From a2573d10210573c8c735b5eec1f72de6ebb84782 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: emaste Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 03:41:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] depend-cleanup.sh: add a note about removing old entries --- tools/build/depend-cleanup.sh | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/build/depend-cleanup.sh b/tools/build/depend-cleanup.sh index d25d3399865b..c5497b75e4aa 100755 --- a/tools/build/depend-cleanup.sh +++ b/tools/build/depend-cleanup.sh @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ # We handle those cases here in an ad-hoc fashion by looking for the known- # bad case in the main .depend file, and if found deleting all of the related # .depend files (including for example the lib32 version). +# +# These tests increase the build time (albeit by a small amount), so they +# should be removed once enough time has passed and it is extremely unlikely +# anyone would try a NO_CLEAN build against an object tree from before the +# related change. One year should be sufficient. OBJTOP=$1 if [ ! -d "$OBJTOP" ]; then