[Scons-users] How to make Install depend on a command line target?

[Brian Raven]

> -----Original Message-----

> From: scons-users-bounces at scons.org [mailto:scons-users-

> bounces at scons.org] On Behalf Of William Deegan

> Sent: 23 June 2012 21:23

> To: SCons users mailing list

> Subject: Re: [Scons-users] How to make Install depend on a command line

> target?

>

> Brian,

>

> On Jun 15, 2012, at 7:21 AM, Brian Raven wrote:

>

> snip...

> >

> >>

> >>> [N.B. Using a pretty old version, v0.98.1.r2881. Not much choice in

> >>> the matter.]

> >>

> >> Wow, that's pretty ancient.  Could you just install a new version

> >> locally in your home dir or something?  Anyway, probably not related

> >> to this issue.  I just feel sorry for you. :-)

> >

> > I can do that, but many of the others in the global development team

> do not have the necessary permissions. They are the ones to feel sorry

> for.

>

> Can you expand upon this statement a bit?

> We're trying to better understand restrictive environments users may be

> using SCons in, in order to make it easier for them to use.

>

> Could your users not use the scons-local install?


I'll try.

The projects that I am working on involve development by teams spread around the globe. The policies for each team seem to be location dependant. For example I have full admin privileges for the Linux boxes that I use for development, so installing a later version of scons is not a problem for me. In other locations, developers do not have such freedom. They are not permitted to install anything on development boxes. Also, our build boxes have to use the version of scons that is part of the Linux distribution that is the build target.

We have similar problems with other tools.

HTH


--
Brian Raven



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