Allow subdir to work with variables
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Description
It would be nice if the following could work:
(subdir %{ocaml_version} ...
I haven't found a workaround for this yet, the following didn't work either:
(rule (targets src) (action (system "ln -s %{ocaml_version} src")))
(subdir src ...)
As dune complains that src is both generated and static.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with a minimal dune project using (subdir %{ocaml_version} ...) and the proposed generated symlink workaround. Then trace the existing subdir handling and variable expansion; done means variable-based subdirectories work without dune reporting the path as both generated and static.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100