From fc18c9f1231b5554b421ac0ecdce8e0f381b4ed9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Holtrop <jholtrop@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:21:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Test phony dependencies

---
 build_tests/typical/phonies.rb | 15 +++++++++++++++
 spec/build_tests_spec.rb       |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 build_tests/typical/phonies.rb

diff --git a/build_tests/typical/phonies.rb b/build_tests/typical/phonies.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..718e7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_tests/typical/phonies.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class Custom < Rscons::Builder
+  def run(options)
+    print_run_message("#{name} #{target}", nil)
+    true
+  end
+end
+
+env do |env|
+  env.add_builder(Custom)
+  env.Custom("t3", :phony1)
+  env.Custom(:phony1, "t2")
+  env.Custom("t2", :phony2)
+  env.Custom(:phony2, "t1")
+  env.Custom("t1", [])
+end
diff --git a/spec/build_tests_spec.rb b/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
index 293a808..f787afd 100644
--- a/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
@@ -1347,6 +1347,14 @@ EOF
         %r{Checker simple.exe},
       ])
     end
+
+    it "supports phony targets as dependencies" do
+      test_dir "typical"
+      result = run_rscons(args: %w[-f phonies.rb])
+      expect(result.stderr).to eq ""
+      expect(result.status).to eq 0
+      expect(result.stdout).to match /t1.*phony2.*t2.*phony1.*t3/m
+    end
   end
 
   context "Environment#clear_targets" do