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Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/install')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/install/rule.cxx | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/install/rule.hxx | 5 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/install/rule.cxx b/libbuild2/install/rule.cxx index b4b4a01..2d81067 100644 --- a/libbuild2/install/rule.cxx +++ b/libbuild2/install/rule.cxx @@ -289,7 +289,14 @@ namespace build2 action, const target& t, const prerequisite& p) const { if (p.is_a<exe> ()) - return nullptr; + { + // Feels like one day this should be unified with include (see + // context::var_include). + // + if (p.vars.empty () || + cast_empty<path> (p.vars["install"]).string () != "true") + return nullptr; + } const target& pt (search (t, p)); return is == nullptr || pt.in (*is) ? &pt : nullptr; diff --git a/libbuild2/install/rule.hxx b/libbuild2/install/rule.hxx index 61c0ae9..53d97d2 100644 --- a/libbuild2/install/rule.hxx +++ b/libbuild2/install/rule.hxx @@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ namespace build2 // ignores exe{} prerequisites assuming an exe{} listed for a file // target is there to execute (e.g., to generate that target) and // normally should not be installed (an exe{} would typically be - // installed via the dir{./} alias). + // installed via the dir{./} alias). But this can be overridden with a + // prerequisite-specific install=true, for example: + // + // exe{foo}: exe{bar}: install = true # foo runs bar // // The prerequisite is passed as an iterator allowing the filter to // "see" inside groups. |