Re: Minimal rebuilds

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From: Richard Otter (sorry_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:57:05 -0700

Check to clock on both machines.

"Steve McLellan" <sjm.NOSPAM AT fixerlabs DOT com> wrote in message
news:OR8apZSXEHA.3044@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> We've got two developers working on the same mixed C++ project, using .SLN
> and .CPROJ project file (i.e. with identical configurations) on two
> different VS .NET 2003. The project files are in CVS. On one machine if
you
> don't change anything between builds, the compiler recognises this. If you
> change one file, it just compiles the minimum necessary. On the other
> machine, it's doing a nearly complete rebuild even if NO files have
changed.
>
> This is a bit of an annoyance, and I can't figure it out. I've tried
> deleting the .IDB file and VC dutifully rebuilt it but it doesn't seem to
be
> using it. I did notice that with the compiler /clr option you can't also
> specify Enable Minimum Rebuild, but I still don't understand how this
> behaviour could happen on one machine and not the other.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Steve
>
>

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