6 files changed, 28 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/build/script/parser.test.cxx b/libbuild2/build/script/parser.test.cxx
index 4089efa..63d41ff 100644
--- a/libbuild2/build/script/parser.test.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/build/script/parser.test.cxx
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ namespace build2
         //
         scheduler sched (1);
         global_mutexes mutexes (1);
-        file_cache fcache;
+        file_cache fcache (true);
         context ctx (sched, mutexes, fcache);
 
         try
diff --git a/libbuild2/context.hxx b/libbuild2/context.hxx
index c4d85c9..9df7a88 100644
--- a/libbuild2/context.hxx
+++ b/libbuild2/context.hxx
@@ -94,8 +94,18 @@ namespace build2
 
     explicit
     global_mutexes (size_t vc)
-        : variable_cache_size (vc),
-          variable_cache (new shared_mutex[variable_cache_size]) {}
+    {
+      init (vc);
+    }
+
+    global_mutexes () = default; // Create uninitialized instance.
+
+    void
+    init (size_t vc)
+    {
+      variable_cache_size = vc;
+      variable_cache.reset (new shared_mutex[vc]);
+    }
   };
 
   // A build context encapsulates the state of a build. It is possible to have
diff --git a/libbuild2/file-cache.hxx b/libbuild2/file-cache.hxx
index d6904ed..d210685 100644
--- a/libbuild2/file-cache.hxx
+++ b/libbuild2/file-cache.hxx
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ namespace build2
     // to the noop implementation.
     //
     explicit
-    file_cache (bool compress = true);
+    file_cache (bool compress);
+
+    file_cache () = default; // Create uninitialized instance.
+
+    void
+    init (bool compress);
 
     class entry;
 
diff --git a/libbuild2/file-cache.ixx b/libbuild2/file-cache.ixx
index 8385c90..b4773e7 100644
--- a/libbuild2/file-cache.ixx
+++ b/libbuild2/file-cache.ixx
@@ -173,9 +173,15 @@ namespace build2
       : string ();
   }
 
+  inline void file_cache::
+  init (bool compress)
+  {
+    compress_ = compress;
+  }
+
   inline file_cache::
   file_cache (bool compress)
-      : compress_ (compress)
   {
+    init (compress);
   }
 }
diff --git a/libbuild2/function.test.cxx b/libbuild2/function.test.cxx
index b09e4f7..0b3c922 100644
--- a/libbuild2/function.test.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/function.test.cxx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace build2
     //
     scheduler sched (1);
     global_mutexes mutexes (1);
-    file_cache fcache;
+    file_cache fcache (true);
     context ctx (sched, mutexes, fcache);
 
     auto& functions (ctx.functions);
diff --git a/libbuild2/test/script/parser.test.cxx b/libbuild2/test/script/parser.test.cxx
index 47d56ce..eb4a59b 100644
--- a/libbuild2/test/script/parser.test.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/test/script/parser.test.cxx
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace build2
         //
         scheduler sched (1);
         global_mutexes mutexes (1);
-        file_cache fcache;
+        file_cache fcache (true);
         context ctx (sched, mutexes, fcache);
 
         bool scope (false);