Copying the headers to the build/include directory and then building against the copies is problematic since they debugger will step you through the code in those copies rather than the actual header. Then if you change the file the debugger points you to your changes won't get committed and will get lost whenever someone happens to touch the original file, which could be quite a bit of time later, making it hard to remember the fix.
It would be much better to either just leave the headers in a central include directory (and, if you want to enforce permissions, enforce them on a per directory basis), or create links instead (although this might complicate installation?).
Daniel Russel wrote: > It would be much better to either just leave the headers in a central > include directory (and, if you want to enforce permissions, enforce > them on a per directory basis), or create links instead (although this > might complicate installation?).
I am going to do the latter - it doesn't complicate installation since the files are installed from their original locations anyway - but it is a little tricky to do because symbolic links do not work on all platforms. I'll write a custom builder to do that, but right now I'm concentrated on putting all the modules in a state where people can get their changes in easily. ;)
Ben
On Sep 22, 2008, at 5:42 PM, Ben Webb wrote:
> Daniel Russel wrote: >> It would be much better to either just leave the headers in a central >> include directory (and, if you want to enforce permissions, enforce >> them on a per directory basis), or create links instead (although >> this >> might complicate installation?). > > I am going to do the latter - it doesn't complicate installation since > the files are installed from their original locations anyway - but > it is > a little tricky to do because symbolic links do not work on all > platforms. I'll write a custom builder to do that, but right now I'm > concentrated on putting all the modules in a state where people can > get > their changes in easily. ;) Sounds good. Thanks.
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