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On Behalf Of k h
Sent: 22 January 2010 23:11
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Subject: [Boost-build] Building an
executable, then running it
I would like to compute a
tag so it would contain the current version of the library being built. The
version is in a C++ header, so I thought I could:
i) build an executable that prints the version
ii) run it
iii) use the output to determine the tag
The following bjam file will print the version correctly the *second* time it
is run. The first time it says "sh: tmp/showversion: No such file or
directory", then proceeds to build and install tmp/showversion. What am I
doing wrong please? Many thanks.
exe showversion : showversion.cpp : <include>$(BOOST_INCLUDE) ;
install tmp : showversion ;
DEPENDS version : tmp/showversion
rule version ( )
{
return [ SHELL tmp/showversion ] ;
}
echo [ version ] ;