Handle better missing source files
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Description
I forgot to include a source file in the meson.build file in a DLang application (although the source file was there), and ninja-build said:
app_test@exe/source_app_application.d.o: In function `_D5app3app11application5Usage13onThemeChangeMFC7gobject9ParamSpec9ParamSpecC7gobject7ObjectG7ObjectGZv':
Which is quite cryptic.
I believe this is because it fails when linking, however it should detect these errors like it does when the file is actually not present.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the D language case from the issue with a source file present but omitted from meson.build, then inspect how Meson generates ninja-build targets and handles the resulting linker failure. Done means the missing source file is detected with a clear diagnostic comparable to the absent-file case.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100