebuild of some dependent file.
While our continuous integration system (Jenkins) catches problems when building the whole project, we don't currently have any way to detect problems with partial rebuilds — other than developers getting temporarily confused when they make a change, rebuild, and don't see their change take effect. As we're in the process of moving from qmake to CMake, now seems like a good time to add some tests of partial rebuilds. Have you written similar tests? Did you use a shell script (touch, rebuild, grep), or are more advanced tools available? [There was a similar question on this list from 2009 (https://cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2009-February/026967.html), but the thread didn't answer our question.] -Jaymie -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
