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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Correct way to remove path grist form sources
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-29 07:22:04


On Tuesday 11 August 2009 John Bito wrote:

> I found it. Since my action was named jar, it tried to invoke the
> main-target rule named jar, so it's not surprising it didn't do what I
> wanted.
>
> I wonder if it's worthwhile to try and issue a warning if a module's
> top-level rule is overwritten. Then I could just be sure to write an
> explicit rule for every action and I'd be told when I was causing a
> problem.

So, did you have two 'jar' functions in the same 'java' module?

- Volodya


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