Re: Remove old outputs?

Dobes Vandermeer wrote:

> >> Does aap have a database of previous generated outputs, that can be used
> >> to remove them if they are no longer needed?
> >>
> >> I have several cases where it is desirable to compile the entire  
> >> contents of a folder (say, compiling a directory full of lua files)
> >> to produce another.  If a file is deleted from the folder, then the
> >> output(s)  should also be deleted.
> >>
> >> I haven't been able to tell whether any build system anywhere supports
> >> this, but it seems like it should be possible.
> >
> > Aap does not remember the produced files.
> >
> > I know it makes sense to keep track of the produced files.  "make clean"
> > never deletes the files that you removed from the build script.
> >
> > The big question, of course, is how to implement this...
> 
> You already store the hashes of the inputs and the command line used to  
> generate the output, don't you?  Where is that stored?

These are in the AAPDIR/sign files.  Perhaps the presence of an entry
there could be used somehow.

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