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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocamlbuild: using *.itarget with flags
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I will use the _tag file then.

Thank you.

Nicolas Pouillard wrote:
> Excerpts from hmf's message of Wed Nov 21 12:30:28 +0100 2007:
>> Hello,
> Hello,
> 
>> I was attempting to use the *.itarget file
>> in order to build several modules. I have for
>> example:
>>
>> all.itarget:
>> .................................
>> src/comb/tests_comb.d.byte
>> src/uf/bench.d.byte
>> .................................
>>
>> Unfortunately the last target requires
>> that I use the Unix module (-lib unix).
>>
>> My question is:
>>
>> 1. Does this type of grouped target
>> support the addition of flags?
> 
> Flags to the ocamlbuild binary are just here to quickly give global options.
> However this method doesn't scale at all. For this purpose we have tags.
> 
> Basically you just have to tag your binary that it uses the unix library.
> 
> $ cat _tags
> "src/uf/bench.d.byte": use_unix
> 
>> A further notice:
>>
>> The manual states that in the *.itarget
>> files a comment is either a blank or dash.
>> Does this mean:
>>
>> - comment here
>>
>> is a comment? If so, it does not seem
>> to work.
> 
> The manual is wrong on that point, it's a sharp (#) not a dash (-).
> 
> # comment here