minimising dependencies might have helped after all by ecluding something that's getting updated that maybe shouldn't. Try it out again.
component build_metadata
source \src\tools\dev\build\build_info\build_metadata
source \src\tools\dev\build\package_definition.xml
source \src\tools\dev\build\distribution.policy.s60
notes_source \component_defs\release.src
ipr T