[Scons-users] solving dependency cycle

[Dirk Bächle]

Hi Phil,

On 18.08.2012 17:11, Philipp Kraus wrote:

> [...snip...]

>

> Isn't this a chicken-egg-problem !?

> Because in my case I have got a source like a URL, the target is the 

> downloaded file. First the emitter runs over the url

> and see there is a file target but the emitter of the "untar builder" 

> can not analyse the file, because it does not exists.

>

> IMHO the emitter builds the full graph and the builder runs over the 

> nodes and creates them (physical nodes).

> So I can't analyse the tar.gz without downloading and extracting!?

>


hmm, this reads as if you start to get my point ( 
http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/scons-users/2012-August/000358.html 
). Don't stop thinking now... ;)

Regards,

Dirk