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Diffstat (limited to 'mod/build-config.hxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | mod/build-config.hxx | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/mod/build-config.hxx b/mod/build-config.hxx index a6f9902..17fd6af 100644 --- a/mod/build-config.hxx +++ b/mod/build-config.hxx @@ -81,16 +81,18 @@ namespace brep return exclude (p.builds, p.constraints, c, r); } - // Convert the build configuration name, target, machine name or their - // pattern into path, replacing dashes with slashes and double stars with - // the `*/**/*` substring for a subsequent match using our path_match() - // functionality. Throw invalid_path if the resulting path is invalid. + // Convert dash-separated components (target, build configuration name, + // machine name) or a pattern thereof into a path, replacing dashes with + // slashes (directory separators) and `**` with `*/**/*`, for a subsequent + // match using the path_match() functionality (the idea here is for + // `linux**` to match `linux-gcc` which is quite natural to expect). Throw + // invalid_path if the resulting path is invalid. // - // Note that it is assumed that the match_absent path match flag will be - // used for matching for the double star replacement to make sense. + // Note that the match_absent path match flag must be used for the above + // `**` transformation to work. // path - from_build_config_name (const string&); + dash_components_to_path (const string&); } #endif // MOD_BUILD_CONFIG_HXX |