[CT-NG:patch 06/19] Update CT_DoSaveState and CT_DoRestoreState to check for existence

[Yann E. MORIN]

Bart, Remy, All,

On Monday 12 April 2010 14:28:37 Bart van der Meulen wrote:
> The CT_PREFIX_DIR is already being saved and restored, about saving the
> complete CT_BUILD_DIR I'm not sure.
> 
> I think that saving the complete CT_BUILD_DIR is to much, for example
> when I want to restart at the build at step gcc, I'm no longer
> intressed
> in the build directories of the companion libs, and binutils. They
> have already been build successfully and are there installed installed
> in the CT_PREFIX_DIR
> (and thus restored).
> 
> This means that if I save / restore the complete CT_BUILD_DIR they
> build directories only take up space in the zip-file and time when
> saving / restoring them.

Yes you are right.

Nonetheless, we need a better way to handle that. What about adding a
helper function that checks whether the directory to save really exists,
and conversely checks that a tarball exists before restoring?

I'll handle that.

Thanks for your comments.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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