There *may* be l10n fallout here due to a |cd config; make| and a followup |hg update -r REVISION| afterwards (IIRC)... let's keep an eye on that.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=925720 is on my radar but between vcs-sync, releases, and merge week, haven't yet had a chance to look at it. aki On 10/29/13 3:17 PM, Gregory Szorc wrote: > If you use |mach build| to build the tree, stop reading: this post does > not apply to you. > > OK, so you run make, make.py, or mozmake to build the tree. Do you ever > perform partial tree builds? That is: |make -C dom| or |cd dom; make|. > If so, you may be impacted by a recent change to the build system. > > If you attempt to perform a partial tree build directly with a make > implementation and the build configuration (moz.build files, > Makefile.in, test manifests, etc) is out of date, the build will error > fast, printing a message like: > > /Users/gps/src/firefox/config/rules.mk:595: *** Build configuration > changed. Build with |mach build| or run |mach build-backend| to > regenerate build config. Stop. > > That should be self-explanatory. If not, file a bug and we'll get the > error message updated. > > If you are concerned about this change taking away a feature, I assure > you there are good reasons. The gory details are in bug 877308 [1]. I > won't attempt to explain them here because there is some serious build > system and make voodoo involved. > > I *highly* encourage developers to build through |mach build|. The mach > build command does a lot more than is possible when invoking make > directly. Over time, we'll likely require mach to build. So, there's no > time like the present to start retraining your muscle memory. If you > install the mach script into $PATH [2], you can just type |mach build| > (as opposed to ../../mach build etc). If you encounter any issues > building through |mach build|, please file a P1 bug against Core :: > Build Config and we'll get to the bottom of it, hopefully in a timely > manner. > > [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=877308 > [2] > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Developer_Guide/mach#Adding_mach_to_your_shell%27s_search_path > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
