How do I inhibit the copying of the source files to the build tree

[keith . reed]

We have a couple of issues that arrise out of Cons behavior where all the 
source files are copied to a separate build tree:

By way of background, we are setting up a Cons build to replace an MS DevStudio 
based build.
1. Double clicking on error messages in the output window, to edit the source 
files, does not work well when doing a Cons build from within DevStudio.
2. Debugging from a Cons build does not make DevStudio very happy.   When 
debugging you are not seeing the file from source tree, rather you are seeing 
the "link"ed copy of it. Devstudio does not care about htis, but it confuses 
the developer.   I am
curious why we would be the first group to encounter this and think it was not 
good.    Is the real question "How can we support variant builds without using 
the "link" command?"

One possible solution for these problems would be to completely inhibit Cons 
from copying the source to the build tree.   Is this possible?

Thanks in advance...


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Keith Reed
Software Engineer
Philips Ultrasound
22100 Bothell Everett Hwy
Bothell, WA 98021
(425) 482-8338
address@hidden