Re: [Boost-build] Debugging custom rules

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-09 11:55:45

Jim Babcock wrote:
> I have some custom rules where a target is always being rebuild, even
> when it's unnecessary, but I don't know why. How can I determine what
> dependency caused a particular target to be rebuilt?

You can get the dependency graph printed out with -d+12 
<http://boost.org/doc/html/jam/usage.html#jam.usage.options>. Not sure 
how much that will help you though as it's hard to read, especially if 
it's a large number of targets.

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