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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Copyright 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)
+
+import BoostBuild
+
+t = BoostBuild.Tester(use_test_config=False)
+
+t.write("jamroot.jam", """\
+exe hello : hello.cpp ;
+exe hello2 : hello.cpp ;
+explicit hello2 ;
+""")
+
+t.write("hello.cpp", "int main() {}\n")
+
+t.run_build_system()
+t.ignore("*.tds")
+t.expect_addition(BoostBuild.List("bin/$toolset/debug*/hello") * \
+    [".exe", ".obj"])
+t.ignore_addition("bin/*/hello.rsp")
+t.expect_nothing_more()
+
+t.run_build_system(["hello2"])
+t.expect_addition("bin/$toolset/debug*/hello2.exe")
+
+t.rm(".")
+
+
+# Test that 'explicit' used in a helper rule applies to the current project, and
+# not to the Jamfile where the helper rule is defined.
+t.write("jamroot.jam", """\
+rule myinstall ( name : target )
+{
+    install $(name)-bin : $(target) ;
+    explicit $(name)-bin ;
+    alias $(name) : $(name)-bin ;
+}
+""")
+
+t.write("sub/a.cpp", "\n")
+t.write("sub/jamfile.jam", "myinstall dist : a.cpp ;")
+
+t.run_build_system(subdir="sub")
+t.expect_addition("sub/dist-bin/a.cpp")
+
+t.rm("sub/dist-bin")
+
+t.write("sub/jamfile.jam", """\
+myinstall dist : a.cpp ;
+explicit dist ;
+""")
+
+t.run_build_system(subdir="sub")
+t.expect_nothing_more()
+
+t.cleanup()