Re: [jamboost] Generation of two targets to the same location

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-21 08:50:42

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> > jam now is quite benign toward binding several targets to the same
>> > location. In general, this cannot be made error. However, suppose that
>> > two targets are bound to the same location via LOCATE variable. For me,
>> > this looks like 100% error, and I'd like to be reported as such, or at
>> > least become warning. In Boost.Jam, such warning/error can be trivially
>> > added.
>> >
>> > Is this desire resonable? Or there are valid use cases where two targets
>> > are bound to the same location via LOCATE?
>>
>> Yep, check out
>> c:/boost/tools/build/test/testing-primitives/bootstrap.jam or
>> failed-test-file in tools/build/testing.jam.
>
> Looked at the latter example -- yes, two targets are bound to the same 
> location. OTOH, I did not understand why "failed as expected" should
> be output to target... but anyway, gotta think about other way.

We need to keep the target from being rebuilt the next time, once the
expected failure occurs.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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