[Scons-users] SCons Program is not aware of .manifest or .pdb

[Dirk Bächle]

Hi Shane,

On 21.03.2014 13:50, Shane Gannon (gannons) wrote:

>

> Hi all

>

> When compiling on Windows the SCons Program() is unaware that a .pdb 

> and .manifest may be generated. i.e. They are not listed as targets. 

> Hence the cache and clean do not work as desired.

>


when using the "PDB" variable as described in the Wiki link below, the 
*.pdb file should get added to the list of targets for the Program(). If 
this doesn't work on your side, please provide a little more information 
about how you setup the Environment and call the Program builder. 
Ideally, show us a simple SConstruct demonstrating the problem.

I looked up the sources (v2.3.1), and the PDB target is not created via 
SideEffect()...so it should behave like a normal target.
The same holds for the WINDOWS_EMBED_MANIFEST variable, that should 
generate the .manifest files for you (at least for MSVC version >= 8.0).

Finally, please not that (opposed to what Jason said in his answer) 
SideEffect files get removed on a clean build automatically. There 
should be no need to "wrap" SideEffects into another Clean.

Best regards,

Dirk


> This must be a common requirement. How do people usually address it? 

> There is an article on embedding manifests into the executable.

>

> http://www.scons.org/wiki/EmbedManifestIntoTarget

>

> This works and seems like a general good idea. But are there any 

> alternatives that also take into account .pdb files?

>

> Is there any reason for SCons excluding these items from the target?

>

> Regards

>

> Shane

>

>


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