[Boost-build] Relative paths in user-config.jam

Subject: [Boost-build] Relative paths in user-config.jam
From: Michael Marcin (mike.marcin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-09 04:24:06

I have a subversion repository with my project code and qbk files and 
the binaries for quickbook and all its dependencies along with bjam and 
boost build v2 and boost book. I want to check in user-config.jam so 
that anyone can check out the project to any directory and build the 
docs by running a simple batch file.

I made the batch file set HOME to ../../../ (which is where 
user-config.jam happens to live relative to the batch file) and bjam 
picks up the user-config which is a good start.

However it seems to invoke exactly the command I specify in the 
user-config.jam to run quickbook. I tried changing to relative path by 
prepending the current directory as described in the bbv2 documentation 
but it seems to be giving me the current directory of the jamfile or my 
working directory I cant tell which but it is not the directory of the 
user-config.jam.

My user-config.jam currently has this at the bottom and it was 
originally the same thing with $(TOP)/ removed.

# -----------------
# Documentation configuration.
# -----------------

path-constant TOP : . ;

using xsltproc
     : $(TOP)/tools/xml/bin/xsltproc.exe
     ;

using boostbook
     : $(TOP)/tools/xml/docbook-xsl
     : $(TOP)/tools/xml/docbook-xml
     ;

using doxygen
     : $(TOP)/tools/doxygen.exe
     ;
        
using quickbook
     : $(TOP)/tools/quickbook.exe
     ;

Is there a way to make this work?

-- 
Michael Marcin