From b93b736b034bfec6caf0d100145798ff112f3906 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:41:31 +0200
Subject: Open depdb earlier to detect and diagnose missing output directory

---
 build2/cc/link-rule.cxx | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'build2/cc/link-rule.cxx')

diff --git a/build2/cc/link-rule.cxx b/build2/cc/link-rule.cxx
index e3516ac..aed0ac2 100644
--- a/build2/cc/link-rule.cxx
+++ b/build2/cc/link-rule.cxx
@@ -1346,6 +1346,11 @@ namespace build2
       timestamp mt (t.load_mtime ());
       target_state ts (straight_execute_prerequisites (a, t));
 
+      // Open the dependency database (do it before messing with Windows
+      // manifests to diagnose missing output directory).
+      //
+      depdb dd (tp + ".d");
+
       // If targeting Windows, take care of the manifest.
       //
       path manifest; // Manifest itself (msvc) or compiled object file.
@@ -1455,8 +1460,6 @@ namespace build2
 
       // Check/update the dependency database.
       //
-      depdb dd (tp + ".d");
-
       // First should come the rule name/version.
       //
       if (dd.expect (rule_id) != nullptr)
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