From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-11-30T00:55:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Should rake remove t.name on failed tasks?


Josef Wolf wrote:
> Hello!
>
> With rake, I often find myself doing something like that:
>
>   file "custom.iso" => "custom.dir" do |t|
>     begin
>       sh "mkisofs -r -V My Install CD' -cache-inodes" +
>         " -J -l -b isolinux/isolinux.bin" +
>         " -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot" +
>         " -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table" +
>         " -o #{t.name} #{custom.dir}"
>
>     rescue
>       sh "rm #{t.name}"
>       raise
>
>     end
>   end
>
> to avoid a broken target lying around.
>
> I wonder whether I am missing something here.  Shouldn't rake remove t.name?

That seems a reasonable request.  Jim, is there any downside to this?

Regards,

Dan