Re: duplicate project name

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-27 16:10:55

alex76vs wrote:
> 
> Should the build system warn if the same project name is used by more
> than one Jamfile? 
> The location-independent target naming scheme (/project//target) picks
> the project with the given name that appeared in "build-project" last.
> Sometimes this gives "Unable to find file or target" error, but simply
> because the overriding project definition contains different targets.
> No other error or warning is provided. Is there a vaild use for
> duplicate project names?

Actually yet, but not with the way target paths are currently defined.
There is a plan to deal with resolving these conflicts. See the thread
at
http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3c200412011143.26494.ghost%40cs.msu.su%3e
for more information. Yes, the page will take a long time to load.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com