Dropping the scons generator.

test/actions/src/subdir1/counter.py

 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # Copyright (c) 2010 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import sys
 import time
 
 output = sys.argv[1]
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   if count > max_count:
     count = max_count
 
 oldcount = 0
 try:
   oldcount = open(output, 'r').read()
 except:
   pass
 
 # Save the count in a file that is undeclared, and thus hidden, to gyp. We need
-# to do this because, prior to running commands, scons deletes any declared
-# outputs, so we would lose our count if we just wrote to the given output file.
-# (The other option is to use Precious() in the scons generator, but that seems
-# too heavy-handed just to support this somewhat unrealistic test case, and
-# might lead to unintended side-effects).
+# to do this because, prior to running commands, some build systems deletes
+# any declared outputs, so we would lose our count if we just wrote to the
+# given output file.
 open(persistoutput, 'w').write('%d' % (count))
 
 # Only write the given output file if the count has changed.
 if int(oldcount) != count:
   open(output, 'w').write('%d' % (count))
   # Sleep so the next run changes the file time sufficiently to make the build
   # detect the file as changed.
   time.sleep(1)
 
 sys.exit(0)