Re: [Boost-build] Linking boost as a prebuilt library, instead of making it a dependent project.

From: Michael Caisse (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-10 02:51:39

Tim St. Clair wrote:
> Folks -
>
>     I'm tinking with bjam, and I have a question regarding setting
> boost as a pre-built dep.  Currently I'm referencing boost directly,
> so when I type "bjam -a" it will rebuild the boost libraries.
>
>     Is there a way to reference the *prebuilt* boost libraries I would
> like to link "cleanly",  or to phrase it better, "What is the
> recommended practice for linking boost as a prebuilt library?".
>
>   
I don't know about *recommended* but this is what I do for my own
stuff.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jamroot snippet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

use-project	/vendor/boost		:	library/vendor/boost/build ;

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~ library/vendor/boost/build/Jamfile snippet ~~~~~~~~~~

alias latest
        : 
        :
        : 
        : <include>../$(LATEST_RELEASE)
          <library-path>../$(LATEST_RELEASE)/stage/lib
        ;

alias latest_header_only
        : 
        :
        : 
        : <include>../$(LATEST_RELEASE)
        ;

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~ snippet from Jamfile of program using boost ~~~~~~~~~

exe myexe 
        : [ glob src/*.cpp ] 
          /vendor/boost//latest
        ;

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I hope you find it useful.

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Michael Caisse
Object Modeling Designs
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