[openbeos-build-team] Re: Dependency confusion
- From: Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos-build-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:06:36 +0200 (MEST)
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Erik Jaesler wrote:
> >> make libcppunit.so". I was under the impression that jam built the
> >> entire dependency tree regardless of where in the tree you were
> >> building. That being the case, why doesn't jam "know how to make
> >> libcppunit.so" when it's clearly in the tree?
> >
> >Your impression is unfortunately incorrect. The current Jam system can
> >only build targets in the current directory or subdirectories. I
> >critized this behavior as a side note on this list earlier. It can be
> >fixed, but not without changing Jambase.
>
> Now that you remind me, I do remember you mentioning this. So let's fix
> it! I know there's been some argument that we don't want to be using a
> "custom" version of jam (like there are so many other BeOS projects out
> there using jam that would be adversely effected), but this seems like a
> pretty no-brainer modification to do, and will certainly make the tool
> more useful.
I don't think this issue is that pressing. Therefore I would rather see
everything building first and then we can think about improving the
situation.
CU, Ingo
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