[SERVER-65343] Remove the --legacy-tarball build option and investigate the DIST variables Created: 07/Apr/22  Updated: 09/Aug/23  Resolved: 09/Aug/23

Status: Closed
Project: Core Server
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Improvement Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Andrew Morrow (Inactive) Assignee: [DO NOT ASSIGN] Backlog - Server Development Platform Team (SDP) (Inactive)
Resolution: Won't Do Votes: 0
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Assigned Teams:
Server Development Platform
Sprint: Dev Platform 2022-05-02, Dev Platform 2022-05-16
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 Description   

The --legacy-tarball SCons option is a vestige of the period where we were transitioning to hygienic builds. We can do without the flag now, and we should remove it.

The flag exists to synthesize a special value for $PREFIX when we are doing a build for release.

We should consider instead whether we can achieve something better by restructuring the various DIST variables, so that evergreen itself can be in charge of describing the intended installation prefix.



 Comments   
Comment by Alex Neben [ 09/Aug/23 ]

Closing this issues as part of some SDP backlog cleanup. Please reopen if you feel this should be prioitized.

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