Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > I think that configure.py should have some exception handling or > something like that: > > 1/ generate all files in some temp file > > 2/ if we finished successfully, overwrite existing files with the new > ones. > > This way, a failed configuration will be a no-op: no file overwritten, > no weird empty files. This will mean that LyX does not need to be > modified to handle a special case related to a particular bug of > configure.py.
The crucial question is: Is this doable for 1.5.2? And is there something who could do it in time? And if not: is Bo's proposal something that could be used as an intermediate solution? Jürgen
