SERVER-9771 allow libdeps to process emitter intermediate output with targets that may be strings

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/site_scons/libdeps.py b/site_scons/libdeps.py
index bc1c2e315bb..e17a4fa0f55 100644
--- a/site_scons/libdeps.py
+++ b/site_scons/libdeps.py
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ def get_syslibdeps(source, target, env, for_signature):
     return result
 
 def __append_direct_libdeps(node, prereq_nodes):
+    # We do not bother to decorate nodes that are not actual Objects
+    if type(node) == str:
+        return
     if getattr(node.attributes, 'libdeps_direct', None) is None:
         node.attributes.libdeps_direct = []
     node.attributes.libdeps_direct.extend(prereq_nodes)
@@ -235,6 +238,8 @@ def libdeps_emitter(target, source, env):
         libdep_files.append(env.File(os.path.join(dir_name, file_name)))
 
     for t in target:
+        # target[0] must be a Node and not a string, or else libdeps will fail to
+        # work properly.
         __append_direct_libdeps(t, libdep_files)
 
     for dependent in env.Flatten([env.get('LIBDEPS_DEPENDENTS', [])]):