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| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/target.cxx | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/target.cxx b/libbuild2/target.cxx index 41a3273..768fc82 100644 --- a/libbuild2/target.cxx +++ b/libbuild2/target.cxx @@ -1176,9 +1176,13 @@ namespace build2 // For an alias we don't want to silently create a target since it will do // nothing and it most likely not what the user intended. // + // But, allowing implied aliases seems harmless since all the alias does + // is pull its prerequisites. And they are handy to use as metadata + // carriers. + // const target* e (search_existing_target (t.ctx, pk)); - if (e == nullptr || e->decl != target_decl::real) + if (e == nullptr || !(operator>= (e->decl, target_decl::implied))) fail << "no explicit target for " << pk; return e; @@ -1269,7 +1273,8 @@ namespace build2 { tracer trace ("dir_search"); - // The first step is like in search_alias(): looks for an existing target. + // The first step is like in alias_search(): looks for an existing target + // (but unlike alias, no implied, think `test/: install=false`). // const target* e (search_existing_target (t.ctx, pk)); |