Re: [Boost-build] BUMPITTY BUMP: [git] genrating forward headers

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] BUMPITTY BUMP: [git] genrating forward headers
From: Bjørn Roald (bjorn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-13 16:45:51

On 09/13/2013 02:42 AM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
> AMDG
>
> On 09/12/2013 12:58 PM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> On 12.09.2013 23:32, Bjørn Roald wrote:
>>> On 09/12/2013 05:07 PM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Which targets on 'status' fail to build headers? I think adding implicit
>>>> dependency to status/Jamfile.v2 shall work.
>>>
>>> Steven also was of the opinion that this should work in some earlier
>>> post.  I also had this working and was surprised it did not at some
>>> testing just prior to posting this.  So I added the note.  Maybe I had
>>> mixed up my mental notes here, or there where some finger trouble
>>> involved.  I will re-check this and see if it is OK.
>>
>> Right now, status/Jamfile.v2 does *not* have implicit dependency on
>> headers, but with that added, it should work I think. If you could
>> verify that, it would be great.
>>
>
> That shouldn't make a difference.  status/Jamfile.v2
> is just a bunch of alias targets.  The real targets
> are under libs/

Right, adding implicit-dependency in status/Jamfile.v2 like this:

   project status
      : source-location $(BOOST_ROOT)
      : requirements <hardcode-dll-paths>true
+                   <implicit-dependency>/boost//headers
      ;

does not make any difference in my tests.

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Bjørn