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Re: Use target_alias in validate_failures.py
Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com> writes:
> On 4/16/12 7:32 AM, Rainer Orth wrote:
>
>> Btw., it occured to me that it might be useful to add an option to
>> locate out-of-tree manifests. I often have several source trees
>> (unmodified sources, ones with local patches) and would like to share
>> manifests between them. While this can be achieved with symlinks, a
>> --manifest_dir or similar option might be an alternative. Thoughts?
>
> That would be fantastic. This is not the first time someone requests this,
> but I've never gotten around to implementing it. The only thing there is
> that multiple manifests means that versioning needs to be handled
> externally to the script. But that's not a big deal.
Indeed, but the advantage is that people can choose whatever naming
scheme they like for the different manifests instead of implementing
some (probably limited) scheme inside validate_failures.py.
I'll give it a whirl, but probably only in early May, once I return from
a trip to California.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University