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From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-28 13:54:16


Roland Schwarz wrote:
> Rene Rivera wrote:
>
>>My change to allyourbase.jam fixes it in this case, but likely breaks
>>other corner cases. But I guess it's better to have the common case work
>>rather than the the corner cases :-)
>>
>
> So I will need to install a new bjam executable then when fixed?

Yes. I think it will prudent to make a new bjam release at that point.

> I agree that it will be better to have a general solution than a quick fix.
> It is currently not a big problem for me since I know about it and can do
> a bjam -a when really suspecting a problem. (Or touching the respective
> files.) I just wanted to report the issue to prevent unnoticed slip through,
> since this I think could possibly affect regression build a lot, doesn't it?

It does affect regression testing, which is why I did the quick fix.
Otherwise I would have had you wait for the real fix ;-)

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