Re: tools/build/tools/boostbook.jam (rev 1.5) broken?

From: David Abrahams (gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-24 05:37:23

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I get similiar error now. And rev 1.4 works. The reason is that XML catalog is 
> never created. The rev 1.5 marked catalog as TEMPORARY, and that did not 
> work. I'm actually at loss what effect TEMPORARY has in V2 (or in jam, 
> actually), so we probably should not use it at all. 

It's supposed to say, "if this file is missing, but all its
dependencies and dependents are otherwise up-to-date, don't rebuild
it unless explicitly requiested" AFAIK. It could be used with .o
files that get put in a Unix archive, for example, so that the .o
files can be deleted without causing a rebuild.

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Dave Abrahams
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