BBv2: Problem with stage target

From: Peter Steiner (peter.steiner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-15 16:55:33

The stage target has problems when non-EXE target have their suffix
redefined. EXE targets have a special stage rule that relinks them,
but all other types use common.copy.

I have the following in my toolset jamfile:

type.register STRIPPED_EXE : : EXE : main ;
type.set-generated-target-suffix STRIPPED_EXE : <toolset>mytoolset : "" ;
type.set-generated-target-suffix EXE : <toolset>mytoolset : "" ;
generators.register-standard mytoolset.strip : EXE : STRIPPED_EXE ;

"bjam -n" prints the following for a staged STRIPPED_EXE target:

common.copy c:\a\very\long\path\to\my_target.exe

copy "another\path\that\never\seems\to\end\my_target." "c:\a\very\long\path\to\my_target.exe"

The stage rule fails to replace ".exe" with my desired empty suffix.

I was not able to spot the problem in stage.jam (or wherever the
problem is); but I hacked a workaround: I rewrote common.copy:

actions copy
{
$(CP) "$(>)" "$(<:S=)"
}

This works in my case because:
- I have no other rules that use the copy rule
- my target has an empty suffix

Regards, Peter
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