Re: Re: modify idl files in offapi module and build

Hi all,

>>> I'm an engineer from Beijing RedFlag 2000. And I met the following  
>>> question:
>>> Modify idl files in offapi module, must be complied the entire  
>>> OpenOffice.org from the beginning, and the program will be find,
>> 
>> 
>> The best solution is always a clean build, from clean sources, but,  
>> to have such machine myself, I understand what you mean ;)
>> 
>> So, I'd suggest to :
>> 
>> 1) rebuild offuh + deliver it
>> 
>> 2) rebuild the module concerned by the change  + deliver it
> 
> that's the idea, but depending on which IDL file you change, it may be
> difficult to determine what is affected.
> some are only used in very few places, but others are used in so many
> places that it's easier to just rebuild everything.
> i guess the moral is not to change the frequently used ones  :)
> 
>> Should work imho (and if I'm wrong, someone will correct me soon  ;-)
> 
> another module to rebuild would be "unoil"; most of the regression tests
> (unoapi tests and complex tests) depend on the java UNO API classes
> generated in "unoil".

AFAIR unoil is only required if you want to use the new API with Java,
but in that case I think ridljar was also required to be compiled.

Thomas