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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Copyright 2003 Dave Abrahams
+# Copyright 2002, 2003 Vladimir Prus
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or https://www.bfgroup.xyz/b2/LICENSE.txt)
+
+# This tests that :
+#  1) the 'make' correctly assigns types to produced targets
+#  2) if 'make' creates targets of type CPP, they are correctly used.
+
+import BoostBuild
+
+t = BoostBuild.Tester(use_test_config=False)
+
+# In order to correctly link this app, 'b.cpp', created by a 'make' rule, should
+# be compiled.
+
+t.write("jamroot.jam", "import gcc ;")
+
+t.write("jamfile.jam", r'''
+import os ;
+if [ os.name ] = NT
+{
+    actions create
+    {
+        echo int main() {} > $(<)
+    }
+}
+else
+{
+    actions create
+    {
+        echo "int main() {}" > $(<)
+    }
+}
+
+IMPORT $(__name__) : create : : create ;
+
+exe a : l dummy.cpp ;
+
+# Needs to be a static lib for Windows - main() cannot appear in DLL.
+static-lib l : a.cpp b.cpp ;
+
+make b.cpp : : create ;
+''')
+
+t.write("a.cpp", "")
+
+t.write("dummy.cpp", "// msvc needs at least one object file\n")
+
+t.run_build_system()
+
+t.expect_addition("bin/$toolset/debug*/a.exe")
+
+t.cleanup()