[QBS] Preprocessor-build-rule for artifacts withinput-dependantfileTags

Johannes.Matokic at microchip.com Johannes.Matokic at microchip.com
Tue Jul 23 12:29:06 CEST 2013


This approach didn't work. While Artifacts have the condition-property it is not evaluated resulting in all artifacts being present. Should I file this as a bug?

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> 
> I think I found a solution. I'll try to add one Artifact for each
> possible fileTag with a condition that filter all Artifacts except the
> one I need. As the preprocessor is part of the actual project I know
> what artifacts are required in the project.
> 
> This is not the ideal solution as it doesn't allow to move the
> preprocessor out into a different independent project but for the
> moment it will do its job.
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry for yet another question on build rules. As mentioned earlier I
> > have a custom preprocessor that I run on almost any file. So far I
> > only used source files and had therefore two almost identical rules
> > producing
> > hpp- and cpp-artifacts. However this preprocessor is general purpose
> > and is used together with .h, .c, .cpp, .html, .txt and other files.
> > Then the generated artifacts sometimes have to be marked with
> > different fileTags as required by the products.
> >
> > I didn't want to replicate the preprocessor rule that often and tried
> > to use a dynamic value for the fileTags-property of the artifact.
> > However it looks like the fileTags-property gets evaluated in a
> > context that has no inputs set. Which makes sense to decide which
> > rules have to be considered for the build at all.
> >
> > Is there another way to create one rule for a general-purpose
> > preprocessor which outputs different artifact-types depending on the
> > input? Ideally without the need to list all possible artifacts.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Johannes
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