Re: [boost] boost.build, update or recreate libs?

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-05 06:15:56

On Monday 05 November 2001 12:04, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> currently the build system updates libraries with recompiled object files
> and leaves the other archive members alone.
>
> This leads to a problem when a source file is deleted from the build
> because the old object file stays in the library and never gets deleted.
>
> Therefore I think the whole library should be recreated from the object
> files if one of its members is marked for recreation.

Do we take a significant performance hit from this one? If the build time 
difference is neglectable we should go for the safer solution.

Thomas

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>
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