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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2022-09-16 08:39:05 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2022-09-16 08:39:05 +0200
commit65ce598d17a662b4c8b9a8df02b619549c5824c3 (patch)
treebd0e3dd010120b154cf4490e458f0c4e34ece93d /libbuild2/config
parent505021d9297fcbc9232f7d5c2de432d5316dad08 (diff)
Register fallback dist meta-operation rule for out of project targets
The problematic scenario this fixes is an ad hoc pattern rule (which we register for dist in order to inject any additional sources; see parser.cxx for details) that pulls a tool imported from the system (say /usr/bin/xxd).
Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/config')
-rw-r--r--libbuild2/config/init.cxx6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/config/init.cxx b/libbuild2/config/init.cxx
index e921657..72ded05 100644
--- a/libbuild2/config/init.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/config/init.cxx
@@ -702,10 +702,12 @@ namespace build2
// Register alias and fallback rule for the configure meta-operation.
//
- // We need this rule for out-of-any-project dependencies (e.g.,
- // libraries imported from /usr/lib). We are registring it on the
+ // We need this rule for out-of-any-project dependencies (for example,
+ // libraries imported from /usr/lib). We are registering it on the
// global scope similar to builtin rules.
//
+ // See a similar rule in the dist module.
+ //
rs.global_scope ().insert_rule<mtime_target> (
configure_id, 0, "config.file", file_rule::instance);