Make building source files fail like Make.

4 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt
index d74788d..0c6325f 100644
--- a/src/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/src/CHANGES.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ RELEASE 0.09 -
   - Add separate $SHOBJPREFIX and $SHOBJSUFFIX construction variables
     (by default, the same as $OBJPREFIX and $OBJSUFFIX).
 
+  - Add a Make-like message when asked to build a source file.
+
  From Steven Knight and Anthony Roach:
 
   - Man page:  document the fact that Builder calls return Node objects.
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py b/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py
index 3f3ff8d..814d147 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ class BuildTask(SCons.Taskmaster.Task):
 
     def executed(self):
         SCons.Taskmaster.Task.executed(self)
+        if not self.targets[0].builder and self.top:
+            print "scons: Nothing to be done for `%s'." % str(self.targets[0])
         # print the tree here instead of in execute() because
         # this method is serialized, but execute isn't:
         if print_tree and self.top:
diff --git a/test/SideEffect.py b/test/SideEffect.py
index 6e37420..6337f68 100644
--- a/test/SideEffect.py
+++ b/test/SideEffect.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ test.write('bar.in', 'bar.in 2 \n')
 test.run(arguments = 'log.txt', stdout=test.wrap_stdout("""\
 copy() < bar.in > bar.out
 copy() < blat.in > blat.out
+scons: Nothing to be done for `log.txt'.
 """))
 
 expect = """\
diff --git a/test/preserve-source.py b/test/preserve-source.py
index b0acdaa..5eddeec 100644
--- a/test/preserve-source.py
+++ b/test/preserve-source.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ test.run(arguments = '.')
 test.fail_test(test.read('aaa.out') != "aaa.in\n")
 
 #
-test.run(arguments = "aaa.in", stdout = test.wrap_stdout(""))
+test.run(arguments = "aaa.in",
+         stdout = test.wrap_stdout("scons: Nothing to be done for `aaa.in'.\n"))
 
 test.fail_test(not os.path.exists('aaa.in'))