[Python-Dev] fixing buildbots

[martin at v.loewis.de]

Zitat von Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz at gmail.com>:

> I've been starting to get some of the buildbots working again.  There
> was some massive problem on May 25 where a ton of extra files were
> left around.  I can't remember if I saw something about that at the
> NFS sprint or not.

You can clean each buildbot remotely by forcing a build on a
(non-existing) branch. That removes the build tree, and then
tries to build the branch (which fails if the branch doesn't
exist). The next build will then start with a fresh checkout
of the trunk.

> There is a lingering problem that I can't fix on all the boxes.  Namely:
>
>   cp Modules/Setup{.dist,}
>
> Should we always do that step before we build on the buildbots?

If so, the easiest way to do it would be to "make distclean" in
the clean step: that removes Modules/Setup as well.

> Any objections?

See above. Rather than copying Modules/Setup over, I'd prefer to
see a distclean.

Regards,
Martin