Avoid generating massive numbers of <implicit-dependency>s as this causes a significant performance cost.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Jamroot b/Jamroot
index a8105c8d36..89129ebdf1 100644
--- a/Jamroot
+++ b/Jamroot
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ import xsltproc ;
 import set ;
 import path ;
 import link ;
+import notfile ;
+import virtual-target ;
+import "class" : new ;
+import property-set ;
 
 path-constant BOOST_ROOT : . ;
 constant BOOST_VERSION : 1.61.0 ;
@@ -234,7 +238,21 @@ for local l in $(all-libraries)
 # Log has an additional target
 explicit-alias log_setup : libs/log/build//boost_log_setup ;
 
-alias headers : $(all-headers)-headers : : : <include>.  ;
+rule do-nothing { }
+
+rule generate-alias ( project name : property-set : sources * )
+{
+    local action-name = [ $(property-set).get <action> ] ;
+    local m = [ MATCH ^@(.*) : $(action-name) ] ;
+    property-set = [ property-set.empty ] ;
+    local action = [ new action $(sources) : $(m[1]) : $(property-set) ] ;
+    local t = [ new notfile-target $(name) : $(project) : $(action) ] ;
+    return [ virtual-target.register $(t) ] ;
+}
+
+generate headers : $(all-headers)-headers : <generating-rule>@generate-alias <action>@do-nothing : : <include>.  ;
+
+#alias headers : $(all-headers)-headers : : : <include>.  ;
 explicit headers ;
 
 # Make project ids of all libraries known.