Re: response files: another problem

From: Andre Hentz (gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-27 19:54:21

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Vladimir Prus wrote:

>
> Hmm.. seems there's another issue with response files. Please see the
> attached testcase.
>
> Jamfile at top has "build-project d ;"
> Jamfile in "d" builds "hello" exe from "hello.cpp". Okay, it works.
> Now you remove "d/bin/..../hello.exe", change to "d" and try rebuilding.
> Bjam tries to recreate "hello.exe", notices that "hello.rsp" is already there
> and uses it. Oops! The pathnames in "hello.rsp" were created when we were
> building from root, and now they are incorrect.
>
> I don't know a solution yet. How can we force rebuild of 'rsp' file when 'exe'
> is rebuilt?
>
How about marking RSP targets as TEMPORARY, so they are removed
after its dependents are built?

Best,

Andre Hentz