Re: [Boost-build] [boost-build] action with exact same source code failing for one Jamfile ("target has no type") and working for others - literally exactly the same code

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [boost-build] action with exact same source code failing for one Jamfile ("target has no type") and working for others - literally exactly the same code
From: Steve Lorimer (steve.lorimer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-08-24 15:17:23

Ah yes, you are correct

I was inadvertently including an entire subtree as a dependency, rather
than just the library

Thanks

On 24 August 2015 at 13:01, Vladimir Prus <vladimir.prus_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> Hi Steve,
>
>
> On 24-Aug-15 7:02 PM, Steve Lorimer wrote:
>
>> I've suddenly had bjam fail for only 1 instance of this tag-file action.
>>
>> error: target {
>>
>> Jamfile</home/steve/src/vc/cay/strategies/athena/gui>%Jamfile</home/steve/src/vc/cay/strategies/athena/gui>.tag-file-.
>> { common%common.copy-athena_gui.EXE { gcc%gcc.link-athena_gui.EXE {
>> gcc%gcc.compile.c++-main.o.OBJ { main.cpp.CPP } } { ... } } } } } has no
>> type
>>
>> This is the Jamfile which is failing:
>>
>> constant EXE : *athena_gui* ;
>>
>> exe $(EXE)
>> :   [ glob *.cpp *.cc *.h *.qrc ]
>>      /cay/algo_gui/app//app
>>      /cay/strategies//*athena*/msg/
>> ;
>>
>> install install-target : $(EXE) : <location>. ;
>>
>> notfile . : @tag-file : install-target : ;
>> actions tag-file
>> {
>>      $(TOP)/utils/bash/rm_tagged_output.sh $(>) short
>>      cp $(>) $(>).$(SHORT_TAG)
>> }
>>
>
> I think the problem is not really with this Jamfile. The error message
> means that somewhere, where
> Boost.Build needs a target with a type, it got instead the target with
> 'tag-file' as action and
> no type. In other words, it got a target produced by the 'notfile'
> metatarget. Naturally,
> that does not have a file type, since it's not even supposed to produce a
> file. Could it
> be that some other Jamfile refers to this one?
>
> - Volodya
>
>
>
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