Re: [HACKERS] Removing derived files from CVS

On 19 Mar 1999 geek+(at)cmu(dot)edu wrote:

> Then <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> spoke up and said:
> > Agreed here too...someone at one point mentioned that there might be a
> > way, inside of CVS, to have it auto-generate these files as its being
> > checked out (ie. if file is configure.in, run autoconf)...
>
> >From the info file:
> Module options
> --------------
>
> Either regular modules or ampersand modules can contain options,
> which supply additional information concerning the module.
> [snip]
> `-i PROG'
> Specify a program PROG to run whenever files in a module are
> committed. PROG runs with a single argument, the full pathname of
> the affected directory in a source repository. The `commitinfo',
> `loginfo', and `verifymsg' files provide other ways to call a
> program on commit.
>
> `-o PROG'
> Specify a program PROG to run whenever files in a module are
> checked out. PROG runs with a single argument, the module name.
>
> >From my reading, it looks like the easiest thing to do is set up
> commit rules such that committing gram.y automatically generates
> gram.c. It looks like it might be difficult to have gram.c generated
> completely "on the fly" and then passed to the CVS client.

Can you provide an exampmle of using/doing this? It sounds like the
better solution of them all, if it can be done this way..

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
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