Re: [jamboost] Re: variant properties not propogated to siblings

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-15 00:04:30

David Abrahams wrote:
> Michael Stevens <Michael.Stevens_at_[hidden]> writes:

[....]

> > Building with "bjam -d2 debug-AA" in the project root show the problem.
> > The variant property <define>AA is not propogated to the "b" project.
> > Interestingly if the same command is executed with the current directory
> > set to "b" then it does get the property!
>
> What happens when you swap the order of the two lines in the root
> Jamfile?
>
> I am guessing this is a result of being insufficiently lazy when
> reading Jamfiles.

That's actualy known bug:

http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7814/scarab/issues/id/BB38

and the "attachments" has a testcase which is precisely what precisely what 
Michael reports. In fact, the bug was files when he first reported the bug.

I'm hoping the issue description quite clearly explains the cause. 

As for fix: well, I'm hoping it will be fixed in the next release. More 
specifically, I hope to fix it tomorrow, provided I won't have some other 
urgent things.

- Volodya