[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1954: GetComponents modifies its passed in thornlist file

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#1954: GetComponents modifies its passed in thornlist file
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  Reporter:  rhaas          |       Owner:                     
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  new                
  Priority:  minor          |   Milestone:                     
 Component:  GetComponents  |     Version:  development version
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:                     
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Comment (by rhaas):

 Ah, let me see. I *was* modifying the file I had passed on the command
 line, however *that* file (a copy of einsteintoolkit.th in thornlists)
 contained

 {{{
 !DEFINE COMPONENTLIST_TARGET = $ROOT/thornlists/
 }}}

 which I guess causes GetComponents to overwrite its input when used as

 {{{
 bin/GetComponents --root . thornlists/bnscomparison.th
 }}}

 I would say it behaves as expected, I just did not know it was that
 powerful. It may require documentation. I think this ticket can be closed
 as "wontfix" since it does what it is supposed to do.

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