Fix target declaration upgrade logic

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/libbuild2/target.cxx b/libbuild2/target.cxx
index 8d76f56..df03128 100644
--- a/libbuild2/target.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/target.cxx
@@ -484,12 +484,16 @@ namespace build2
       // Fall through (continue as if the first find() returned this target).
     }
 
-    if (decl > t->decl)
+    // Without resorting to something like atomic we can only upgrade the
+    // declaration to real (which is expected to only happen during the load
+    // phase).
+    //
+    if (decl == target_decl::real)
     {
-      // The decl value can only be adjusted during the load phase.
-      //
       assert (ctx.phase == run_phase::load);
-      t->decl = decl;
+
+      if (t->decl != target_decl::real)
+        t->decl = decl;
     }
 
     return pair<target&, ulock> (*t, ulock ());
diff --git a/libbuild2/target.hxx b/libbuild2/target.hxx
index ec97950..73363ae 100644
--- a/libbuild2/target.hxx
+++ b/libbuild2/target.hxx
@@ -118,12 +118,6 @@ namespace build2
     real         // Real dependency declaration.
   };
 
-  inline bool
-  operator> (target_decl l, target_decl r)
-  {
-    return static_cast<uint8_t> (l) > static_cast<uint8_t> (r);
-  }
-
   class LIBBUILD2_SYMEXPORT target
   {
   public:
@@ -156,8 +150,8 @@ namespace build2
     const dir_path&
     out_dir () const {return out.empty () ? dir : out;}
 
-    // Note that the declaration should only be upgraded during the load phase
-    // via the MT-safe target_set::insert().
+    // Note that the target declaration should only be upgraded via the MT-
+    // safe target_set::insert().
     //
     target_decl decl;