[Scons-users] scons not respecting variant_dir with object files

[Dirk Bächle]

Hi,

On 06.06.2016 01:30, Bill Deegan wrote:
> The problem you are running into is the following:
> 1) You've told SCons that dir/proj maps to build/out
> 2) You've then asked SCons to build a file in dir/
> 3) Since dir is not mapped to a variant dir, it builds the file there.
>
> This is not a bug with SCons.  It's an error in your expectations of how VariantDir (or variant_dir) works.
>
> As Gary mentioned, if you merely want to have the output files explicitly go somewhere, you can put that as the target in the builder.
>
> If you want to use VariantDir for this:
>
> Perhaps adding
> VariantDir('build','proj', duplicate=0)
> Would do the trick.
>
> I see you've also posted the same issue in Stackoverflow
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37645229/scons-not-respecting-variant-dir-with-object-files
>
> Please try explicitly using VariantDir() for the file you're referencing and see if that resolves the issue.
>

actually "No". Please first try rewriting your hierarchy of SConscripts, such that you can use the "variant_dir" option as described 
in chap 15 "Separating Source and Build Directories" of the UserGuide ( http://scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user.html ). ;)

Regards,

Dirk