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-rw-r--r--libbuild2/target.cxx9
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));