no_type.py

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#!/usr/bin/python

# Copyright 2002 Vladimir Prus 
# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 
# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) 

# Test that we cannot specify targets of unknown type as sources. This is based
# on the fact that Unix 'ar' will happily consume just about anything.

import BoostBuild

t = BoostBuild.Tester()

t.write("jamroot.jam", """
import gcc ;
static-lib a : a.foo ;
""")

t.write("a.foo", "")

t.run_build_system(status=1)

t.cleanup()