[Scons-dev] SCons doesn't bootstrap without libxml2

[anatoly techtonik]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:08 AM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:

> On 19.02.2014 00:00, anatoly techtonik wrote:

>>

>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 11:50 PM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:

>>>

>>> On 18.02.2014 21:19, anatoly techtonik wrote:

>>>>

>>>> [...]

>>>>

>>>> Ok. I'll put it the other way. Between automating the job of release

>>>> manager,

>>>> which is done once in few months and automating the job of developer,

>>>> which

>>>> is more than once in a while, you choose the former. Why?

>>>

>>>

>>> Because my workflow seems to differ from yours.  Do you use

>>> "bootstrap.py"

>>> to call a development version of SCons, or how do you do it?

>>

>> I use bootstrap.py for a quick test that development version is not

>> completely

>> broken.

>

>

> Okay, and when you have a simple SConstruct in a folder like

> "/tmp/sconstest", change into this folder via "cd /tmp/sconstest" and then

> call

>

> python /full/path/to/scons/repo/bootstrap.py

>

> , does that work in 2.3.0 without having libxml2/lxml installed or do you

> see an error?


There is no error and should not be.
-- 
anatoly t.