Symbolic link to build directory now permanently added

Managing this symbolic link as a prerequisite that may or maynot be defined
just made the code too dirty. It is almost always needed, so it is now a
super-high-level prerequisite (first dependency of the `all' target, even
before the final PDF). In this way, we can be sure it is always built and
that nothing else depends on it.

If the user doesn't want it, they can simply remove it from the top
`Makefile'.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk b/reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk
index 927c292..7c272d5 100644
--- a/reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk
+++ b/reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 texdir      = $(BDIR)/tex
 srcdir      = reproduce/src
 lockdir     = $(BDIR)/locks
-bdirsym     = reproduce/build
 mtexdir     = $(texdir)/macros
 gconfdir    = reproduce/config/gnuastro
 pconfdir    = reproduce/config/pipeline
@@ -100,6 +99,26 @@ $(texdir) $(lockdir): | $(BDIR); mkdir $@
 
 
 
+# Symbolic link to build directory
+# --------------------------------
+#
+# Besides $(BDIR), we are also making a symbolic link to it for easy
+# access. Recall that it is recommended that the actual build directory be
+# in a completely separate part of the file system (a place that may easily
+# be completely deleted).
+#
+# Note that $(BDIR) might not be an absolute path and this will complicate
+# the symbolic link creation. To be generic, we'll first call `readlink' to
+# make sure we have an absolute address, then we'll make a symbolic link to
+# that.
+reproduce/build: | $(BDIR)
+	absbdir=$$(readlink -f $(BDIR));                        \
+	ln -s $$absbdir $@
+
+
+
+
+
 # High-level Makefile management
 # ------------------------------
 #
@@ -115,7 +134,7 @@ clean:
 ifeq ($(configure-run),yes)
 	rm -rf $(BDIR)
 endif
-	rm -f $(bdirsym) $(gconfdir)/mmap* *.pdf *.log *.out *.aux *.auxlock
+	rm -f reproduce/build $(gconfdir)/mmap* *.pdf *.log *.out *.aux *.auxlock
 
 
 
@@ -140,25 +159,3 @@ $(mtexdir)/initialize.tex: | $(mtexdir)
 
         # Location of the build directory (for LaTeX inputs).
 	@echo "\newcommand{\bdir}{$(BDIR)}"       >> $@
-
-
-
-
-
-# Symbolic link to build directory
-# --------------------------------
-#
-# Besides $(BDIR), we are also making a symbolic link to it if $(bdirsym)
-# is not empty. In case this symbolic link is not needed, simply remove its
-# value from the definitions above. In that case, it will be read as a
-# blank (non-existant).
-#
-# Note that $(BDIR) might not be an absolute path and this will complicate
-# the symbolic link creation. To be generic, we'll first call `readlink' to
-# make sure we have an absolute address, then we'll make a symbolic link to
-# that.
-ifneq ($(bdirsym),)
-$(bdirsym): | $(BDIR)
-	absbdir=$$(readlink -f $(BDIR));                        \
-	ln -s $$absbdir $(bdirsym)
-endif