[Scons-dev] [Fwd: [Scons-users] [patch] SCons fails to run in standalone mode]

[Dirk Bächle]

On 09.07.2013 00:53, Russel Winder wrote:

> On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 20:18 +0200, Dirk Bächle wrote:

>> On 08.07.2013 18:32, Managan, Rob wrote:

>>> [...]

>>> For a bash shell then the equal sign is correct but you need to change

>>> setenv to export.

>>>

>>> That is what I was trying to convey in the first email.

>> Ahhh, okay. I got it now.

>>

>> Maybe we should take some action about this. Instead of all this long

>> writing about how a proper shell script should look like, we could

>> simply provide one for Linux and Windows each?

>> I can publish the first samples in a pull request...my Linux version

>> would be based on "bash" though (let the wars begin ;) ).

> So what is/was the role of bootstrap.py which had been touted as the way

> of using a SCons checkout live?

In my view, bootstrap.py is more for creating the build packages. It can 
also copy together a local working copy (the "bootstrap" folder), which 
is fine for most cases when you simply want to start SCons without fully 
installing it.

But I'm doing some speed measurements and profiling with various 
revisions at the moment, so I don't want to get the overhead of checking 
for existing files and copying them, in the way of my results.
That's why I prefer a simple script in this case...

Dirk