[Scons-dev] Likely bug - installing side effect files

[Dirk Bächle]

Hi there,

On 30.10.2014 16:01, Ben Golding wrote:
> Thanks Gary.
> http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2982
>
> I started to add some additional trace to Taskmaster.py, and compare the logs from sequential vs. parallel builds.
>
> The bug seems to relate to how the node states are used for the side-effect nodes:
> - In executed_with_callbacks(), the side-effect state is set to NODE_NO_STATE.
> - In postprocess(), the logic to decrement the parent ref count is only active for a side-effect node with state NODE_EXECUTING.
>
> Although this helped me to understand the bug a bit better, I'm not sure what is the correct fix.
I don't think there is anything to fix here...and it's no bug for me 
either. Please read the man page for the definition
of a SideEffect, and when it should be used. My understanding is, that 
in your case the conditions do not apply...so you should rather define 
an Emitter (see http://www.scons.org/wiki/ToolsForFools for example) 
that adds "sf0" and "sf1" to the list of targets.
Then the Install() should work as expected.

Just my 2 cents.

Best regards,

Dirk