[DGD] Precompile issue on MinGW/MSys

[Shentino]

Failure to remove the output file on a compile error seems itself a
bit erroneous, wouldn't ya think?

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Jared Maddox <absinthdraco at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:05:40 +0100
>> From: "Felix A. Croes" <felix at dworkin.nl>
>> To: All about DGD and Hydra <dgd at dworkin.nl>
>> Subject: Re: [DGD] Precompile issue on MinGW/MSys
>> Message-ID: <20120123050540.GA17397 at pattern>
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>
>> With regard to the makefile problems, the usual debugging techniques
>> (printing out what has which value when) will probably help you to pin
>> it down.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Felix Croes
>>
>
> Didn't need to do that, apparently the pre-compiler had run the first
> time, exited with an error of 1 (which, from looking at the code for
> the relevant dgd_main, seems to strongly imply a compile error), and
> then failed to remove the output file (the code makes reference to a
> lack of absolute paths). After that, make saw the .c file in the lpc
> directory, and assumed that the pre-compiler step was done, masking
> the real issue.
>
> Ah, the wonders of "make clean". I really wish this was the FIRST time
> I'd forgotten to run that command on a project.
>
> I'm going to try deleting the mud directory and un-taring/etc. the
> kernel library again. Is the pre-processor supposed to provide
> compile-error information?
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