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- too many files included in the source project file categorysources section. Not clear whether or not this is causing any problems with the build or not (e.g., the unnecessary recompiling noted above). When I remove them by hand from the project file, behavior is the same.
- one known example of a ScienceTools code package (evtbin) which compiles nicely under Studio 2003 but fails with Studio 2008. There may be more, another impediment to moving to Studio 2008.
- weirdness when building st_graph. After static library and test program (test_st_graph.exe) are built, SCons builds test_st_graph.lib. Who ordered that?
June 2, 2009
After a lot of experimentation with building shared libraries rather than static for certain ST packages to avoid having to support static root libraries, I gave it up. There were too many mysteries. Instead I've added root static libraries to the list of supported project types.
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