Compile: Add feature to continue where installation process left off after failure

It would be nice to have the option to tell Compile to continue the installation a package after it has been built successfully. Too many times a package like Glibc has too many file exists errors due to symlink conflicts from its previous installation. It like playing a game of Cat and Mouse where each time a silly failure like that occurs, I have to manually remove the symlink and rebuild again, hoping it will succeed the next time until it actually does. I have to rebuild Glibc over 10 times now because of this.

[nuc1eon]

I do not think it is (feasably) possible to continue installation at the exact install command of a file. We are simply running a spicy version of make install after all.

But it looks like Compile indeed lacks an option to skip the build process and go straight to the install install step.

This should be a good thing to have.

[lucasvr]

But it looks like Compile indeed lacks an option to skip the build process and go straight to the install install step.

Compile -B should do it.

[nuc1eon]

Compile -B should do it.

It seems Compile -B only pulls the sources and does nothing more.

[lucasvr]

Compile -B should do it.

It seems Compile -B only pulls the sources and does nothing more.

If the program at the source directory has been successfully compiled before, then Compile -B should proceed straight to make install.

[nuc1eon]

The Compile --help commmands states:

    -B, --no-build
        Do not build, just fetch the sources.

If I run Compile LibXi and let it build and install successfully, upon running Compile -B all I get is:

$ sudo Compile -B LibXi
Already up to date.

If I'd manually delete the tarball form /Data/Compile/Archives all I get is:

$ sudo Compile -B LibXi
Already up to date.
--2024-11-12 16:49:51--  https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXi-1.8.2.tar.xz
Resolving www.x.org (www.x.org)... 131.252.210.176
Connecting to www.x.org (www.x.org)|131.252.210.176|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 405200 (396K) [application/x-xz]
Saving to: 'libXi-1.8.2.tar.xz'

libXi-1.8.2.tar.xz            100%[===============================================>] 395.70K   547KB/s    in 0.7s    

2024-11-12 16:49:56 (547 KB/s) - 'libXi-1.8.2.tar.xz' saved [405200/405200]

It does not appear to attempt an installation.

[lucasvr]

Oh, my bad. The flag I wanted to mention is -L/--lazy. When used, it won't try to fetch the sources again. Also, it will reuse the existing unpacked source directory and won't call into ./configure again. make and make install will run as usual -- so if the sources had been successfully compiled before, make should run rather quickly.