Quirk releng.xmake.disable_deps_init¶
releng-tool will default generate Xmake dependency folders for configured modes. This involves detecting available targets of a package, along with knowing the mode, to generate these folders. This is performed since in some environment (e.g. OS X), it has been observed that dependencies may fail to install when Xmake believes the parent folder of a dependency exists but does not.
Not all environments require pre-building these folders. If a developer
experiences issues when pre-building dependency folders, this feature can be
disabled using the quirk releng.xmake.disable_deps_init using the
command line:
releng-tool --quirk releng.xmake.disable_deps_init
Or adding in the project configuration:
quirks = [
...
'releng.xmake.disable_deps_init',
]