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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] "check-target-builds" does not fail when it should
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-21 04:04:38


John Maddock wrote:

>> Can somebody explain this? Should I use other rule?
>
> I don't think you can use the rule in that way - check-target-builds returns
> an *attribute* that you apply to a *target* - if you use it in an "if"
> statement then the "if" just sees the result of check-target-builds as a
> non-empty string and succeeds.

Maybe I should actually act on my promise and produce a sketch of configuration
for Boost.Locale. I'll try to take a look at this today.

- Volodya


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