Subject: Re: [Boost-build] <implicit-dependency> not working on Windows
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-27 15:31:29
AMDG
Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> It's a forward slashes vs. backslashes problem.
>> Patch against the trunk attached.
>>
>
> I wonder if it will work if source uses windows separators, while host
> is Unix. Ah, in that case the source won't compile in the first place.
> But maybe, regexp replacing / with \ is more cleaner than path.native.
> I don't care much -- in case you did not commit this patch already, please
> commit it.
>
I think that path.native is the best for consistency because that
is how the names of the targets that it needs to match are generated.
I've committed this along with an addition to test/implicit_dependency.py
In Christ,
Steven Watanabe