[ooc-compiler] Search path inconsistent?

[Henk K. <H.A...@xs...>]

Hi, 

I'm using OO2C version 2.11 on Debian Gnu/Linux (Sid) and have encountered an 
inconsistency in the way the compiler searches for source files when in some 
local working directory (not any of the named repositories in oo2crc.xml). 
I've also found a work-around, although I hesitate posting it here since I 
don't have a Ph.D. in Computer Science... If readers find this message 
superfluous or uninformed they should just ignore it.

Suppose I have source files One.Mod and Two.Mod, both placed in the src/ 
sub-directory of some current working directory (CWD), with Two.Mod importing 
One.Mod. While in the CWD, when I compile

$ oo2c -M Two.Mod

the compiler finds src/Two.Mod but does not find src/One.Mod, apparently 
because it is looking for src/src/One.Mod.

After some experimenting I've found the following work-around: put local 
source files (One.Mod and Two.Mod in the example) in the "top-level" CWD, and 
make src a symlink to it,

$ ln -s $PWD src

Now the compiler finds both source files, and will do so in general at any 
level of nested imported files. The compiler will create sym/, obj/ and bin/ 
sub-directories, if necessary. 

The above symlink trick is not needed for any of the named repositories, only 
for the default CWD (".") repositories. 

Actually, I prefer having source files in a "top level" working directory 
rather than in a src/ sub-directory, so I'm not complaining about the 
work-around. 
 
-- 
Henk Koster
"Behavioral axioms are right, but agents make mistakes."
Attributed to L.J. Savage