Re: [jamboost] bjam keeps recompiling my libraries

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-19 07:06:54

From: "Markus Schöpflin" <markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden]>

> Hi there,
>
> I have a really odd problem on AIX with the latest bjam from the cvs.

> It
> keeps recompiling my libraries!

Someone on the Python C++-sig reported the same thing yesterday.

> The following shows the Jamfile I used:
>
> subproject test/boost/bjam ;
> lib foo : foo.cpp ;
>
> Attached is the output of bjam -d+3 when the library is up to date. If I
> understand this output correctly it decides that foo.cpp is newer than
> libfoo.a but the modification times are the other way round.
>
> This is quite strage...

Two things:

1. Try it with -d+12; that tends to be more descriptive, FWIW.

2. Did this start to happen only after you recompiled bjam, or is it
posssible it has something to do with changes to
allyourbase/boost-base.jam?

Thanks,
Dave

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