Question

I have to interdependent dll here that i would like to build without having to build them twice (force build both of them and rebuild them again to allow linking).

Here is an exemple :

**DLL A**

void fooA()
{
  fooBB();
}
void fooAA()
{
  fooB();
}

**DLL B**

void fooB()
{
  fooA();
}

void fooBB()
{
}

Is there a way to build those two DLL without mayor refactoring?

Answer 1

Do you actually rebuild both DLLs each time you compile ?

If not, the import libraries should be created the first time – even if the link phase fails because of unresolved externals – and allow subsequent builds to link without error…

edit: we actually have that kind of dependencies in my shop. Our build is incremental indeed, and clean builds need some projects to be built several times in order to link succesfully.