Re: [boost] Forcing rebuild of tests when headers change

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-21 03:00:21

Anthony Williams wrote:
> I've changed the headers of boost.thread several times recently, and it has
> become apparent that those testers doing incremental runs are not picking up the
> changes, and are thus not rebuilding the tests. This is especially problematic
> when the library files change too --- the libraries are rebuilt, but the tests
> are not, which leads to linker errors or crashes depending on the nature of the
> mismatch.
> 
> Is there a way to make boost build aware of the headers belonging to a specific
> library, so changes to those headers will force recompilation of anything
> dependent on that library?

If you can point out which specific headers, and which specific files 
should have been compiled that would be helpful. The automatic 
dependency track of BB should work in most situations. But I can't say 
it's broken without knowing the context.

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