[Scons-users] Caching and variant_dir

[Bill Deegan]

What if you explicitly use VariantDir call to map the dir to a build dir?
http://scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-man.html
(Search for VariantDIr())
-Bill

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi Glen,
>
> On 20.11.2015 20:45, Glen Gibb wrote:
>
>> Hi William,
>>
>> I had come across that answer on StackOverflow before posting to the
>> list. I do have the same problem that Brady (the StackOverflow
>> poster) had.
>>
>> Brady states at the end of his reply:
>>
>>     The fact that SCons places the compiled object file in the source
>> directory seems like a bug to me. At the very least, it should
>>     be placed in the variant_dir root directory.
>>
>> This is the exact same problem that I have, and I tend to agree with
>> Brady that the compiled object should be placed in the variant_dir.
>>
>>
> it's not placed under the variant_dir because the top-level folder (where
> the C file is "mounted" to, via the Repository call) isn't linked to the
> "build" output directory...but the "src" folder is. So, consequently the
> files in "src" get resolved from within the "build" folder and their object
> files can be built to this location.
> The "ext.c" is built in the folder where its source file is found.
>
> Do you know if there are any intentions by the developers to address this?
>>
>>
> From my point of view, SCons operates exactly as it should and as the MAN
> page and the UserGuide describe. So, I currently don't see a need to amend
> the functionalities of either "variant_dir" or "Repository".
> As is described in the mentioned StackOverflow Q&A
>
>
>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 11:20 AM, William Blevins <wblevins001 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:wblevins001 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Here is feedback from one of the project managers for a related
>> questions:
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10209961/source-code-compiled-from-a-repository-is-not-put-in-the-variant-dir-for-a-hie
>>
>>
> you get the output you want, if you move the files in your
> external_project folder one hierarchy lower into their own "src"
> subdirectory.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dirk
>
>
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