VS2003 project file containing intermediate dir with "." does not build

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premake targeting vs2003 generates a project file (.vcproj) with
IntermediateDirectory values containing "." (i.e. ".objs"). Resulting
project file compiles, but VCLibrarianTool never runs.

It appears the Visual Studio doesn't support intermediate directories
starting with "."

To reproduce:
1. premake --target vs2003 --unicode
2. devenv TiCPP.vcproj /BUILD Release

Expected output:
  Compiling...
  tinyxmlparser.cpp
  tinyxmlerror.cpp
  etc...
  Creating library...     <=========== I don't get this
  TiCPP - 0 error(s), 10 warning(s)
  ---------------------- Done ----------------------
  Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped

What I see:
  Compiling...
  tinyxmlparser.cpp
  tinyxmlerror.cpp
  etc...
  TiCPP - 0 error(s), 10 warning(s)
  ---------------------- Done ----------------------
  Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped

Environment:
  MSVC 2003 (no SP), Windows XP SP2

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rog...@gmail.com on 13 Mar 2007 at 11:08

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Original comment by rjmy...@gmail.com on 1 Oct 2007 at 2:31

• Changed title: VS2003 project file containing intermediate dir with "." does not build
• Changed state: Started

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Fixed in SVN revision 81.

Original comment by rpusz...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2007 at 2:39

• Changed state: Fixed