Re: [Boost-testing] How to avoid cleanup of source tree when using CVS?

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-12 08:06:06

Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:

> Markus Schöpflin writes:
> 
>>how do I avoid that the boost source tree is removed and checked-out again 
>>when running regression tests in non-incremental mode?
>>
>>I had a look at the script and there is code for running "cvs up -PdA" 
>>instead of "cvs co" when the source tree is already present, but currently 
>>it is always removed by cleanup() which is in turn called by regression().

> Not always, only in the "full run" mode.

You're right, of course.

>>For me it would be very useful to not remove the whole source tree, 

> Because of the bandwidth or something else?

Because of huge bandwidth savings and because it's faster.

>>but instead update it, even when running in non-incremental
>>mode. What do others think?

> We can definitely introduce another option for it.

That would be great.

Markus