460011 - add a build target to compare bin/ and the package list

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 456923

(Calendar :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

This is a clone of a clone ;-)

Robert's comment (from bug 451185):

To be able to check if our package lists are OK, it would be nice to have a build target that outputs a diff of the dist/bin directory and the files in the package list. This gives us a fast check what we aren't packaging and what we have in the package list that isn't built any more. Our builder boxes could even execute that so we can look into their logs and see that package diff easily.

My comment (from bug 451981):

I agree, we can check it every so often (maybe even put it in the release steps for each release/signoff stage) and hopefully we can keep track of core better.


And some extra comments:

We hooked this up to tinderbox, so it can actually be seen in the logs. This helps especially getting near to releases so that we can easily verify what is and isn't in the build, investigations can then be done as to why.

Example patches on those bugs.

Comment 1

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Already done :)