Re: [jamboost] Re: Re: [v2] searched-lib and msvc (Unused source target) (fwd)

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-26 07:17:11

Andre Hentz wrote:

> > Let me see... will it be OK, if we
> > (1) recognize windows absolute paths
> > (2) use forward slashes in all paths passed to build tools "MkDir
> > sub/bin" for example?
>
> I think that would be sufficient in most situations. I think the
> following will do the trick:
>
> rule make-CYGWIN ( path )
> {
> return [ make-NT $(path) ] ;
> }
> rule native-CYGWIN ( path )
> {
> local result = $(path) ;
> if [ regex.match "(^/.:)" : $(path) ] # win absolute
> {
> result = [ MATCH "^/?(.*)" : $(path) ] ; # remove leading '/'
> }
> return [ native-UNIX $(result) ] ;
> }

I was thinking along the same lines. I've just added your code to path.jam and 
comitted. Thanks!

Could you update from CVS and see if CYGWIN is OK now?

Thanks,
Volodya