Re: [Boost-build] Run target dependency on exe without getting transitive usage requirements

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Run target dependency on exe without getting transitive usage requirements
From: Chambers, Matthew (matt.chambers42_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-03-11 17:24:45

Did this message actually get through? This would be a nice feature to have.

On 11/30/2018 5:56 PM, Chambers, Matthew wrote:
> I have a run target that needs to wait until an exe is built before it runs. When I pass it as <dependency> it adds all the exe's usage 
> requirements (almost all of which are propagated from the exe's own lib dependencies) to the run target. How do I avoid that? Is this by 
> design? Shouldn't depending on an exe only propagate the exe's own usage-requirements, not any transitive usage-requirements?
>
> Thanks,
> -Matt
>