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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
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+
+__revision__ = "__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__"
+
+"""
+Verify that we can call add_src_builder() to add a builder to
+another on the fly.
+
+This used to trigger infinite recursion (issue 1681) because the
+same src_builder list object was being re-used between all Builder
+objects that weren't initialized with a separate src_builder.
+"""
+
+import TestSCons
+
+test = TestSCons.TestSCons()
+
+test.write('SConstruct', """\
+copy_out = Builder(action = Copy('$TARGET', '$SOURCE'),
+ suffix = '.out',
+ src_suffix = '.mid')
+
+copy_mid = Builder(action = Copy('$TARGET', '$SOURCE'),
+ suffix = '.mid', \
+ src_suffix = '.in')
+
+env = Environment()
+env['BUILDERS']['CopyOut'] = copy_out
+env['BUILDERS']['CopyMid'] = copy_mid
+
+copy_out.add_src_builder(copy_mid)
+
+env.CopyOut('file1.out', 'file1.in')
+""")
+
+test.write('file1.in', "file1.in\n")
+
+test.run()
+
+test.must_match('file1.mid', "file1.in\n")
+test.must_match('file1.out', "file1.in\n")
+
+test.pass_test()