[Boost-build] REBUILDS rule help

Subject: [Boost-build] REBUILDS rule help
From: Nogradi, Chris (Chris.Nogradi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-11-19 18:45:32

Anyone know why this does not work i.e. when $(target) is updated, file.c is NOT deleted:

rule gen-ucfg ( target : source : properties * )
{
    common.Clean clean : file.c ;
    REBUILDS $(target) : clean  ;
}

However, this works ok i.e. file.c is deleted when $(target) is built (which is built all the time and not the behavior I want):

rule gen-ucfg ( target : source : properties * )
{
    common.Clean clean : file.c ;
    DEPENDS $(target) : clean  ;
}

Thanks,

Chris

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