Re: [boost] dll-path feature

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-01 12:37:53

AMDG

Brook Milligan wrote:
> Steven Watanabe writes:
>  > Jamroot is kind of odd.  It ignores the targets created with boost-install.
>  > Try adding dll-path to this one:
>  > 
>  > # Complete install
>  > package.install install-proper
>  >     :   $(install-requirements) <install-no-version-symlinks>on
>  >     :
>  >     :   libs/$(libraries)/build
>  >     :   $(headers)
>  >     ;
>
> Thank you very much.  This does in fact create libraries with rpath
> defined when I build all of boost.
>   

Actually it's probably better to pass
bjam ... dll-path=... on the command line instead of modifying Jamroot.

> Would it make sense to modify this web page
>
>  > >      http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/faq/dll-path.html
>
> to indicate that more explicitly?  I know I never would have figured
> it out without your help, but would have immediately found the correct
> answer if the page was more complete.
>   

I don't think so.  That page is not documenting Jamroot at all.
It's documenting how the dll-path feature works.  As far as it
goes it is correct.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe