[Boost-build] Dependency scanning bug

From: Phillip Seaver (phil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-10 15:03:34

I don't have the latest version of boost-build (looks like I imported it 
from the May 15th nightly release), but I couldn't find a similar bug in 
the tracker.

One of my co-workers ran into an interesting problem.  He had a 
directory named "new" in one of his source directories.  Every time he 
modified the "new" directory, it caused most (if not all) of the C++ 
files to be rebuilt.  The reason is that it was looking at the timestamp 
of the "new" directory (instead of the system "new" include, I believe) 
and seeing that it was newer than the object files.

Is it possible/reasonable to exclude directories from dependency scanner 
matching?

Phillip