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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 20/11/2015 21:56, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 11/20/2015 3:08 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am building kicad on windows msys/mingw32
>> Everytime I update (pull) my development bzr branch it will  "generate version string header" and rebuild all kicad. :S
> 
> It should only rebuild when there is a commit change to your branch.
> Even when it does change, it should only update the version string,
> recompile the common library, and relink all of the binaries to the
> updated common library.

This is true on Linux, but unfortunately, not on Windows:
Each time the bzr version has changed a full compilation of all files in
Kicad sources is made.


 This is the normal behavior to ensure that the
> version string matches the repo version.
> 
>>
>> Is there anyway to flag to skip this step?
> 
> You could force it by setting KICAD_BUILD_VERSION during configuration,
> then the version string will always be what was defined.  If you send
> bug report, the version info copied from the Help->Copy Version
> Information will be incorrect.  You really shouldn't do this if you
> don't need to.  This option is for stable release builds.
> 
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Mario


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS