Re: [boost] Re: Boost.Build on IBM, SGI & HP

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-11 20:40:59

It's strange that you should say that. If you mean the rules that come in
the Jambase, you can replace any of these with your own definition at any
time... do you mean rules like DEPENDS, NOTFILE, etc., which form  the core
Jam funtionality? Why would you want to override them?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Smith" <ross.s_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] Re: Boost.Build on IBM, SGI & HP

> williamkempf_at_[hidden] wrote:
> >
> > That said, once you've used Jam you'll never go back to make
>
> I have, and I did. It's been a while and I can't remember all the
> problems I had; I seem to recall that the big one was the difficulty of
> overriding the built-in rules.
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