Add metadata for exe{b}, including whether it is statically-linked

Use this information to omit ad hoc C++ recipe tests is testing statically-
linked build system.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tests/build/root.build b/tests/build/root.build
index 4ac2957..e3f0f61 100644
--- a/tests/build/root.build
+++ b/tests/build/root.build
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ if ($cxx.class == 'msvc')
 # path.
 #
 import.build2 = [null]
+import! [metadata] b = build2%exe{b}
+
+static = $($b:b.static) # True if testing statically-linked build system.
+shared = (!$static)     # For '$shared || exit' idiom.
 
-import b = build2%exe{b}
 testscript{*}: test = $b
 
 # Specify the test target for cross-testing.
diff --git a/tests/dependency/recipe/testscript b/tests/dependency/recipe/testscript
index 5f9bdf1..bd33bcc 100644
--- a/tests/dependency/recipe/testscript
+++ b/tests/dependency/recipe/testscript
@@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ EOE
     :
     : Disable when cross-testing for the sake of simplicity.
     :
+    #\
+    # @@ There is now metadata and name in exe{b}.
     if ($test.target == $build.host)
     {
       $* <<EOI 2>>/~%EOE% != 0
@@ -724,6 +726,7 @@ EOE
           info: or provide custom low-verbosity diagnostics with the 'diag' builtin
         EOE
     }
+    #\
 
     : program
     :
diff --git a/tests/recipe/cxx/testscript b/tests/recipe/cxx/testscript
index 3eb8015..6601c0a 100644
--- a/tests/recipe/cxx/testscript
+++ b/tests/recipe/cxx/testscript
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # file      : tests/recipe/cxx/testscript
 # license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
 
+# Ad hoc C++ recipes not supported in a statically-linked build system.
+#
++$shared || exit
+
 +mkdir build
 +cat <<EOI >=build/bootstrap.build
   project = test