927772 - Validate sandbox_symbols.py tier information

Status: NEW

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

Bug 900522 is proof that the information in sandbox_symbols.py is error-prone and that we should do something about it, since it is used to decide whether to skip directories in some tiers and that could lead to unpleasant surprises.

Sadly, I quite don't have a good idea how to do this just yet.

Comment 1

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

The best idea i have so far involves having a special mode for the build that would disable directory skipping and error out if a variable is used outside of the tier it's supposed to influence, which means we'd need a way to get that into recursemake.py from sandbox_symbols.py.