[rfc] [icedtea-web] make links

[Deepak Bhole]

* Jiri Vanek <jvanek at redhat.com> [2012-05-18 05:07]:
> On 05/17/2012 09:42 PM, Deepak Bhole wrote:
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> >
> >What if something goes wrong during testing and it exits before
> >unlinking? The user system would be set to use the wrong plugin -- worse
> >yet, it could be without the user's knowledge.
> 
> agree - but form this point of view I'm doing the best thing right now.
> 
> make
> make check
> make install
> make links //must be run manually
> make run-netx-dist-tests  //if  links point to something not
> installed by this make install, then there is tests to catch this.
> If there are no correct links all browser tests will fail
> make unlink (or make clean) //make unlink *restores* previous configuration
> 

Ah, so something common like make test will never accidentally run it.

Okay, then I have no objections to this approach.

Cheers,
Deepak

> >
> >Cheers,
> >Deepak
> >
> >>J.
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>Deepak
> >>>
> Looking forward for "whats going to happen" O:)
> J.
> >>
>